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Fredensborg Slotspark (thc park) Laid out in 1760 by Jardin. With its 7 long avenues and many sculpturcs of grcat beauty. The stylish niarblc garden is thc private domain o f thc royal family. Hotels Hotel Frederik IV og Store Kro, tcl. 298, 47, 477. 37 roonis. Kr. 17,50- 38.00. Music, tennis, skittles, billard, riding horses, boating on the lake. Hotel Prinsen, tel. 36 and 436. 20 rooms. Bath, running water. Kr. 17,00 - 35 . 75 - Music 7-1 x p.m. Copenliagen-Roskilde Trains from the main station or Valby station about every half hour. Busses from Valby Langgade bus station 6 times daily, distance 31 km. Roskilde is one o f thc oldest towns 011 Zealand. I11 the ioth century even seat o f king and bishop. The bishops o f Roskilde were powerful lords, whose rcsources were only surpassed by the king’s. The town was then center o f ecclesiastical life in Scandinavia. After the reform­ ation the bishop moved to Copenhagen, and the town slowly decayed. After the Construction o f the railway to Copenhagen, the first in Den- mark, the town began again to grow and today it has several important industries. In olden times the town had a cathedral, 12 parish churches and 8 monasteries and religious institutions. The town is situated on a hiil with a wide view o f the fiord. The town has 23.497 inhabitants. Hotels Jernbanehotellet, near the station, tel. Roskilde 6 and 1136. 14 rooms. Kr. 5,00-11,50. Missionshotellet, 1, Hestetorvet, tcl. 184 and 2407. 20 rooms. Kr. 4,00- 10.00. Hotel Prinsen, 13, Algade, tel. 10. 24 rooms, bath and running water. Kr. 6,00-21,00. Hotel Roar, 12, Algade, tel. 242 and 2362. 10 rooms, running water. Kr. 5,00-10,00. Points of Interest Roskilde Domkirke, (the cathedral), built by bishop Absalon in 1170 of red bricks in a mixture ofRomanesque and Gothic. The cathe­ dral has altogether 10 chapcls in different styles from the subsequent centuries. The Gothic spires date from 1623, the oldest chapel from