Location: Odense
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Top 10 Things to do in Odense, Denmark
The quirky, millennium-old capital of Fyn (or Funen), Odense is populated by street corner sculptures of trolls and monster-footed benches. Hans Christian Andersen's birthplace is crammed with fairytale-related attractions. A plethora of castles awaits in the surrounding countryside, including the 1554 Egeskov Castle with its dramatic moat, 18 miles away. Bike or walk to visit manatees at the zoo, open-air museums, the impressive cathedral, the art cinema and bustling cafés, or see the town by riverboat.
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1. Egeskov Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By ShanOC - Grand Forks, North Dakota
Egekov Castle is like stepping into the pages of a fairy tale. This castle and castle grounds have been well kept and looked after. Every step brought a new an exciting experience. We easily spent may hours touring the castle and enjoying the surrounding area. The keepers of this area have prepared many things for their guests to enjoy, Learn to walk on stilts, try your best at navigating the maze, take a walk though the rose garden, check out the high ropes course, be sure to also take in the museums on the property, There is something here for everyone. For me... I was all about the castle. it was fascinating and beautiful. I am very glad that I had the time to spend here and take everything in with my Danish family.
2. The Funen Village
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 260 reviews
Reviewed By Davo60 - Sydney, Australia
By combining this visit with Hans Christian Andersen museum, you can get 30% discount. The 110 bus from The Central Station drops yiu right at the door (zone 1 ticket) and picks you up again in the other side of the road. A great day out. We spent five hours here! It's a wonderful hands-on experience learning about life in Denmark in 18th century. Meet the animals, play some games, eat at the inn or take a picnic. To think that all these buildings were brought to this place from around the country and re-erected here. And it's great for children, too.
3. Odense ZOO
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 636 reviews
Odense ZOO has been elected the best zoo in Europe. We prioritize the well-being of the animals and try to give the animals as natural surroundings within their cages as possible, to increase the quality of their life as well as to give our visitors the experience of seeing the animals as close to their natural invironments as possible.
Reviewed By nijarus
Would not say its the best zoo in europe...the enclosure for the zebras and giraffes is pathetic... given how much roaming these animals do in the wild...this zoo offers them a shoe box. There are lots of animals that look well kept.
4. Hans Christian Andersen Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 587 reviews
Reviewed By JKS55 - Andover, Massachusetts
This museum let's you discover what an amazing author Hans Christian Anderson was. I only thought of him as an author of fairy tales, but you'll discover that he was much more and about his unhappy and trying life. The modern museum has attached to it the home where it is believed he was born. He didn't divulge much about his poor circumstances. Be sure to watch the introductory film that is shown in various languages. Most if not all explanations are in Danish and English. Well worth a visit.
5. Odense Cathedral - Sct. Knuds Church
Overall Ratings
4 based on 120 reviews
Reviewed By David N - Copenhagen Region, Denmark
Aside from the general impression of a large, white interior space, be sure to see the large, carved, gilded altarpiece, and go down underneath it to see he bones of the Sainted king of was killed in the church by soldiers not keen to accept Christianity about 1000 years ago. Free entry, and good acoustics if you get a chance to hear a choral concert there. A bit too much echo for a full orchestra, however.
6. Gallery Galschioet
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 57 reviews
Visit Jens Galschiot and experience one of Denmark's most spectacular and largest privately owned art workshops. On an area stretching 8000 square meters, you can experience a unique place full of sculptures and activities that have been and will be exhibited in every corner of the world, from Mexico to China, from Europe to Kenya.
Reviewed By Danduni - Odense, Denmark
To be able to touch the tools, and have a look around, makes me feel trusted. I repeat: very fascinating!
7. Hans Christian Andersens Childhood Home
Overall Ratings
4 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By Trainbleu - Brussels
We had some difficulty finding the small house house where the writer H.C. Anders spent most of his childhood (H.C. Barndomshjem) because the half-timbered façade was entirely covered in scaffolding when we visited in May. The museum was open though.
Some Tripadvisor reviewers seem to confuse this house, where there isn’t much to be seen, with the much larger museum called ‘Hans Christian Andersen House’ on Bangs Boder, which contains the house where Andersen was born.
8. Munke Mose Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By Kaumudi P - Bengaluru, India
It is a nice place to relax and spend time. It has some of the fairy tale sculptures from the HC Anderson stories. There is a children's park, benches and streams and rivers. There are lots of birds. It is probably possible to go boating in summer. We saw some boats, but there was no boating (this was in the end of March).
9. Ladbyskibet
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By jolene793 - Northcliff, Gauteng, South Africa
My husband and I caught the bus to Kerteminde from Odense on a weekend and were horrified to find that our travel options to the Ladbyskibet were very limited.
Luckily the folk at the tourist information are extremely helpful and they gave us the information we needed: We could hire a private taxi (which would be very expensive) or hire bicycles.
We though to take the bikes as a novelty - despite the fact that neither of us had ridden a bike for many, many, MANY years - and I only momentarily regretted our decision when we had traveled about 4km (Ladbyskibet is about 7km from Kerteminde) and it started pouring with rain!
After we were soaked through the absurdity of the entire situation and the beauty of the wheat fields surrounding us actually made the journey wonderful.
The museum accompanying the actual Viking boat was interesting and the Viking boat itself was amazing to see. I was a bit disappointed that the coffee shop was closed (judging from the tables and chairs outside that’s where the coffee shop is based and since it was raining…) as I really could have done with a hot cup of coffee.
Overall enjoyable (and very memorable) experience.
10. Brandts - Museum for art & visual culture
Overall Ratings
4 based on 87 reviews
Brandts is Denmarks first museum for art and visual culture. Here we present more than 10 Exhibitions a year with new and classic art side by side with the popular images of the present. With a collection of more than 15.000 classic artworks, international photography, film and drawings you can experience some of the worlds best artists, photographers on our to beautiful adresses right in the centre of Odense. In our changing Exhibitions you can explore the new visual culture that influences our lives today. At Brandts there is always somthing for the children and playfull souls of all ages in our creative workshop Spektaklet. Objects and storytelling will relate to the current major Exhibitions, encouraging the whole family to work further with the theme in a fun and creative way. Brands consists of Brandts, Brandts Torv 1, 5000 Odense C and Brandts 13, Jernbanegade 13, 5000 Odense C. For opening hours check our website
Reviewed By Lonech - Copenhagen, Denmark
Once this was a museum for the more experimental art, but now they have the full range. And this is why they have an exhibition with danish artist Vilhelm Lundstrøm, one of my favorites. And what a great exhibition, with Lundstrøms paintings and Finn Juhls and P.H´s design. One of the best Exhibitions I've seen in a long time
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