It runs from Fridtjof Nansens Plads in the south to Østerbrogade in the north, linking Kristianiagade with Jagtvej.

The initial plan was to build a bridge across the railway tracks, which would have allowed the boulevard to continue north along present-day Strandpromenaden, but that part of the project was never carried out.

[1] Originally the central reservation contained three rows of London planes flanking a promenade for pedestrians.

The historicist main building of Vibenhus School was designed by city architect Ludvig Fenger.

Its façade on Strandboulevarden does not fluctuate with the neighbouring buildings since it was completed in 1892 when the alignment of the boulevard had not yet been decided on.