CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

ENVIRONS.

Grandeur and sublimity are not features to be

met with in the scenery of the island of Sealand.

Here are no mountains, not even what may be

termed a hill, no rivers, nor cataracts, which render

Sweden and Norway so attractive to the tourist,

and hurry him onwards after a few days given to

the "lions” of Copenhagen. But the beauty of the

Beech Woods, rarely equalled in other countries,

and the smooth and glassy Lakes, give a softness

to the landscape which is the peculiar charm of

Sealand’s scenery, and render it worthy of a closer

acquaintance.

Before proceeding into the country, it may be

as well to mention the walks in the more immediate

vicinity of the city. These are the banks along

the

Sorte, Peblinge,

and

S t. Jørgen

lakes, called

also by the vulgar the paths of

Love, Marriage,

and

Divorce

;

the

Øster-

and

Vester-Farimagsvei ;

Blegdamsveien

, extending from the Øster- to the

Nørrebro along the large commons used by the