Copenhagen

T H E CAPITAL OF DENMARK.

m ost aristocratic quarter of the town. A long the very fashio­ nable B redgade and Am aliegade one may see the p rom enaders pass on their favourite walk from K ongen sN y to rv to Langelinie. In this quarter are many bu ildings of interest — several fine old tow n -hou ses of the nobility (most of them transform ed to suit the needs of the present day, as for example the m ansion of the Counts Schimmelmann, now the Concert-Palais); the S u rg eo n ’s Hall, one of the finest bu ildings in C openhagen ; K ing F rederick's Hospital; the Houses of the R igsdag (the Danish Parliam ent); and the Russian Church with its gilt, b u lb ­ shaped cupolas. Any one desirous of seeing a scene of genu ine C openhagen life should take a walk th rough the fish market at »Gammel

Strand"; thence he may proceed to the n e ig h ­ b o u rin g "P rindsens Palais", a beautiful old building, which houses the archaeological and historical Museums. O ppo site the G amm el S trand lies Thorvaldsens Museum , the p ro ­

TH E TOW N HALL

duct of B indesbøll’s genius, which with its richly-coloured façade and quaint and original

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