lundi 4 mars 2013

Odense


On Saturday March 2nd, we started exploring the city of Odense, on the island of Funen.



Odense is the third biggest city in Denmark, after Copenhagen and Aarhus, with around 188 000 habitants.

This city was the birthplace of H. C. Andersen, a famous writer of the nineteenth century. Indeed, he has written, among other "The Little Matchgirl", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Princess and the Pea," and many others.
Their is also a museum around his personnal life, his period and obviously all forms of art he had tried in his life. This tall man has spent most of his time alone, that's why he was used to practice carving, writting, drawing etc..




Juliette and me came here by car: 1h20 from Horsens. And, in the city, we found free parking all day! It's cheaper and faster than train, Nicolas would agree.

On this day, we visited :

- A cathedral and a church

The Church Saint Albani

The Cathedral Saint Knud 





































- The museum dedicated to H. C. Andersen


















- Two parks

Andersen Haven

Andersen Haven

Munke Mose

Munke Mose
- the alleyways




Throughout the city, you can find statues, plates, etc.. the effigy of H. C. Andersen! Because of his freaky "overflowing" imagination, people just avoided him but now his art is spread all over the city.

"Hans Christian Andersen is confirmed in this church on April 18th 1819"





Clémence, Juliette & Nicolas

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