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  • the Baltic. Copenhagen harbour is entered through a narrow breakwater opening + this gives access to a free port on the right, lined with smart brick warehouses and a long canal extending into the heart of the city, large vessels were docked alongside this + two or three smaller canals lead from it up the centre of city streets. Here smaller vessels - up to 80 ft or so were loading direct from the street. The two ships of the Danish Navy, the king's yacht, a huge whale factory ship + many yachts rode at anchor; there were large shipyards on the east of the harbor entrance. We landed almost in front of the Royal Palaces of which there are four arranged around an open circle. containing a large equestrian statue to Frederick the ? The dome of the cathedral lay straight ahead. I photographed this scene. I took a taxi to my hotel, a small one the Norrevold on [space left blank] street. + there Finn Salomonsen met me + we went over to the museum. The museum + library along with several other university buildings are part of the old town, built in the 15th century + some of it about 1100. The museum is a large building + in it are
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