Copenhagen

T H E CAPITAL OF DENMARK.

TH E OPEN COURTYARD OF TH E TOW N HALL W ITH TH E DOVE-TOW ER

southern design forms a striking contrast to its northern su r­ roundings. Facing the canal opposite the museum stand seve­ ral interesting old houses, and on the quay the stout fisher- w om en, w rapped in woollen shaw ls, sit by their baskets of fish. From Slotsholmen the “ K n ippelsb ro“ leads across the har­ bou r to the old-fashioned and interesting Christianshavn, built by Christian IV, and still possessing in an unaltered state many interesting old buildings, formerly the houses of m er­ chant princes. Christianshavn has maintained its old world character, different in many ways from the bustling and noisy Copenhagen proper, between which and the country it form s a link. In the Church of O u r Saviour it possesses a bu ild ing

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