Kritianiagade

Kristianiagade is a street located close to Østerport station in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Buildings in the street include Domus Medica, a former noble town mansion which now houses the Danish Medical Association. The west side of the street is mostly lined with late 19th century villas of which several now serve as embassies.

The street is located at the site of Grønlands Lynette (Greenland's Lunette, a outwork situated outside the ravelin in front of Copenhagen's former East Gate. It was built some time before 1728 and was located approximately at the corner of Bergensgade. It was not part of the deal when Copenhagen Municipality took over the rest of the city's decommissioned fortifications from the Danish state in 1770. It was instead used as a military training ground by the Royal Danish Army's engineering troops together with the rest of the glacis outside Kastellet.

The lunette was removed in 1896 in connection with the redevelopment of the glacis into a high-end residential area. Most of the streets in the area were named after Norwegian cities and landscapes. Kristianiagade takes its name after the old name for Oslo. Other street names in the area named after Norwegian localities include Bergensgade (after Bergen), Stavangergade (after Stavanger), Trondhjemsgade and Trondhjems Plads (after Trondheim, Hardangergade (after Hardanger) and Mandalsgade (after Mandal) .

Completed in 1858 to a Historicist design by Ferdinand Meldahl, the former Institute for the Blind, located in a depressed area on the west side of the street, is the lodest building in the area. It is located well below street level as a result of a dry moat which was located in front of Grønlands Lynette . The building now houses an institution for children.

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