HC Andersens Hus

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Lonely Planet review

HC Andersens Hus lies amid the miniaturised streets of the old poor quarter, the 'City of Beggars'. The attraction incorporates Andersen's birthplace, although its seven rooms are disappointingly sparse. The museum extension surrounding the house, however, contains a rich and thorough telling of Andersen's extraordinary life and times.

It has good audiovisual material, including an audio clip of Shakespearean actor Sir Laurence Olivier wheeling out his finest chicken impressions in It's Perfectly True, a short tale of Chinese whispers in a henhouse.

There's also a reconstruction of Andersen's Copenhagen study, displays of his pen-and-ink sketches and paper cuttings, and a voluminous selection of his books, which have been translated into 144 languages from Azerbaijani to Zulu.

Adults with children can save by buying a joint ticket (around kr100 ) for HC Andersens Hus and Fyrtøjet.