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Introducing Odense
Funen’s 1000-year-old capital is a cheerful place, welcoming to pedestrians and cyclists. The city makes much ado about being the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen – although Andersen fled the city after his poverty-stricken childhood here – and fairy-tale fans will be delighted by the preponderance of Andersen-related attractions. These range from several museums dedicated to the man to sculptures of his most famous stories, plus surprises such as public benches with monsters’ claws for legs!
More generally, there’s a rich concentration of galleries and museums, an impressive cathedral with a saint’s bones in the basement, a thriving café culture, a colourful Flower Festival in mid-August and, of course, city thrills such as an arts cinema and nightclubs, a treat if you’ve been in the countryside for a while.
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