An underpass under the raised railway tracks at the end of the street provides access to Nordhavn's Århusgade neighbourhood.

Nordre Frihavnsgade is one of Copenhagen's most popular shopping- and café streets with many food, clothing and antique stores.

The first section of the street was originally part of Kalkbrænderivejen (literally "The Lime Plant Road") which provided a link to the lime plant which was established on the coast to the north of the city in 1731.

[1] The property Petersborg on the corner of Trianglen is from 1888 and was designed by Ferdinand Vilhelm Jensen.

It was originally based in rented rooms in Gustav Adolph Hagemann's former house but it was replaced by a three-storey building in 1897.