Vesterbrogade (Danish pronunciation: [vestɐˈpʁoˌkɛːðə]) is the main shopping street of the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The 1.5 km long street runs from the City Hall Square in the east to Pile Allé in Frederiksberg in the west where it turns into Roskildevej.
On its way, it passes Copenhagen Central Station as well as the small triangular square Vesterbros Torv.
Vesterbroghade originates in the 12th-century country road that led in and out of Copenhagen's Western City Gate.
The road passed Sankt Jørgens Bæk (St. George's Stream) on its way to Valby and often changed course.
In 1866–67, Vesterbrogade was extended in a straight line from Tivoli to the Haymarket (now City Hall Square).
[2] The first section of the street, between the City Hall Square and the new Central Station, was laid out as a broad, tree-lined promenade.
At the turn of the 20th century, Vesterbros Passage was the backbone in a westward expansion of Copenhagen's city centre.
Saxo Towers, a mixed-use complex consisting of four interconnected cylinders, is currently under construction on the other side of the street.
The former SAS Royal Hotel, now operated by Radison Blu, was designed by Arne Jacobsen.
[9] Ole Christensen's sculpture The Flower of Vesterbro from 1990 stands on the corner of Vesterbrogade and Helgolandsgade.