Brick townhouses line two canal quays below the black and gold spire of Vor Frelsers Kirke, and the block of flats where the DR series Huset på Christianshavn was set.
What Christianshavn looks like
splits the district into two quay streets, and Overgaden Neden Vandet, crossed by . Houseboats and moored barges line both quays, tied up against the brick townhouses that face the water. One barge moored near Snorrebroen has a glass roofed deck built onto its stern, with outdoor seating under the glass.
A merchant's townhouse at Overgaden Oven Vandet 50 stands four storeys over a raised cellar under a mansard roof, seven bays wide with a central three bay projection. Its gateway keystone still carries a relief of an anchor. Similar dormered gables and mansard roofs continue along the row toward .
rises over the rooftops on Sankt Annæ Gade, its brick tower finished in red and yellow tile on a granite base. An external staircase winds four times around the outside of the black and gold helix spire, added between 1749 and 1752.
occupies the former military barracks off Bådsmandsstræde at the district's eastern edge, its self built houses put up without architects on the old ramparts. , the rest of those ramparts, is now open green space along the water.
Shot in Christianshavn
The DR sitcom Huset på Christianshavn used the real block of flats at Amagergade 7 to 9 for its exterior shots, along with Rottehullet, the bar across the street. Its interior scenes were built in a studio.
Huset på Christianshavn, 1970 to 1977
The block of flats at Amagergade 7 to 9 supplied the exterior of the fictional building the series is named for, filmed from 1970 to 1977. The bar Rottehullet, also on Amagergade, supplied the exterior of the show's local pub. Interiors for both were built on a studio set. Street View
Oude Delft is lined with narrow brick canal houses and stepped gables from the same two centuries as Christianshavn's own quays, with boats still moored along the water. The scale is close too, a single working canal rather than a wide harbour. Delft's gables step more sharply and its brickwork runs redder, so a tight frame along the water reads best. Wider shots would need to avoid the bikes stacked at the bridges. Try searching brick canal houses now.
Dijver runs along a canal lined with stepped brick gables and moored tour boats, close in scale to a single Christianshavn quay. Warehouses back onto the water in the same way, with loading doors still visible above the waterline. Bruges' cobbled paths and crowds of visitors need controlling, and its gables are more steeply stepped than Christianshavn's plain ones. Try searching stepped brick canal gables now.
Speicherstadt in Hamburg, Germany
Speicherstadt is a warehouse quarter built over canals, with red brick blocks and loading doors facing the water on every side. The scale is larger than Christianshavn's own warehouses, but a single canal frame reads close. Speicherstadt's warehouses run taller and more uniform than Christianshavn's mixed quay, and its roofline is more consistently pointed, so a tight canal level shot holds the match better than a wide one. Try searching red brick canal warehouses now.
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