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mindcrime Says: Getting out of Odense train station you face a square with a weird but yet interesting sculpture (pic 1). The name of the square is Banegaardsplads (station’s square) but apart from the sculpture there’s nothing really to see here unless you are a journalist and want to...
mindcrime Says: Kongens Have (King’s Garden) is a nice park in the city center of Odense, opposite the train station and it covers an area of 20,000 sq meters. First we saw the big statue of Christian IX riding a horse (pic 1) that is located there since 1912. Walking around the park we’ve...
mindcrime Says: Sct Hans Kirke is a church dedicated to Saint John. Unfortunately, it was closed during our visit and could get any information about it. It is located at the side of Kongens Have, a few meters away from Odense palace.This is the church where Hans Christian Andersen was...
mindcrime Says: Although we visited many museums, churches and parks in the city center of Odense we also loved the Old Town in general. It was very relaxing walking around the pedestrian streets and checking the numerous half-timbered houses, drinking coffee in local café or just walk into...
mindcrime Says: Carl Nielsen Museum is dedicated to the life and work of the composer Carl Nielsen(1865 - 1931). The exhibition is small so you wont get tired and goes through chronological order through the story of his life and works but also part of the museum is dedicated to his wife’s...
mindcrime Says: Hans Christian Andersen Museum(H.C.Andersens Hus ) is located on a picturesque corner of Odense city centre with numerous colorful houses (one of them is Andersen’s birth house) so no surprise that it’s probably the only place we saw so many visitors.There are different...
mindcrime Says: The Tinderbox (Børnekulturhuset Fyrtøjet ) is located next to H.C.Andersen’s museum and as we had the city pass we walked in for free just to check it out.It is a nice place ONLY if you are a kid though, obviously the children that don’t care about information about the...
mindcrime Says: I’m not really sure about this building (pic 1), there is a stone tablet on the wall, unfortunately written in Danish but obviously it had to do with H.C. Andersen again. There was a large group of tourists from China taking pictures of it but of course I couldn’t understand...
mindcrime Says: St Alban’s church(Sankt Albani Kirke) is a Roman Catholic church. I thought it was an old one but the foundation-stone was lain only in 1906, 7 years after the arrival of the first Austrian Redemptorists in Odense that collected the money for the church. But it was here, on...
mindcrime Says: We visited the Town Hall (pic 1) because the tourist office is located on the side of the building although I thought it was inside the town hall and we first wondered a bit inside the town hall on some empty rooms :) (pic 2)What’s more in front of the Town Hall there was an...
mindcrime Says: In front of the city hall is located a big statue of Hans Christian Andersen (pic 1), although there are many statues of him all over the city this is the most impressive. I have to admit though that I liked much more some other statues showing figures from some of...
mindcrime Says: Odense Cathedral (St.Canute’s church) is the oldest and probably the largest church in Odense. There was a travertine church in Romanesque style since 11th century that was built to house the remains of King Canute that was murdered in St Alban church in 1086. The church was...
2 Reviews and 7 Opinions Very pleasant stay - we spent a single night here, as we were just passing through. Very hospitable...
Best Western Hotel Knudsens Gaard
1 Review and 6 Opinions A cosy 4 star hotel. We were glad we stayed here for the night. They have very friendly personnel....
Frellsen Chocolate: Frellsen Chocolate
mindcrime Says: Located on the pedestrian street next to numerous stores it was no surprise everyone stopped here to have an ice cream. It was sunny that day anyway so what better than a big tasty ice cream.We tried an ice cream with 3 different flavors (for 30DKK), it was delicious, you...
mindcrime Says: We stayed near the train station so it was very convenient to take our coffee there, there are many cafes with tables inside but also a 7Eleven where you canyou’re your coffee for take away. A huge cup of Coffee costs only 15DKK there (it must be some kind of offer though...
concerts at Kongens Have: concerts at Kongens Have
mindcrime Says: Kongens Have isn’t only a nice park but a great place to spend the evening every Tuesday during the summer months.They have what they call Torsdagskoncerter which is a concert from 19.00 to 22.00, local names but also international names, the Tourist Info will inform you...
mindcrime Says: City Arkaden is a big nightclub complex located at the city centre on one of the main pedestrian streets. It houses different clubs in one place, so it was funny listening to different kind of music when we stood near a door that connects 2 different areas :)We had a meeting...
mindcrime Says: Odense located at Funen island(between Sealand and Jutland). It’s about 160km west of CopenhagenBy train:Visiting Odense from Copenhagen is very easy, it’s just 90’ away by train. Although you can easily find tickets on the train station we booked the ticket online (there...
mindcrime Says: walkFor those that travel to Odense as a daytrip to Copenhagen you will spend most of your time in the historic center where all the sites/museums/attractions are located. We easily walked anywhere around, from the train station the Town Hall is 5’ away, and most of the...
mindcrime Says: The morning we visited Carl Nielsen museum we bought some fruits from the flea market in front of the museum (pic 1) but the one in front of the Town Hall was even better with lots of cheeses, jam etc We had some great sandwiches there.One day we bought some food from the...
mindcrime Says: Not much shopping for us in Odense except some souvenirs near H.C.Andersen museum, you will see the store at the main pedestrian street a few meters away from the museums. They have all the typical souvenirs (magnets, cups, hats, bags etc) and a lot of books with Andersen’s...
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More than H.C. Andersen - Odense is the hometown of the famous writer, Hans Christian Andersen, who is known worldwide for his wonderful fairytales. Odense is also where I live, where I have been living for most of my life,...
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Q: Is there anything to see or do in Odense on Sunday ? I read that all shops are closed on Sunday in Denmark. How about those...
A: Museums will be open and also some shops. the danish goverment has relaxed the opening laws in recent years and the towns are not nearly as closed on sundays as they...
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The birthplace of H.C. Andersen & more !
Odense is the birthplace of Hans-Christian Andersen and the old part of the city really looks a bit like in a fairytale...
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Odense is the hometown of the famous writer, Hans Christian Andersen, who is known worldwide for his wonderful fairytales. Odense is also where I live, where I have been living for most of my life,...
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Odense is the third largest city of Denmark, located at Funen island(between Sealand and Jutland). It’s about 160km west of Copenhagen, it took us 90’ to reach Odense by train.
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A rather daring opening photo of a statue in front of the Odense Town Hall. I didn't bother to find out the meaning of it, but it was statue very attractive to children that were climbing all over...
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