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Among other buildings still existing from the reign of King Chr. IV. I shall name “Regensen”, a sort of a boarding house free of charge for the undergraduates; the “Church of the Royal Dockyard”, formerly a smithy; and the most curious of them all, the “Round Tower”, c. 1640, with its spiral vaulted interial roadway, which enables you to drive up to the top of the tower from which you have a magnificent and comprehen­ sive view of the town and its environs. Originally it was planned for astronomical observations to which the King took a great fancy. Also the fleet increased very much and the harbour now being too small, it was enlarged northward, which again gave rise to the founding of “Nyboder”, a group of dwellings for the dockyard people. This people lived formerly'in the streets round the Church of St. Nicola, and therefore we find still many of the same names of streets in these two different quarters of the town. The founding of the “Nyboder” out of the ramparts gave rise to a quick increase of the town in other different directions, and already in 1618 we find the beginning of “Christianshavn”, the part of Copenhagen on the other side of the harbour. The principal church of this quarter is the “Church of our Saviour”, erected 1682 during the reign of King Christian V, by the archi­ tect Lamberth v. Haven; later on it was adorned with the curious spiral formed spire, by the architect Laurids de Thura in 1749. Owing to the isolated situation, “Christianshavn" has been saved from the many fires, that have ravaged the other parts of Copenhagen, and you may therefore still find more quaint old houses here, than in any other part of the town; with its many