CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

S T R E E T S , SQUARES, Ac,

T h e T ow n, w hich w as form erly divided into th ree

p rin cip al districts — the Old T o w n , or W este rn

q u a rte r; the New T o w n , or N o rth -ea ste rn q u arter,

added in C hristian IV .’s tim e ; an d C h ristian sh av n —

is now separated into 12 q u arters or 9 p arishes.

It contains 2 5 8 Streets, 17 S q uares or P la c e s , and

3 5 0 0 h o u se s, excepting the N avy q u arter and the

B arracks.

T h e 4 E ntrances to the town by lan d

are by the E ast, N orth, W est, and A m ager G ates,

w hich rem ain open th ro u g h o u t the n ig h t; bu t a fte r

12 o’clock th ere is a charge for each person o f 2"

Skillings.

Starting from the N. E. part of the town: the

principal Streets are

Bredgade

(Broad St.) or

Norgesgade 3

extending from the Toldbodvei to

Kongens N ytorv;

Amaliegade,

(parallel with

Bredgade) divided by the Amalienborg P lads;

Østergade

(East St.) which leads from Kongens

Nytorv to Am agertorv; whence

Vimmelskaftet

stretches to Gammeltorv,

Frederiksberggade,

and

the Vesterport.

In the N. W . part o f the town