Things to do in Svendborg
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Café Under Uret
This bistro’s dim, candlelit interior is filled with wheat sheaves, comfy leather banquettes and easy-on-the-ear pop, while outside tables catch the evening sun. Well cooked, healthily huge brunches, sandwiches and burgers feature at lunch, while evening mains include chicken breast, beef and pasta.
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Naturama
Naturama, a natural history museum, is in an impressive spiral building with displays of stuffed animals and skeletons on three levels – whale bones dominate the basement, Scandinavian mammals lurk on the middle floor, while birds from the tiny Pallas’ leaf warbler to the golden eagle float on a balcony above it all. There’s state-of-the-art sound and lighting, and regular film shows and a good hands-on section where you can stroke a mole, draw a wolf or dress up in skins.
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Maritimt Center Danmark
In high summer, the Maritimt Center Danmark runs cruises on the historic wooden sailing ship Meta, and there’s often pirate-related fun for kids – contact the centre for details. Another vintage ship is the M/S Helge, which sails in Svendborg Sound. While you’re down at the harbour, look for Sejlskibsbroen, a jetty lined with splendidly preserved sailing ships opposite where the Ærø ferry docks.
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Børsen
‘Gastro pub’ is a revolting term, but Børsen seems happy with it. Luckily it’s a great place, with a snug, semisubterranean bar, sunny outdoor seats and big plates of appetising grub – juicy burgers, burritos, sandwiches and salads. Everything is made from scratch, so service can be slow. This is also one of the town’s top nightspots.
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Anne Hvides Gård
The oldest house in Svendborg, dating from 1560, is Anne Hvides Gård, a bumblebee-coloured structure that leans tipsily to one side. Its basic collection of local archaeological finds is labelled in Danish, but pop in if you’re passing to see the strangest item: a 14th-century wooden statue of the four-faced god Svantevit.
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Forsorgsmuseet Viebæltegård
Forsorgsmuseet Viebæltegård is Denmark’s only poorhouse and workhouse museum. It’s unusual –we’d certainly never seen a lice box before – and on Wednesday in high summer you can even sample poorhouse food. About a third of the information is in English.
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Jette’s Diner
A cut above the usual diner, this popular place has a good choice of café food. Alongside salads and sandwiches, there’s a Mexican selection and meat and veggie mains of the day. It’s favoured by everyone, from workers nipping in for a beer to yachties from the nearby harbour.
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Bendixens Fiskehandel
This harbourside fish shop has an attached grill where you can buy fresh fish and seafood dishes – crab salad, smoked salmon, prawns, fiskefrikadelle (fried fishballs) – to eat at a table outside.
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Crazy Daisy
Party in the nightclub itself or outside on the chilled-out terrace (June to August only). Friday nights are for over-18s, while on Saturday the age limit is 20.
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Kvickly
Self-caterers have this central supermarket, with a decent bakery.
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Oranje
Specialties aboard the 100-year-old flower-decked sailing ship Oranje, one of Funen’s best restaurants, are mainly fish-based, for example fish soup (78kr), although there are a few meat choices such as pork medallions. The food is fresh and the ambience charming. On-board tables are made from old ships’ hatches, with plastic ones on land for those without sea legs.
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