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Steamers to London every Thursday; to Hull on Fridays; to
Grangemouth (Glasgow) from Tønsberg on alternate Fridays; to Newcastle on
Wednesdays; to New York once a fortnight; to Gothenburg five times,
and to Copenhagen thrice weekly direct, and once touching at
Fredriks-havn; to Christianssand daily; to Bergen five times weekly; to Throndhjem
four times weekly; to Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp, &c. All these
vessels start from the Toldbodbrygge, the Fæstningsbrygge, or the
Jern-banebrygge (Pl. D, E, 7). — Small steamers ply from the Jernbanebrvgge
to Moss, Horten, Fredrikstad, Fredrikshald, Tønsberg, and the islands
in the Bundefjord; and also from the Pipervik (Pl. A, B, S) to
Fredriks-borg on the Ladegaardsø, once or oftener daily, affording pleasant
excursions. — For these, besides a number of other steamers to places on
the fjord, Drammen, etc., see ‘Gorges Communicationer’.
Small Boats may be hired of the 1 Færgemænd’ on the Pipervik and
at the Baadforening by the fortress for 1 kr. 20 0. per hour. An excursion
may be made by boat to the Hoveder, with its scanty monastery ruins,
to visit which (strictly speaking) permission from the commandant of
the fortress is required (p. 11).
English Church (opened in 1884), in the Möller-Gade. Service at 11
a.m. Chaplain, Rev. A. F. Heaton.
Principal Attractions. Walk or drive from the JØstbanegaard across
the Jernbane-Torv and through the Karl-Johans-Gade. Walk on the
ramparts of the Akershus fortress in the early morning (p. 5). The
collections in the University (Viking ships, p. 7); the Museum of Sculptures
and National Gallery (p. 8); the Palace (p.9). View from St. Hanshaugen,
about 1 Engl. M. to the N. of the Storthings Building (see p. 6).
Excursions to Oscarshall (p. 11) and to Frognersoeter (p. 12). Sail on the
Fjord in one of the small steamers starting from the Pipervik. —
Evening at the Tivoli (p. 2).
Christiania, the capital of Norway, beautifully situated at theN.
end of the Christiania Fjord and on the W. bank of the small
AkersElv, in 59° 54’N.lat. and 10°50’E. long., was founded by Christian IV.
in 1624 on the plain to the N. of the fortress of Akershus, and
named after him, being intended as a substitute for the older town
of Oslo, on the E. bank of the stream, which had been almost entirely
burned down in that yea*. Oslo, founded by Harald Hardraada about
the year 1050, afterwards became a depot of the Hanseatic League
and the capital of Norway, but was burned down by its inhabitants
in 1567 to prevent its falling into the hands of Swedish besiegers,
ami was again destroyed in 1624. It once possessed a richly endowed
cathedral, dedicated to St. Halvard, where several of the Norwegian
kings were interred, and where James I. of England married Anne
of Denmark in 1589. The inhabitants of Christiania (almost
exclusively Protestants) numbered 32,000 in 1835, 94,869 in 1875,
130,800 in 1885, and about 140,000 in 1888.
Christiania is the seat of government and of the supreme court
of Norway, and the headquarters of the Storthing or parliament. It
also boasts of a University, containing several scientific collections,
a National Picture Gallery, an Observatory, a Royal Palace, and a
number of charitable and other institutions. The chief exports are
fimber. fish, matches, beer, and various manufactured goods, ami
the imports wheat, wine, etc., the former being valued at about 25,
and the latter at 72 million kroner in 1882. In 1885 the town
possessed 282 sailing-vessels and 64 steamers. In the neighbour-
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