Events and festivals

All over Funen, you will find orchards, nursery gardens and farms supplying the highest quality of fruits, berries, vegetables, flowers and farm products to the Danish and foreign markets. Ripening and harvesting take place all year and thus there is always an occasion for a harvest festival.

Music venues like Posten and Odense Concert Hall attract national and international artists to Funen. In 2013 you can hear the female musicians Fallulah and Nabiha, and you can listen to Peter I. Tchaikovsky's music in a concert fantasy and suite from the ballet the Sleeping Beauty.

Wind in your sails or oars in your hands. Events such as the Funen Round sailing race for preservation-worthy wooden ships offers you a unique opportunity to get really close to the action, because on several of the ships you are able to sign on as a deckhand. You may also participate in or watch the stage race Sea Challenge Fyn.

Now you can participate in a genuine world premier. In 2014, Odense will hold its own Bridge Race and you can be among the first to cross the Odense Canal in a pair of running shoes. THE ODIN'S BRIDGE RACE launches on 14 June 2014, and sign-up begins precisely one year before the race. So get prepared and look forward to a half marathon in scenery that stretches from untouched and beautiful nature to a festive harbour environment. After the race, a concert and a victory dance will be held at the harbour.