Loppemarkeder, Gammel Strand / the antique market on Gammel Strand

The flea market or antique market on Gammel Strand has been described as both “the most exclusive” and “the most beautiful” antique market in Copenhagen.

With first extensive construction work for the new Metro Station at Gammel Strand and then the rebuilding of the quay along the canal here and the resurfacing of the area with new cobbles, the market was moved across to the other side of the canal to the area at the front of Thorvaldsens Museum.

After several years the move seemed permanent and there were rumours that much of the space on the Gammel Strand side would now be needed for bike racks and that the City Council would no longer licence the antique stalls but now the market has been allowed to return to the sunny side of the canal and the stalls will be open here on Saturdays and Sundays through to October.