Explore Odense

Theatre dating from 1796, the second oldest in Denmark, which also runs a drama school.

Baroque building of 1723 by J. C. Krieger on the site of a fifteenth-century monastery, used ever since as a residence for governors and for city administration.

Railway history museum in Odense with exhibitions, activities, and experiences for families in an authentic 1954 depot building.

The largest art museum on Funen, spread over four floors of the old Brandts textile mill in central Odense, with about 90,000 visitors a year.

The museums devoted to Hans Christian Andersen in Odense: his house, the children's house Ville Vau and the garden around them.

Multi-purpose cultural venue in Odense hosting theatre, concerts, comedy, lectures, and musicals; home to Odense Theatre and other cultural institutions.

Museum devoted to the composer Carl Nielsen and the sculptor Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, built onto the Odense Concert Hall.

Odense's city hall on Flakhaven in the city centre, a red-brick building from the 1880s.

Concert hall opened in 1982 near Hans Christian Andersen's house, whose Carl Nielsen hall seats 1,212 and holds a 46-stop Marcussen organ.

Interactive hands-on museum showcasing Danish fashion, design and domestic life from 1900–1999, with period room displays and digital audio tours.

The 42 square metres in Munkemøllestræde where the shoemaker's family moved in 1807, with Hans Christian Andersen then two years old, and stayed until 1819.

Odense's museum organisation, whose sites cover the city's history and art and the life of Hans Christian Andersen.

Odense's museum of cultural history, in a courtyard of half-timbered Renaissance houses on Overgade.

Well-preserved power house in Odense with an interior from the earliest days of electrical engineering, whose 1923 diesel generator is started on the first Sunday of every month.

The Funen Opera (Den Fynske Opera) is an opera house in Odense, Denmark, hosting theatrical and operatic performances.

Small theatre in Odense, which gives new directors and writers a season of their own to make work in.

Artist-run art building hosting exhibitions and cultural events in Odense, Denmark.

Greenlandic cultural and social centre in Odense offering education support, cultural events, cafés, and community services.

Hill in Odense that held one of Denmark's six Viking ring fortresses, built in the reign of Sweyn Forkbeard to control the river passing below.

Museum of the Funen Life Regiment and the island's military past, with photographs, books, regimental music, guided bicycle tours and talks.