Snaregade and Magstraede streets

The streets Snaregade and Magstræde, in Copenhagen

Snaregade and Magstræde count among the oldest streets of Copenhagen, lined with colourful houses on original cobblestones. The Copenhagen audio-guided tour stops here to evoke these alleys of the sixteenth century that have preserved all their brilliance, and whose dwellings, among the oldest of the city, bring back to life the authentic atmosphere of the Danish capital of long ago.

History

Here are two of the oldest streets of Copenhagen. Dating from the sixteenth century, Snaregade and Magstræde have lost nothing of their brilliance over time, quite the contrary. Lined with fine colourful houses on each side of cobblestones that are, too, original, they reveal an authentic architecture and atmosphere that perfectly reveal what the city was in the sixteenth century. Colourful and flamboyant, they figure among the historic streets of the Danish capital, a true obligatory passage to go back in time. They moreover shelter some of the oldest houses of Copenhagen, dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, that miraculously escaped the great fires having ravaged the city several times. To stroll in these cobbled alleys, away from the agitation of the great shopping arteries, is to plunge into the Copenhagen of long ago and taste the intimate charm of a district out of time.

What to see

Here you stroll in two of the oldest streets of Copenhagen, Snaregade and Magstræde, dating from the sixteenth century, with their colourful houses and original cobblestones; they shelter some of the oldest dwellings of the city and bring back to life its atmosphere of long ago, away from the agitation. These historic alleys are a journey in time. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The streets Snaregade and Magstræde lie in the historic centre of Copenhagen, near the canal and Slotsholmen, reachable on foot. They are cobbled alleys in free access, that you discover during a walk in the old town.

What are the oldest streets of Copenhagen?

Snaregade and Magstræde count among the oldest streets of the city, dating from the sixteenth century; lined with colourful houses on original cobblestones, they shelter some of the oldest dwellings of Copenhagen, of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and restore the authentic atmosphere of the capital of long ago.

Where are the streets Snaregade and Magstræde in Copenhagen?

In the historic centre of Copenhagen, near the canal and Slotsholmen, in Denmark.