Copenhagen

THE JOURNEY AND THE ROUTES TO COPENHAGEN.

you are in London, you will have you r choice of three direct routes, viz. The sea-route via Harwich— Esbjerg and the con­ tinental routes via Hook Osnabrück— Hamburg and via F lushing — Osnabrück — Hamburg, whilst the continental routes via Ostend— Brussels Cologne— Osnabrück— Hamburg and via Calais— Brussels— Cologne— Osnabrück—Hamburg can only be nam ed as secondary. The tim e and fare of the sea-rou te between London and C op enh ag en are to be found on the steering-wheel (vid. the back of the map); the time and fare of the F lushing route are indicated on the forem ost of the large train-wheels. In London through tickets are sold fo r Copenhagen by each of the above-m en tioned 5 routes. W hen you have m ade you r choice you r next question will p rob ab ly be this: H ow am I to act, and what will be offered me, when I arrive w ithin the Danish frontier? To this question the an sw er is the follow ing brief description of Danish m odes of conveyance. As D enm ark is year by year visited by a considerably in ­ creasing n um b e r of foreigners of all nations, its railways and steam ships are, as a m atter of course, already prov ided with the latest im provem ents, and in m ost things are on a level w ith those of m ore frequented European countries. Most of the railways in Denm ark belong to the g o v ern ­ ment, and as Denm ark may be said to be partly a kingdom of islands, it is natural that the governm en t should also own th e ferries which connect the lines of the main routes. In this latter departm en t D enm ark actually ranks foremost in the list of European States, the s t e a m - f e r r ie s of the Danish g o v e rn ­ m en t railways being so excellently constructed that they are invariably considered to be the best models. Besides being fast, they w eather a g reat swell splendidly, and are capable of tran spo rting a considerable cargo of railway w aggons, standing on one o r two pair of rails on the deck of the ferry. Fo reig ­ ners often liken them to "floating stations". In these excellent

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