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Word: warnem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...than that across the Little Belt, which will link Sjaelland (not Zealand) to the east coast of Fyen (not Fünen), viz.: the Storstrøm bridge connects Sjaelland to the north with a small island lying north of Falster on the direct line to Berlin over Gedser-Warnem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 21, 1937 | 6/21/1937 | See Source »

Lank King Christian had a personal as well as a patriotic interest in all this. Frequently he has taken the southern expresses from his capital to France. Returning once his private train nearly rolled off the ferry between Warnemünde and Gedser. On the same ferry some years later His Majesty was icebound all night. Last week in the bitter cold, he snipped the ribbon to open the bridge, while 30,000 of the 150,000 Danes who were expected roared approval, and a special radio car broadcast the ceremonies in four languages, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: Little Belt Spanned | 5/27/1935 | See Source »

Geographically Denmark, the land of fish and butter, is a peninsula and cluster of islands. Largest of its islands is Zealand, on which is the capital, Copenhagen. To reach Copenhagen from Berlin an express train must first board a seagoing ferry at Warnemünde, take a 30-mile trip to the island of Falster.* An hour later the train must transship again for a two-mile ferry ride to Zealand. Last week Minister of Public Works J. F. N. Friis-Skotte introduced a bill to the Folketing to give travelers one less ferry to cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: One Less Ferry | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

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