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196: 27: 183:'s plan for Christianshavn from 1617. The original intention was only to build along the south-east side of the street, away from the water, while the beach provided private harbour facilities for the lot owners, who could easily transfer goods from ships to their warehouses and storage cellars. This solution was repeated along both sides of 256:
The east side of the oldest section of the street is still completely dominated by the historic townhouses, although many have been altered, extended or replaced over the years. Dating from the 1620s, the house row at No. 28-32 has some of the oldest houses in Christianshavn. The
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respectively. In 1730, the site on the north side of Torvegade was taken over by Danish Asia Company, a reconstruction of Danish East India Company. They completed a new head office on the site in 1738. Denmark's first dry dock, later known as
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was not reclaimed until Andreas Bjørn established a shipyard there in 1735. Strandgade was later extended through the area after it had been divided into
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at No. 32 was built by Mikkel Vibe who was mayor of Copenhagen. Other notable houses along this stretch of the street are the
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for motor vehicles while a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists across
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The most notable visitor attractions in the street are
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Originally Strandstræde only reached as far north as
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Torvegade
Christianshavn
Copenhagen
Denmark
55°40′28.92″N 12°35′26.88″E / 55.6747000°N 12.5908000°E / 55.6747000; 12.5908000
Christianshavn
Copenhagen
Denmark
Inner Harbour
Christian's Church
Grønlandske Handels Plads
cul-de-sac
Trangraven
Johan Semp
Christianshavn Canal

Danish East India Company
Danish West India Company
Torvegade
Knippels Bridge
Old Dock
Bådsmandsstræde
Wilder's Bridge
Wilders Plads
Mikkel Vibe House
Lehn House
Rhode House
Sigvert Grubbe House
Andreas Bjørn House

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