Copenhagen: 'City of Towers' (1953)

James A. FitzPatrick: Self - Narrator

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  James A. FitzPatrick : We are in Copenhagen, the pride of Denmark, and one of the oldest capital cities in Europe, where over one million inhabitants, representing a fourth of the country's population, have learned to live, work and play in harmony with each other.

• [last lines] 

  James A. FitzPatrick : When night descends upon this realm of pleasure, there is an upsurge of merriment and fun, which is a revelation to visitors with preconceived ideas about Nordic emotions being restrained. Here there is neither restraint nor complaint, for the Danes have learned to live, work and play in harmony with each other. And it is with this thought that we say farewell to Copenhagen, the city of towers.

• James A. FitzPatrick : During the recent Nazi occupation of Copenhagen, the royal guards gallantly defended this palace against overwhelming odds, and many of them were killed. But the Nazis are all gone now, and the flag of Denmark still waves proudly over Europe's oldest kingdom.

• James A. FitzPatrick : Denmark, being a daughter of the sea, is naturally a fish-eating country - and nowhere in the world can one find choicer varieties of seafood than in Copenhagen. This old market specializes in the sale of eels, a species of fish that tastes better than it looks.