København_1925

works all of which have been erected on the old fortification terrain. They now lie here also as a kind of means of defence, and may al all events be calculated to secure the city the victory in a contest with respect to beauty. Raadhuspladsen is one of the most heavily traf- ficked squareis in Copenhagen, and is the place from where on a summer day, or indeecl on any day of the year in the afternoon or evening, one is able

Kabaretscener er beliggende i Raadhuspladsens umiddelbare Nærhed, foruden »Tivoli«, flere store Restauranter og endelig Hovedbanegaarden. Særlig typisk for København er den enorme Cykletrafik, hvortil ingen anden By i Verden kan opvise Magen. De plane Gader begunstiger i den Grad dette lette Befordringsmiddel, al saa godt som alle Byens Borgere gør Brug af det uden Hensyn til, hvilket Samfundslag eller Stand, de tilhører, i

Stender fot.

Rosenborg Slot. — Rosenborg Castle. — Chåteau de Rosenborg. — Schloss Rosenborg.

alle Aldre og af begge Køn. Af Københavns 725,000 Indbyggere kan man roligt regne, at de 400,000 kø­ rer paa Cykle —omend naturligvis ikke ved enhver Lejlighed eller paa enhver Aarstid. E t særligt fornøjeligt Indtryk af denne typisk københavnske Trafik faar man bedst en Foraars- eller Sommereftermiddag ved 5-Tiden, enten i Frederiksborggade (Forbindelsesgaden mellem den gamle Bydel (Købmagergade) og den store Ar­ bejderforstad, Nørrebro) eller paa Vesterbrogade udfor Hovedbanegaarden og Tivoli, men især paa Raadhuspladsen. I Tusindvis kommer da Køben­ havnerne og ikke mindre Københavnerinderne, naar Kontorer og Forretninger er lukkede, ru l­ lende paa deres H jul i tætte Kolonner. De blanke

to observe the typical streel life of greater Copen­ hagen. Here the great streams of traffic meet and cross, from the inner town and from the suburbs Vesterbro and Frederiksberg and the great traffic ar tery Vestervoldgade, which, with connections towards the east w ith Amager and towards the north-west with Norrebro crosses the square obliquely. Practically the whole of the town passes this way. It is in reality the main entrance to Co- penhagen’s »City«. The great newspaper offices have their editing and advertisement departments here, the hotels are amongst the hest in the town, and no less than eight of the capital’s theatres, cinemas and cabarets are situated in the immediate vicinity of Raadhuspladsen, in addition to Tivoli, 42