Elmegade
Curved nineteenth-century side street of over fifty independent boutiques, bars and cafes.
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This guide to Elmegade in Copenhagen explains why this Copenhagen side street bends instead of running straight, tracing back to the 1880s when developers laying out the neighborhood ran into land they could not move. It follows the trade guilds who financed the row houses along the curve, including a beer dealers' emblem carved into one facade, and the street's turn into a stretch of independent shops. Look up at number six as you pass for the carved hops and barley.
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