It runs from the Town Hall Square in the east to Fasanvej in the west, along the north side of Frederiksberg Town Hall and Frederiksberg Park, linking Gammel Kongevej with Peter Bangs Vej.

It is believed that Bredegade was the main street of Solbjerg, a village inhabited by Dutch farmers until the 1620s when it was shut down by Christian IV.

Smallegade was also one of the original "Dutch" streets but more open than Bredegade, with fields on its north side in between the scattered buildings.

Before the Town Hall was built in the 1940s, its site was home to a neighbourhood with some 30 houses of which many dated from the 18th century.

The widow after Carl Hassager, a pastor converted into a hall of residence for ten students in 1897.

It has now been transformed into a mixed-use development, now known as Porcelænshaven (literally "Porcelain Garden"), which retains many of the original factory buildings, including a landmark chimney, which is visible from the street.