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Map 2. The corner of 0slergade and Kobmngergade (Ranchs corner). and confectionery of Cloetta. In the middle of Amager- torv,. where tliere is a stand for automobiles, is a public subterranean lavatory for ladies and gentlemen. To the left are several of the 1 nest shops in Copenha­ gen as f. i. the stylish exlii- bitionrooms of the Royal Da­ nish Porcelain Manufactory, in an old historical and beau­ tiful building with a tine re­ naissance front.

To meet »ved Ranch v. or »under Ureta (under the clock) is a saying, known by all Copenhageners and it means to meet a t the corner of Ostergade and Kobmngergade, where a clock in the window of the old well-known Ranchs watchmakers shop serves as the level for the watches of the inhabitants. The place, in the meantime, nowadays at least, is a very poor meeting place, as the traffic on this crossing reaches its culmination. W ith Kobmagergade to the left and Hojbroplads and

Next to this, in No. 4, is one of Bodegas most frequen­ ted shops and on the corner of Kobmagergade a branch-of­ fice of Den danslce Landmands- banlc (see Chapter 9). On the opposite side of Amagertorv we notice the monumental building of Cloet­ ta, in the ground floor of which one of the oldest and very well-known glove-busi­ ness, A. T. Bording Ltd. lias its shop. Next to this is the entrance to the big restaurant

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