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The Copenhagen Exchange.

rooms. Here is a big painting by C. F. lio y e r: »Christian IV visiting Tycho Brahe on the isle of Hveen«. On the floor above is a statue of C. F. Tietgen. Tli. Exchange was made over to the Merchants Guild in 1855, and besides the offices and meeting room belon­ ging to this, contains a number of different brokers offices. The Exchange is open on weekdays 12%— liy, (admission 25 O re). The exchange hours 2—3. •

bust of Frederik V II and on tlie opposite wall a marble fire-place with a statue of Christian IV. On each side of this on the wall is a charcoal draw ing by L. Frolich, repre­ senting »the Justice« and »the Diligence«. Especially worth noticing is the big painting by P. S. Ivroyer with por­ tra its of prom inent merchants from the nineteenth century. Behiyd the big exchange-hall are smoking- and reading-

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The commercial life is understandingly supported by well organised banks and is consolidated considerably by well managed mercantile institutions of imformation. The base created for the wholesale trade by the above mentioned factors of the modern business-world : the Exchange, organisations, banks and institution s of information, lias not remained unused. Copenhagen possesses a number of mercantile businesses, which, in proportion to its size, is more than usual, old as well as new, showing the real mercantile cu lture; knowledge of their branches here and abroad, judge­ ment of the movements of the time, combined with initiative. - 105 —, It