Odense
by BarbieGirl
Hans Christian Andersen or simply HC Andersen, (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. A house in the old part of Odense has been turned into a museum with a large collection of his works and belongings. Also his childhood home is a museum.In the narrow street of Munkemøllestræde close to the cathedral lies The Hans Christian Andersen Childhood Home – a lovely little yellow thatch-roofed house. Here Hans Christian lived from the age of two until he was fourteen. The evocative childhood home has been fitted and furnished exactly according to the description given by Andersen in his autobiographies. A glovemaker and his large family used to live in the living room next to the childhood home when Andersen was a boy. Today, the living room contains a small exhibition of Odense childhood memories, told by the writer himself.
Opening hours:
16 June – 15 August, Mon–Sun, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
16 August – 15 June: Tues – Sun, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday. Closed on 24, 25 and 31 December and 1 January). The Hans Christian Andersen Childhood Home
Munkemøllestræde 3-5
DK-5000 Odense C
Tel.: +45 65 51 46 01
Web: www.museum.odense.dk
St. Knud's Plads
by ATLC
Crossing over to St. Knud's Plads. A spacious square with the chuch (see my Off the Beaten Path tips for more photo's of this gothic church) and also the Town Hall.
This is the 10th tip. Please continue to read my Local Custom Tips on Odense!
Kerteminde 1
by travelife
Kerteminde is a town bult over both side of a fjord. It has a marina where sailing boats from different parts of Europe come and stay for few days or so. There is a herbor where you can rents boats for sailing. The largest fish-herbour of fyn is also located here.
Brandts - rich on culture
by Dee22
Brandts Klaedefabrik - is an old clothe factory, but is known as a place rich on cultural offers these days.
Here you'll find different muesums:
An art museum
A museum of photographic art
A media museum
You also find the small cinema 'Cafe Biografen' here.
At the outdoor square you can sit and have a drink or some lunch during the summer period, and people comes here to play chess.
The square also hosts some outdoor concerts and across the square you can find the 'music library'.
The wall paintings in the HCA museum
by ATLC
There are 5 photo's in this tip, where you can see the wall paintings of HCA's life, under the glass dome in the HCA museum. When I saw them and listened to the guide, I was suddenly reminded of a very nice tv-film (or was it a series?) about his life. There was this strange trio-love affair, where he loved the opera singer Jenny Lindt but she married another. On the other side, the girl that loved him was from the family where he stayed from age 14. However, there is a growing theory that he might have been gay, which could shed a whole new light on the the tragedy of his love life.
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The busses at OBC
fully packed
Sjaelland bridge
Inside HCA's childhood home
