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connection between Amager and Sealand and unfortuna­ tely not a great help to the traffic. Different plans for solving the difficult traffic-problem which absolutely m ust be sol­ ved, have been set forth, but as yet nothing has been agreed about. . 1 : * * Christianshavn does not re­ semble any other town in the Denmark of to-day. A pecu­ liar feeling seizes one rig h t on the other side of the bridge. One is reminded of the old Dutch towns, because Christianshavn, like these, is a town of canals. A t each tu rn a picturesque view presents itself and one enjoys the general harmony

sens Pales with the National Museum (see Chapter 7). We then retu rn to the E x­ change, behind which is the building of Privatbanken (see Chapter 8), and have reached to the Knippelsbro. Knippelsbro connects the two parts of the cjty on Zea­ land and Amager and is the main thoroughfare between them. I t is an electrical lever draw-bridge, for Which rea­ son the whole traffic must stop, whenever a vessel pas­ ses, which of course is very disagreeable on account of the big and steady growing tra f­ fic. From the bridge one looks to the left across the harbour to the Sound and to the rig h t towards Langebro, the other

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