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The Flower Festival
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    • evaanna
  • Updated By evaanna on September 4, 2005
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    • Flower Festival in Odense - Odense
    Flower Festival in Odense
    by evaanna
    The Flower Festival is held in Odense every year, sometime in August. Various clubs, associations and individual competitors display their flower arrangements in the streets of Odense. This year's was devoted to H.C. Andersen's fairy tales to celebrate his 200th birthday. The exhibits, some of them really ingenious, were displayed all over the old part of the town so you will see them in many of my tips. The festival was combined with a stage performance in the city main square. It sounded like story-telling to the sounds of music but of course, not knowing Danish, I can't be sure.

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    Will he bring them luck?
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    • evaanna
  • Updated By evaanna on September 4, 2005
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    • Newly-weds in front of monument to H. C. Andersen - Odense
    Newly-weds in front of
    monument to H. C.
    Andersen
    by evaanna
    This young couple have just emerged from the Town Hall after their marriage ceremony.
    Immediately after that, as a matter of course - that's why I assume most couples married there do that - they stood in front of the monument to H. C. Andersen to pose for a photograph with him. Hoping for a fairy-tale life? Perhaps, but the great writer's fairy tales are often sad and not always end well. Or just hoping he'll pass on some of his wisdom to them? Whatever they may have hoped for - all the best! May you live long and be happy till death you do part.

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    See the sailingships in the churches
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  • Updated By globetrott on June 29, 2007
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    • Odense Local Customs
    by globetrott
    Take a closer look in the local churches and in many of them you will see small-cale models of sailingships hanging down from the ceiling in order to pray for a safe return of the fishermen, who quite often had to spend several weeks on the open ocean fishing and many of them did not return safely.
    This is the one I saw in Bagenkop on the island of Langeland, a small fishing-village, but in fact you may see them also in various churches in Odense.

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    Canute IV
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  • By Bjorgvin on August 24, 2002
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    • Odense Local Customs
    by Bjorgvin
    Canute IV (1043-1086) (Knud den hellige, Icel. Knútur helgi) was the son of King Sweyn II Estrithson of Denmark, and succeeded his brother as king of Denmark (1080). Canute opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association with the church. He generously patronized several churches, established a Benedictine abbey at Odense; and supported apostolic preaching throughout Denmark. His administrative reform however incurred the wrath of the rural aristocracy and those aristocrats who opposed his tax policy revolted. He fled from the rebels, led by his brother Olaf, to St. Alban's Church, Odense, which he had founded, and was assassinated there with the entire royal party. Canute was buried in St. Alban's, renamed c. 1300 St. Canute's Cathedral. Miracles were recorded at his tomb, and he was canonized (1101) by Pope Paschal II.

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    A very old pub, Den Gamle Kro (1683)
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  • By ATLC on April 25, 2007
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    • Den Gamle Kro in Overgade, Odense - Odense
    Den Gamle Kro in Overgade,
    Odense
    by ATLC
    This pub has entrances for women and men separately. It was said to be 'not done' for a man to be seen leaving the pub with a woman. As we were a group of all women (except Per who was cycling around Lorna), we naturally scoffed at the idea!

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    Convent
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  • By ATLC on April 25, 2007
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    Odense
    by ATLC
    Walking along the Odense A river, we came across this convent. At least, I understood that was it.

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    Paaskergade towards Klosterhaven (2)
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  • By ATLC on April 25, 2007
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    • Paaskergade, Odense - Odense
    Paaskergade, Odense
    by ATLC, 1 more photos
    A steep little street towards the river. Very quaint.
    At the bottom is a place where laundry used to be done.
    So did HCA's mother.
    Hey wait... next tip.

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    St. Knud's Plads
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  • Updated By ATLC on April 25, 2007
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    • Odense Town Hall - Odense
    Odense Town Hall
    by ATLC, 1 more photos
    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!

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    H.C. Andersen's birth home
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  • By ATLC on April 25, 2007
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    • HC Andersen's birth home. - Odense
    HC Andersen's birth home.
    by ATLC, 1 more photos
    I think this is Munkemollestr. Well, I'm pretty sure but correct me if I'm wrong.
    It's a pretty uneventful street, all modern buildings and it's a dead end because you'll find yourself driving into a parking garage underground.

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    Paaskergade towards Klosterhaven
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  • By ATLC on April 25, 2007
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    • Overstrade, Odense - Odense
    Overstrade, Odense
    by ATLC, 1 more photos
    If I understood correctly, HCA went to school here.

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