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og der er meget at se paa undervejs. Han glæder

sig til at genopfriske sine Erindringer. Desuden er

Trafiken næppe vaagnet, saa Gader og Pladser har

mange Steder Nyhedens Interesse ogsaa for ham.

Lad os følge ham paa denne Morgentur gennem

København.

Den store Gefion-Fontæne ved Langelinies Ind­

gang mellem Meteorologisk Institut og den engel­

ske Kirke vender vi Ryggen og begiver os gennem

Slotsholm, down to the present day, when it now

covers some 8000 hectares of land and has a po­

pulation af 725,000.

Thus Copenhagen presents ilself to those pos-

sessing local knowledge of the place on disem-

barking one fine morning at the Custom House

Quay. Our traveller may perhaps have been away

for many years, but nevertheless has forgotten

nothing of his town. From the Toldboden (Custom

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Amalienborg. — The Royal iResidence Amalienborg. — La Residence royale,d’Amalienborg. — Die Konigliche Residenz Amalienborg.

Amaliegades Rederi- og Speditør-Kvarter, forbi

det gamle Frederiks Hospital, hvor nu

Det danske

Kunstindustrimuseum

er indrettet, henover

Ama­

lienborg Plads.

Stilheden mellem den kongelige

Residens’ fornemme Rococco-Palæer forekommer

ikke særlig usædvanlig, den er i og for sig ikke

mere udpræget i denne Morgentime end paa alle

andre Tider af Døgnet — undtagen paa Slaget 12

Middag, naar Vagtparaden trækker op med fuld

Musik, og en Skare Tilhørere af alle Samfundslag

skaber Slotspladsen om til et folkeligt Forsam ­

lingssted af t}rpisk københavnsk Tilsnit. Men nu er

den store, mønsterbrolagte Plads tom. Kun Vagt­

posterne udenfor Palæerne skridter afmaalt frem

og tilbage foran deres røde Skilderhuse, favnende

House) lie purposes proceeding out Lo Frederiks­

berg. It is quite a good distance through the whole

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of the old inner town, Crossing Raadhuspladsen,

the modern centre of the city, and proceeding along

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Vesterbrogade and Frederiksberg Allé to the F re ­

deriksberg Park. There is liowever plenty of

time, it is yet early in the day, and there is much

to be seen on the way. He looks forward to

reviving old memories, and as the traffic has

barely awakened he is thus permitted a better view

of the streets and places, w7hich have much of

interest to offer, also for him.

Let us follow him on this morning trip through

Copenhagen.

Leaving the large

Gefion fountain

at the

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