Grønlandske Handels Plads

(Kongelige) Grønlandske Handels Plads (English: "(Royal) Greenland Dock") is a waterfront area at the end of Strandgade in the northwestern corner of the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area is bounded by the Trangraven canal to the north, Christianshavn Canal to the east, Krøyers Plads to the south and the main harbor to the west. The waterfront is also known as Nordatlantens Brygge (English: North Atlantic Quay). It is named for the Royal Greenland Trading Department and was for more than 200 years a hub for Danish trade on Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The most notable building is North Atlantic House, an 18th-century warehouse now used as a cultural centre for the North Atlantic area.

The threeway Trangravsbroen bridge connects Grønlandske Handelsplads to Holmen on the other side of Trangraven and Bodenhoffs Plads (Islands Plads) on the other side of Christianshavn Canal while the Inderhavnsbroen bridge connects the area to Nyhavn on the other side of the harbor.

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