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A t this time too all kinds of sports and games are going on. Many people, in the meantime, consider May and Septem­ ber as being the special months for travelling, and these two months, as it happens, are usually very line in Den­ mark : in May the beech unfolds its ligth and downy leaves, while the ground is covered with myriads of charm ing flo­ wers, and in September, when the sky, high and clear, is shining on the gaudy colours of the forest, the day m ight be as warm as in the middle of the summ er; in the evening the rockets and suns from the fireworks in Tivoli compete w ith the lights from the theatres, whose season has ju st begun, while it ends with the month of May. The winter-season proper begins after New-Year with the first performances of the theatres and the fine concerts. A t the same time the social life and the ball season opens up. I t has been the custom lately, th at New-Years evening by the Copenhagener is celebrated outside the home, and the leading hotels and restau ran ts therefore are arranging festivals, for which seats have to be reserved quite a time ahead. On Sundays all business in shops and factories is forbid­ den but from 4 o’cl. the places of amusement are open. During the summer, especially on Sundays, the trains carry Thousands and Thousands to the beautiful environs of the capital, and in the w inter the stream of people goes to the Dyrehaven for ski-ing, skating or tobogganing — th a t is, if the w inter is hard enough for these kinds of sport. During the heigth of the season it is advisable to secure the hotelroom in advance. The to u rist n a tu rally will ask, how much it costs to live in Copenhagen a day. This question, of course, is dif­ ficult to answer satisfactory, as it depends on individual requirements of comfort and on tlie more or less practical way of arrangem ent, but we should say, th at 20—25 K roner will be a comfortable average, if the to u rist wants to fre­ quent the better class places. W ith more modest require­ ments, of course, it is possible to live cheaper. Tt is of importance, in the meantime, in advance to know as much as possible of the local conditions in order to be able to find ones bearings in comparatively short time, and for this purpose we have published this book, in the hope, th a t it may prove useful to the guests of Copenhagen and make them feel at home in our city and in the future make them long back to it.