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H. C. Andersens kvarter i Odense

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H. C. Andersen's Odense

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Go on a wondrous journey through Hans Christian Andersen’s Odense. Visit the poet’s birth- and childhood homes or the Hans Christian Andersen Museum. If you need an even bigger dose of the poet, fear not. There is lots more to see.

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H. C. Andersen's House

In the old part of Odense, you will find the iconic yellow corner house – the fairytale poet’s birth place. Hans Christian Andersen’s House opend in 1908 as a museum and tells the story of the poet’s life. H. C. Andersen’s House is one of the world’s oldest poet museums and is visited by people from all over the world.

H. C. Andersen's Childhood Home

From 1807 to 1819 H. C. Andersen lived in one of the three little apartments in this house with his parents. The house became a museum in 1930 and here you can experience several of his original manuscripts and diaries. One of the living rooms houses a small exhibition which shows the poet’s childhood in Odense.

H. C. Andersen Museum

Explore the astounding life's work of Hans Christian Andersen. The museum has more than 35.000 objects – for example paper cuttings and poems. Experience the exhibition “Poetry, paper and scissor – the magical kind” which mixes the poet’s life with colorful and magical elements and enhances H. C. Andersen’s work as a visual artist.

Take a trip back in time and experience the authentic city environment from the 19th century, where Hans Christian Andersen ran around and played as a child. Feel the history in the narrow streets, on the cobblestones, in the courtyards behind the houses and in the exhibitions build by Odense Bys Museer (Odense City Museums).

Fyrtøjet (The Tinderbox)

Let your imagination run wild in Fyrtøjet’s exhibitions at Møntergården – here you can become a part of the fairytale. Fyrtøjet communicates H. C. Andersen’s fairytale world too both children and adults. Experience Elverhøj (The Elf Hill), the story telling school and the picture school.

In the Footstep of Hans Christian Andersen

We invite you to take a stroll through the heart of old Odense, Hans Christian Andersen’s birthplace, where you can encounter numerous things to remind you of Denmark’s world-famous writer of fairy ta...

Fairy tale sculptures in Odense

Watch the fairy tale figures of H. C. Andersen come to live all over Odense – in parks and in the streets and alleys you can meet 16 sculptures, all inspired by the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

Do you want more H. C. Andersen?

The world-famous poet is the focal point of several events in Odense.

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