Things To Do in Odense

1. Bymuseet Møntegården (Odense City Museum)

Not the typical dull city museum with dusty artifacts, of which we've seen too many, this museum traces Odense's history back to the Viking era...

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• Museums

2. H. C. Andersens Hus (H. C. Andersens Museum)

Though not the rival of the Shakespeare properties in Stratford-upon-Avon, the object of most Funen pilgrimages is to the house of the greater...

Type:
• Museums

3. Skt. Knuds Domkirke

Dating from the 13th century, this is the only purely Gothic cathedral in Denmark. It was named after King Knud (Canute), who reigned from 1080...

4. Fyns Kunstmuseum (Funen Art Museum)

The founding fathers of one of the oldest, largest, and best art museums outside of Copenhagen wanted it to be a miniature version of the Statens...

Type:
• Museums

5. Danmarks Jernbanemuseum (Railway Museum)

This is one of the best transportation museums in Scandinavia, appropriately located adjacent to the Odense train station. It's a very active museum...

Type:
• Museums

6. Brandts Klædefabrik (Brandt's Textile Mill)

An antique textile factory has been successfully converted into an artifact- and art-filled compound with four museums spread across its precincts....

Type:
• Museums

7. Den Fynske Landsby (Funen Village)

If Hans Christian Andersen himself were to come back to life and land in this village, he'd feel that the world had never changed. This is the...

8. Egeskov Castle

This moated Renaissance island castle is the best preserved of its type in Europe. Plan to spend at least a morning or an afternoon viewing the...

Type:
• Landmarks

9. Kerteminde

10. H. C. Andersens Barndomshjem (H. C. Andersen's Childhood Home)

Visit Andersen's humble childhood abode, where the fairy-tale writer lived from 1807 to 1819. From what is known of Andersen's childhood, his mother...