Noted for its Neoclassical houses, it extends from Gothersgade and runs along the southern boundary of Rosenborg Castle Garden, passing Sølvgade and the Nyboder district of old naval barracks before finally joining Øster Voldgade close to Østerport Station.

[2] City architect Peter Meyn (1749–1808) and Jørgen Henrich Rawert (1751–1823) were put in charge of the project which began in 1799.

[3] The houses along the oldest section of the street, facing Rosenborg Castle Garden, are mostly built in a Neoclassical style typical of the construction boom during the decades after the Great Fire of 1795 and which still dominates in much of central Copenhagen.

The architect, architectural writer and urban planner Steen Eiler Rasmussen has given the following characterisation of the street: "...Together with P. Meyn, he [J.H.

Here the Copenhagen traditions of Eigtved's town house architecture live on, creating an atmosphere akin to that of a London square."