Blogs from Odense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe

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Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense August 10th 2023

It’s getting harder to start up these blogs without saying the same old things. Woke early/late. Ate breakfast. Re-packed bags - blah blah….. Anyway. Woke up early, had breakfast and went for a walk to pick the car up from its car park area. Forgot to tell you that yesterday. Because our hotel was in the middle of the old city there was no parking available. The council had, however provided 4 parking lots around the town. P-Ost (east), p-Syd(south) - get the idea…. Our lot was P-Syd. A 3 minute drive from the hotel and a 9 minute walk back. When I went there yesterday arvo there were campervans everywhere. Obviously like a camp ground in the city. Even had toilets and I guess showers. The car park area was also super busy but managed ... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense August 15th 2022

This is the beginning our 2ndEuropean road trip. From an initial concept of driving to Norway North Cape, we soon realise that we can't easily reach Norway and as we have only 3 weeks for our trip we quickly adjust our goal and decide that Stockholm will be our goal. I’ve been to Sweden before (but a long time ago), but not to Stockholm. J hasn’t been to Sweden at all. These days the only way to drive from the UK to Scandinavia is via a fairly limited number of north sea ferry routes, none of which are particularly convenient if Sweden if the destination. Spaces on the outbound ferries are in short supply in UK holiday season but we find a space on the Harwich-Hook of Holland crossing overnight on 13th August. It has been ... read more
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Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense June 13th 2018

Bonjour à tous Changement de programme, je suis au Danemark, mais pas à Copenhague comme prévu. Impossible de trouver une chambre pour ce soir, à moins de mettre entre 400 et 1750 E, ou de perdre la journée à chercher. J'ai trouvé pour demain soir, obligé, j'ai fait halte à Odense, 170km, avant Copenhague. Ce matin j'ai eu droit à petit control au passage de la frontière, juste le passeport. Et à partir de là gros changement dans la conduite, fini la vitesse, j'ai même goutté au 80 kmh sur les routes secondaires. Pas facile à tenir, mais au moins ici à priori pas de radar. Juste un seul dans une entrée de village. En France, avec les 80, il va falloir agrandir les caisses de L'état. Avec ce changement de programme, je me trouvais avec ... read more
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Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense April 27th 2017

It was a long drive, but we finally entered into Denmark without much fanfare (a small checkpoint where we were asked standard questions and were laughed at - more on that in later blogs). It almost seemed as if the landscape changed instantly - lush green pastures all around. We made a stop so the little man could stretch his legs - yes, we are travelling with a young one. Our destination was RIBE- not that far across the border. Now to be very honest we had very little expectations of Denmark. And as we have honestly found over and over and over - the less expectations the more memorable when you truly enjoy something. We arrived. The parking was not easy - you had to use this card and we honestly could not really figure ... read more
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Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense March 18th 2017

Tag 198 – Auf H.C. Andersenes Spuren in Odense Am Samstag hatte ich mir einen freien Tag ergattert. Ich wollte nämlich gern einen Ausflug nach Odense machen. So radelte ich erst (bei Wind und leichtem Nieselregen) acht Kilometer bis nach Stenstrup, von wo ich den Zug nahm. Viertel vor elf war ich dann in Odense. Ich hatte auf visitodense.dk eine Menge historischer Gebäude und Orte gesehen, die ich mir gerne ansehen wollte. Als erstes lief ich vom Bahnhof ein kleines Stück weiter, um einen Blick auf das alte Bahnhofsgebäude zu werfen. Dann machte ich mich auf den Weg in die Innenstadt. Das Zentrum schien irgendwie eine einzige Baustelle zu sein… Auf dem Weg schaute ich in einem netten kleinen Buchladen und kaufte gleich meine obligatorische Postkarte. Da musste die Verkäuferin aber erst mal ein bisschen im ... read more
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Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense July 18th 2014

Odense on the island of Funen in Denmark - 16 July After we left Horsens, it was raining, and in some patches, quite heavily. We drove over the Little Belt's Bridge from Jutland to Funen, and then about 10 kilometers south of Odense. At one of the fantastic roadside stops, we stayed the night. These stops have restaurants, WiFi, bathroom facilities, fuel and plenty of other people who stop for the night. The next morning, we drove onto Odense. The great interest for us in Odense was the history of Hans Christian Anderson who was born in Odense and spent a lot of his childhood there. Odense is in central Funen and has a population of about 172,000. It is the commercial hub of Funen, and has a notable shopping district with a diversity of stores. ... read more
Tom with H.C. Anderson in Odense Denmark
Pam infront of Hans Christian Andersons childhood house in Odense Denmark
Tom with the massive bronze statue in front of the Town Hall in Odense Denmark

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense July 13th 2013

We didn't want to leave Denmark without visiting another of its cities, so we traveled due West from Copenhagen by train to the city of Odense on Denmark's 3rd largest island - Funen (Fyn). We had to catch a train bound for Esbjerg (pronounced Esbia) because the usual trains heading for Odense were canceled due to a stop work meeting - so had to dash from one platform to another, fortunately escalators were in working order! We are getting quite good at dashing up and down stairs and platforms. Glad we didn't book tickets because they would have been no use whatsoever. Arrived in Odense one and half hours later. The weather was absolutely perfect the whole time, about 21 degrees - a heatwave according to the Danes! In Odense we experienced a more relaxed atmosphere, ... read more
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Boat cruise to Funen Village
Funen village scene

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense September 8th 2010

Saturday 4th September 2010 Today a short drive to Odense on the middle island of Denmark. In the afternoon we took a walk ( 2 miles ) into town to visit the Hans Christian Andersen museum and his childhood home. On the way we passed the local Odense brewery of Albani with a gigantic can advertising the beer. ... read more
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HCA childhood home

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense February 13th 2010

Så er der præcis en uge til vi rejser, og vi glæder os helt vildt. På Lørdag d. 20. feb. går turen til Hamburg, hvor vores rejse officielt starter. Vi har i godt et år gået og glædet os til denne dag, og håber I vil følge med i vores fantastiske rejse, her på bloggen. Vi opdaterer hurtigst muligt når vi er landet, så I ved at vi er kommet godt til New Zealand, som jo er vores første destination på rejsen. De sidste par dage har været meget hektiske, da vi har stået med udflytning og maling af lejligheden :( Men nu da det er overstået, har vi kun en ting i hovedet = 35-40 graders varme på New Zealand :)... read more

Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Odense January 28th 2010




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