Experiences in Odense 2025

In Odense you can experience exciting history, culture and nature. Whether you visit Odense with or without children, there will be activities and attractions that appeal to everyone.

In this guide you will find the experiences that are without a doubt worth a visit if you make your way past Odense.

See Odense from your own sailboat

Rent a boat in Odense

Experience Odense Harbour from a whole new perspective – at your own pace. You are your own captain when you rent our electric boats. Enjoy a unique social sailing experience with friends, family or colleagues. Buy drinks and snacks or bring your own.
The main attraction for the capital of Funen

Visit HC Andersen's House

In the middle of Odense lies a small yellow house – Hans Christian Andersen’s childhood home. Today the house is a museum where you can experience the famous poet’s birthplace. During the summer of 2021, a new Hans Christian Andersen’s house will open, consisting of both architecturally beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces.
Historic attraction

Visit the Funen Village

Come out into the countryside in the middle of Odense city. In the Funen Village, farmers' wives, peasants and priestesses live, all of whom help to create an authentic story of how people lived in the 19th century. At this open-air museum, you can discover the history of Funen, and the place offers something for all ages.
Main attraction for the whole family

Odins Odense

Take a trip back to the Iron Age and the Viking Age and experience how people lived back then. A visit to Odins Odense is guaranteed to be a great experience for the whole family. Odins Odense offers mead tasting, archery and craft activities, so there are activities for both young and old.
Main attraction for children

Take a trip to Odense Zoo

Odense Zoo is high on the list of the biggest attractions in Denmark. When you visit Odense Zoo, it is possible to get up close to a number of the animals, but it is also possible to observe the impressive animals from the treetops. In Odense Zoo, suspension bridges have been built at a height of 6-10 meters, so you can experience the park's animals from a completely new angle.
Free experience

Find His Cave Hand

Go on a troll hunt in Odense. Artist Thomas Dambo has created trolls from recycled wood, which are placed all over Denmark – Troll Hans Hulehånd lives in the middle of Funen's capital Odense. You can find a map of the trolls right here.
Attraction for the whole family

Danish Railway Museum

Stand in the driver's cab of one of the old steam locomotives, experience how people once traveled first class, or take a ride on the popular mini train with the children. The Danish Railway Museum offers both play and history for both young and old, and is therefore an ideal place to visit with the whole family.

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