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_COPENHAGEN AND ENVIRONS._ PAGE LÜBECK—JOURNEY TO COPENHAGEN—HERR RENTIER—BERTEL THORVALDSEN—MUSEUMS—AN EVENING AT THE TIVOLI—SOUVENIRS OF HAMLET—A FAMOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW—THE FREDERIKSBORG PALACE—AN AIMLESS WIDOW 15
The expense of a journey through Norway, Sweden, and Denmark is very moderate. We did not limit ourselves to a fixed amount, nor practise any especial economy; we travelled firs...
24. CHAPTER X.POSTING SYSTEM AND MANNER OF TRAVELLING IN THE INTERIOR—CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORWEGIANS—A DAY’S CARRIOLING—A MORNING WALK—RIVAL INNKEEPERS—SCENES IN THE HAY FIELDS—OUR THIRD D...
15. CHAPTER I. _COPENHAGEN AND ENVIRONS.It was on a charming day in June, after an hour’s railway ride from Hamburg, that we arrived at Lübeck—the starting point of our journey through Scandinavia. Lübeck is the small...
20. CHAPTER VI.THE SIGHTS OF TROMSÖ—A VISIT TO A WHALE-OIL FACTORY—THE MOST NORTHERN TOWN IN THE WORLD—BIRD ISLANDS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN—A PICNIC AT THE BASE OF THE NORTH CAPE—THE MIDNIGHT SUN—...
19. CHAPTER V.THE EVER-PRESENT SALMON—A CHEESE EXHIBITION—THE BLESSED ISLAND BELT—TORGHÄTTA AND THE SEVEN SISTERS—SCENES WITHIN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—VISIT TO THE SVARTISEN GLACIER—COASTING ALONG...
26. CHAPTER XII.We met at Eide a Norwegian-American, a gentleman of wealth and intelligence from Wisconsin, who was revisiting his native land accompanied by his American wife, after an absence...
25. CHAPTER XI.A DAY ON THE SOGNEFJORD—EVENING SCENES AT A NORWEGIAN HOTEL—CARRIOLING THROUGH THE LAERDAL—BORGUND CHURCH—THE GRANDEURS OF THE NAERÖFJORD AND WALK THROUGH THE NAERÖDAL—OUR DRIVE...
17. CHAPTER III.THE ISLANDS AND FEATURES OF THE CITY—THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY OF SWEDEN—INTERESTING MUSEUMS—THE LEADING CITY FOR TELEPHONES—SCENES AT EVENING CONCERTS—THE MULTITUDE OF EXCURSIONS—D...
21. CHAPTER VII.THE LYNGEN FJORD—LAPP ENCAMPMENT IN THE TROMSDAL—A SMUKE PIGE—LAPP HUTS AND BABIES—REINDEER, AND THEIR MANIFOLD USES—LOADING CATTLE—FAREWELL APPEARANCE OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN—SCENE...
23. CHAPTER IX.STEAMBOAT SERVICE—A NIGHT IN A MOUNTAIN SÆTER—PRIMITIVE ACCOMMODATIONS—A TALKATIVE FARMER—RIDING HORSEBACK UNDER DIFFICULTIES—AN EXHAUSTING TRAMP AND A TRIAL OF PATIENCE—UP THE...
22. CHAPTER VIII.The “Kong Halfdan” remained part of a day at Throndhjem. We visited again the interesting old cathedral, and walking outside the city we watched in a large field the drilling of...
16. CHAPTER II.Gothenburg, a busy commercial place of about 77,000 inhabitants, is, next to Stockholm, the largest city in Sweden. It is situated on the Gotha river, five miles from its mouth,...
27. CHAPTER XIII.OUR EXPERIENCES IN THE “WEEPING CITY”—SCENES IN THE FISH MARKET—RAINY WALKS ABOUT TOWN—A BENEFICIAL LICENCE SYSTEM—VOYAGE ACROSS THE NORTH SEA—UP THE RIVER MAAS TO ROTTERDAM.
18. CHAPTER IV.From Upsala we started on a railway journey of four hundred and ninety-four miles across Sweden to Throndhjem (Drontheim in English), on the west coast of Norway, the distance b...
6. CHAPTER VI.THE SIGHTS OF TROMSÖ—A VISIT TO A WHALE-OIL FACTORY—THE MOST NORTHERN TOWN IN THE WORLD—BIRD ISLANDS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN—A PICNIC AT THE BASE OF THE NORTH CAPE—THE MIDNIGHT SUN—...
3. CHAPTER III.THE ISLANDS AND FEATURES OF THE CITY—THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY OF SWEDEN—INTERESTING MUSEUMS—LEADING CITY FOR TELEPHONES—SCENES AT EVENING CONCERTS—THE MULTITUDE OF EXCURSIONS—DOWN...
5. CHAPTER V.THE EVER-PRESENT SALMON—A CHEESE EXHIBITION—THE BLESSED ISLAND BELT—TORGHÄTTA AND THE SEVEN SISTERS—SCENES WITHIN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—VISIT TO THE SVARTISEN GLACIER—COASTING ALONG...
11. CHAPTER XI.A DAY ON THE SOGNEFJORD—EVENING SCENES AT A NORWEGIAN HOTEL—CARRIOLING THROUGH THE LAERDAL—BORGUND CHURCH—THE GRANDEURS OF THE NAERÖFJORD AND WALK THROUGH THE NAERÖDAL—OUR DRIVE...
7. CHAPTER VII.THE LYNGEN FJORD—LAPP ENCAMPMENT IN THE TROMSDAL—A SMUKE PIGE—LAPP HUTS AND BABIES—REINDEER, AND THEIR MANIFOLD USES—LOADING CATTLE—FAREWELL APPEARANCE OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN—SCENE...
9. CHAPTER IX.STEAMBOAT SERVICE—A NIGHT IN A MOUNTAIN SÆTER—PRIMITIVE ACCOMMODATIONS—A TALKATIVE FARMER—RIDING HORSEBACK UNDER DIFFICULTIES—AN EXHAUSTING TRAMP AND A TRIAL OF PATIENCE—UP THE...
10. CHAPTER X.POSTING SYSTEM AND MANNER OF TRAVELLING IN THE INTERIOR—CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORWEGIANS—A DAY’S CARRIOLING—A MORNING WALK—RIVAL INNKEEPERS—SCENES IN THE HAY FIELDS—OUR THIRD D...
14. CHAPTER XIV.2. CHAPTER II.13. CHAPTER XIII.OUR EXPERIENCES IN THE “WEEPING CITY”—SCENES IN THE FISH MARKET—RAINY WALKS ABOUT TOWN—A BENEFICIAL LICENCE SYSTEM—VOYAGE ACROSS THE NORTH SEA—UP THE RIVER MAAS TO ROTTERDAM 253
1. CHAPTER I._COPENHAGEN AND ENVIRONS._ PAGE LÜBECK—JOURNEY TO COPENHAGEN—HERR RENTIER—BERTEL THORVALDSEN—MUSEUMS—AN EVENING AT THE TIVOLI—SOUVENIRS OF HAMLET—A FAMOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW—THE FRED...
12. CHAPTER XII.4. CHAPTER IV.8. CHAPTER VIII.