The street runs from Møntergade in the southeast to Landemærket in the northwest, linking Gammel Mønt with Åbenrå.

[1] The street was historically part of a poor neighbourhood with old, narrow houses.

One of the largest buildings in the street was Landmandshotellet (The Farmers Hotel) at the corner with Landemærket.

The so-called Brøndstræde Quarter was demolished in 1910 in the first public urban regeneration programme of its kind in the city.

The building is constructed in red brick and features two corner risalits with gable motifs with exposed timber framing on the upper parts as well as a central granite portal designed with inspiration from the Coat of Arms of Copenhagen.

10) was built in 1911 to design by Bernhard Ingemann (1869–1923) and was later expanded by Alf Cock Clausen.

It houses the art cinema Cinemateket as well as a number of other film-related organizations.