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T h e P o s t = O f f i c e . The Post-office of Denmark is a (marked with a post-horn on the State m onopoly and the m ost mo- m aps of Copenhagen in this book). clern principles are ruling in this Common letters inland, may w eigh departm ent. The rem otest livin g up to 1 Kg. and be o f a size of sm all-holder in Denmark receives 45X3 >X4 Cm. To the foreign conn- his post daily at his door There are tries they m ay w eigh up to 2 Kg. about 1100 post-offices in the coun- and be 45 etm long. Having the try In 1923-21 35 m illion le'ters form of a roll they may be of a arrived to Copenhagen, inside the lenght of 75 etm. and 10 etm. in city were sent 36 m illion and the diam eter The letters m ust not num ber of outgoing letters were contain m oney. 113 m illion. The local postage for letters weigh- The C entral-Postbuilding is sitna- ing under 50 grammes is 10 Ore, ted in Tietgensgade behind the and more Ilian 60 gr. to 250 gr 15 M ain-Railwaysta'ion, but post-offi- 0re and m ore than this to 1 Kg. ces are found all over the city 60 Ore . Time of conveyance for letters to various European cities To hours To hours To hours A m sterdam ......... . .. 24 Hague, The ............... 25 N ic e .................... ......... 68 A ntw erp ................ Hamburg .. ................ 11 Norrkoping .. ......... 11 Athens .................. . .100 H anover. .. ................ 16 Nurem berg .. ......... 26 .. 70 34 ... 15 48 ___ 32 47 .. 38 ......... 45 llerlin .................... .. 11 K arlsru h e.. ................ 26 P rague................ ......... 29 Horn ...................... Kiel ................ 14 R ig a .................... ......... 46 B ord eau x............. .. 50 C onstantinopel...........105 R om e___ _____ ......... 57 . . 15 27 ......... 7 B resla u .................. . . 19 C ologne___ ................ 20 Rotterdam . . . . ......... 25 Brussels ................ .. 28 Lausanne .. ............... 42 Sassnitz.............. ......... 23 S4 27 B ucharest............. L e ith ........... ................ 45 S ophia................ ......... 76 100 Southam pton . ......... 46 57 S tettin ................ ......... 14 C herbourg........... .. 53 L isbon......... ................ 81 S tock h olm ___ ......... 14 D a n tzic.................. London . . . . Strassbourg ... ......... 83 D arm stadt........... .. 24 Lucerne . .. ................ 37 Stuttgart........... ......... 27 D r e sd e n ................ .. 22 Lubec ......... ............... 10 T rieste................ ......... 62 D u b lin .................... .. 66 Lvons ......... ................ 5t D rontheim ... ......... 35 D iisseid orff......... .. 21 M adrid........... ............... 71 T u r in e ................ ......... 48 E d in b u rg............. . . 45 M alm o........... ................ 2 U trecht............. . . . . 24 51 42 Frankfort o. t. M .. 23 M annheim .. ............... 25 V en ice................ . . . . 49 Frankfort o. t. O .. 14 M arseilles... V ienna ............. ......... 34 Genoa .................... .. 47 M ilan............. ............... 43 W iesbaden . . . . ......... 26 G la sgo w ................ .. 48 M u n ich ......... ............... 28 V lissitig e n ----- ......... 27 62