Things to do in and around Odense

Below is only a brief selection of the many attractions that Odense has to offer. A more concise overview can be found at www.visitodense.com - including an event calendar.

Odense is most known as the home town of Hans Christian Andersen. A museum is dedicated to the city's most famous son, author and poet. Part of the museum is located in the house where Andersen was supposedly born (though he would never confirm it). The impressive collection is mainly documents from his life and times, period furniture, and many drawings and paper clippings he is famous for at home. 55 DKK for entrance. Homepage.

Brandts Klædefabrik is the art and cultural centre of Odense and contains two museums: the Danish Museum of Media which focuses on all types of media and their history and the museum of photographic arts museum specializing in photography, there is also a gallery with changing exhibitions in it's 4 large halls. Homepage.

Odense Golf Course is located near the university campus and offers 18-hole golf course characterised by a good deal of woodland, surrounding water and strategically placed bunkers that require skill and cunning to avoid. Homepage.