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Odense

Odense is the third largest city in Denmark and the largest city on the island of Funen.

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As of 1 January 2026, the city proper had a population of 187,558 while Odense Municipality had a population of 213,168, making it the fourth largest municipality in Denmark. Eurostat and OECD have used a definition for the Metropolitan area of Odense, which includes all municipalities in the Province of Funen, with a total population of 504,066 as of 1 July 2022.

Get in

Getting to Odense

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  1. 01
    Hans Christian Andersen Airport

    The small airfield has been reduced to handling periodic charter flights for package holiday operators.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Brandts Klædefabrik
  2. 02
    Hans Christian Andersen Museum
  3. 03
    Danish Railway Museum

    Dannebrogsgade 24, fax: +45 66 19 02 20, jbmuseum@dsb.dk.

  4. 04
    Hans Christian Andersen's House

    Hans Jensens Stræde 45, museum@odense.dk.

  5. 05
    Hans Christian Andersen's Garden

    Large flower arrangements, a river and an ice cream shop make this park an ideal location for a picnic.

  6. 06
    Odense Zoo

    One Denmark's biggest tourist attractions is the Odense zoo, covering almost 4 hectares on both sides the Odense River.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Odense Golfklub

    Green fees: M-Th 275 kr, weekends and holidays 325 kr.

  2. 02
    Odense Go-Kart-Hal

    Cikorievej 32, fax: +45 70 25 02 20, info@gokart-hal.dk.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Emils Hot House

    Happy Chicken, Vestergade 17 (next to the Town Hall),.

  2. 02
    Cafe du Nord

    Vestergade 20 (near the Town Hall),.

  3. 03
    Cuckoo's Nest

    Stylish but relaxed cafe-bar in the front, with a courtyard restaurant in the back.

  4. 04
    Restaurant Hans Christian

    Claus Bergsgade 7 (near Odense Train Station).

  5. 05
    Café Chino

    Brandts Passage 6-8, chino@cafechino.dk.

How locals move

Getting around Odense the local way

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  • Get aroundIf you have not brought your own bike, the company Donkey Republic rent out bikes through an app.

From Wikivoyage: Odense, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Jebulon (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.