Odense Things to Do

Brandt is the common denominator for a for 3 different museums/art galleries located in the old textile mill "Brandts klædefabrik". The three cultural institutions are:

-Art gallery Brandts
-Museum for photoart
-Danish mediamuseum.

Besides this there is also a shop and infocenter located at the site.

The price is 50 DKK for a day ticket (student discounts).

Opening hours are season dependant, and can be found on the website (see link).

The Brandts facility was created in the 1980'ties as the old mill was renovated and refurnished. Recently there have been built several extensions to the buildings, and still more are underway.

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When the inhabitants of Odense need recreation and a bit of nature experience there are to interlated parks along the Odense Å river near the city centre. One of these parks is Mosen wich means the swamp.
The park is partly surrounded by the river, and completely surrounded by the city. I the springtime there is a lot of activity in the park. The season starts of with 1 may international workers day celebrations. During june there are several arrangements for all the young people that graduate from various schools.
A part from these major events where Mosen is filled with people it is also well visited on every sunny, or partly sunny day in the summer period.

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This passage leads from Vestergade to Brandts plads. Located within are several restaurants, cafe's and the A-bar night club. Also the musicvenue of Magasinet and a dancestudio are located in the passage.

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This plaza is surrounded by some of the major cultural institutions of Odense including Brandts Klædefabrik museum of art, Danish foto museum, and Odense music liberary.
There are numerous passages leading to the plaza that is located at the hub of what can be called the latin quarters of odense.

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This is very interesting to see our childhood memorie's (fairy-tales) in the museum. This house opened as H.C.Andersen Museum in 1908 and devoted to the writer's life and work. It is one of the world's oldest writer museum.

This museum has all modern facilities and you can explore H.C.Andersen's universe, browse through his books using a PC and listen to his fairytales at the many listening posts.

16/6-31/8 Mon-Sun 9.00-19.00
1/9 -15/6 Tues-Sun 10.00-16.00

Adults: 40.00 DKK
Children:15.00 DKK

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Sct. Canute cathedral or Odense Domkirke as it is also called is the oldest and biggest church i Odense. The present building stood finish in 1499 approximately 200 years after work on it was initiated.
The cathedral is mainly buid in gothic style. One of the curiousities of the cathedral is the crypt containing the remains of sct. Canute (sankt Knud), especially because crypts are usually a characteristic of roman style churches.

By the time Odense is mentioned for the first time in official records in 988, it was already the diocese of a bishop but had also been the centre of the Odin Cult, from which the town takes its name. The first church on the site of the present cathedral was erected around 1095, to be later converted, extended and altered many times. Yet, it still remains a splendid example of the Gothic style. The church was dedicated to St. Knud - King Knud of Denmark between the years 1080 - 1086, who was killed by rebels on 10 July 1086. More about him in the tip on St. Albani Church. When inside, try and see the crypt housing a tombstone with his earthly remains. We couldn't do that as when we were there, the church was about to be closed - on a Saturday morning - how strange.
Opening hours (so their website says):
Mon. - Sat. 10-16, Sun. 12-15
Admission free.

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The Funen Village is an open-air museum that presents a Funen village milieu as it appeared in the time of Hans Christian Andersen. A visit to the museum is like travelling back to the 19th century. A village milieu has been recreated here comprising half-timbered houses, flower gardens, fences, a village pond and a village street ? and all surrounded by cultivated fields. A grazing cow or goat occasionally comes to view, as geese strut about from pond to courtyard. Visitors can follow the farming of the common field in the views between the buildings, observe old Danish livestock breeds, and inspect examples of Funen kitchen and ornamental gardens as well as gardens of cultivated plants and old, local varieties of fruit trees.