Copenhagen

THE JOURNEY AND THE ROUTES TO COPENHAGEN.

you are in London, you will have you r choice of three direct

routes, viz. The

sea-route

via

Harwich— Esbjerg

and the

con

tinental routes

via

Hook Osnabrück— Hamburg

and via

F lushing

—

Osnabrück

—

Hamburg,

whilst the continental routes

via

Ostend— Brussels Cologne— Osnabrück— Hamburg

and

via

Calais— Brussels— Cologne— Osnabrück—Hamburg

can

only be nam ed as secondary.

The tim e and fare of the sea-rou te between London and

C op enh ag en are to be found on the steering-wheel (vid. the

back of the map); the time and fare of the F lushing route are

indicated on the forem ost of the large train-wheels.

London through tickets are sold fo r Copenhagen

by each

of the above-m en tioned 5 routes.

W hen you have m ade you r choice you r next question will

p rob ab ly be this: H ow am I to act, and what will be offered

me, when I arrive w ithin the Danish frontier? To this question

the an sw er is the follow ing brief description of Danish m odes

of conveyance.

As D enm ark is year by year visited by a considerably in

creasing n um b e r of foreigners of all nations, its railways and

steam ships are, as a m atter of course, already prov ided with

the latest im provem ents, and in m ost things are on a level

w ith those of m ore frequented European countries.

Most of the railways in Denm ark belong to the g o v ern

ment, and as Denm ark may be said to be partly a kingdom

of islands, it is natural that the governm en t should also own

th e ferries which connect the lines of the main routes. In this

latter departm en t D enm ark actually ranks foremost in the list

of European States, the s t e a m - f e r r ie s of the Danish g o v e rn

m en t railways being so excellently constructed that they are

invariably considered to be the best models. Besides being

fast, they w eather a g reat swell splendidly, and are capable of

tran spo rting a considerable cargo of railway w aggons, standing

on one o r two pair of rails on the deck of the ferry. Fo reig

ners often liken them to "floating stations". In these excellent