Old Town Odense
VESTERGADE, KONGENS GADE, ALBANI TORV, TOWN HALL SQUARE, HC ANDERSENS HAVE, CATHEDRAL, STATION

The Old Town is situated opposite the city center from Albani torv. Here you will find Møntergården, an open air musuem with very old buildings that can be visited inside, the HC Andersen Museum, sculptures of HC Andersen and very small, old and colourful typical Danish lowrise townhouses. This is where the famous author lived. The main street of the Old Town is Overgade, where you find many pubs and shops. I visited both Møntergården and the HC Andersen Musuem.

Overgade, the main street of the Old Town
Overgade. Beware of the bikes!


Overgade		Overgade		Overgade

MØNTERGÅRDEN:

Bymuséet Møntergården is the cultural history museum at Overgade in the Old Town. It consists of old buildings from the late medieval ages and the renaissances, the most famous are half-timbered houses. You can also visit the buildings inside.

Møntergården. This red half-timbered house is one of the few buildings from the renaissance in Odense. I visited the building inside.

The courtyard of Møntergården


Møntergården, modern building


Pernille Lykkes Boder (1617)				Poor people's apartment, 1600s

A narrow alley that leads to Overgade from Møntergården


Entrance to the red house, Møntergården


The interior of the red half-timbered houses		The fireplace in the red half-timbered houses


Møntergården is one of the few buildings from the renaissance in Odense				There is a museum inside the red half-timbered houses


		Møntergården's red house		The attic in Møntergården's red house


The Swedish King Karl Gustav conquered Funen in just a few days in 1658. He stayed in Odense for a few days before going to Sealand.

Modern annex to the ancient museum of Møntergården. The building in the middle is called Østerbyes Gård (Easttown Courtyard) and is from 1631.

Østerbyes Gård to the left and a white house
The white house


Østerbyes Gård (1631)		Østerbyes Gård		Østerbyes Gård


Østerbyes Gård		Østerbyes Gård		Østerbyes Gård

Radisson HC Andersen Hotel with a statue of HC Andersen at the entrance to the Old Town. The hotel has 145 rooms.

Radisson HC Andersen Hotel has columns with sculptures of HC Andersen's fairytales

Radisson HC Andersen Hotel and Casino Odense


Sculptures in the Old Town


Sculpture of HC Andersen		HC Andersen as a woman

Sortebrødre Torv, just a few blocks from where HC Andersen lived. On this square he watched free theater performances that inspired him.

Sortebrødre Torv

Sortebrødre Torv


Sortebrødre Torv		Sortebrødre Torv		Sortebrødre Torv

HC ANDERSEN'S NEIGHBOURHOOD:


Old Town intersection: Ramsherred/Claus Bergs Gade		Odense Koncerthus (Concert Hall), a modern building built 1982 in the middle of the Old Town		Ramsherred street