Guide Service in Odense

Guided walk through downtown Odense.

The tour will give you facts about the early history of the city, some 19th century landmarks, and examples of how the city is developing into a modern metropolis.

I will show you the following locations:

• Overgade/Nedergade

• Eventyrhaven – the Fairytale Garden

• Cathedral

• City Hall

• Fisketorvet/the Fish Market

• The cobblestone streets of Hans Christian Andersen's childhood neighborhood.

Short walk, but good mobility required.

Brandt's Woolen Mill formerly a well renowned company in the centre of Odense.

The Brandt family took over a small dying company in 1796. The dying company was lead by Christian Brandt followed by his son and finally his grandson. It was the grandson Søren Christian Brandt who founded the woolen mill in 1869 which was a successful business until it closed down in 1977.

This city walk in the very heart of Odense will give you the history of the Brandt's company from 1796 until present days where the former woolen mill has been transformed into artmuseums, cafes, cinema and tempting specialist shops. It is a lively part in the heart of the modern Odense with exhibitions, open air music and a friendly atmosphere.

With a your tour guide you can still experience the intense and busy working atmosphere from the 1800s and 1900s and learn about the industrialisation in Denmark which involved child labor. Today you see lots of traces from the former woolen mill. Your guide will point them out to you.

The canal was excavated in the late 19th century, giving Odense its own industrial harbour. Many of the solid buildings still stand as clear traces of the past, but they have been given new functions and new stories. Here, raw brickwork meets visions of urban life, culture and community.

The guided walk begins at Storms Pakhus, where a former warehouse now provides the setting for street food, creative spaces and informal city life. From here, the tour continues through the harbour area, taking a closer look at the architecture, the transformation, and the contrasts that make Odense Harbour one of the city’s most exciting areas today.

Although located inland, Odense Harbour remains Denmark’s third-largest harbour. Active business areas focused on offshore, maritime and heavy industry exist side by side with housing, cultural venues and recreational spaces — and it is precisely this interplay that makes the harbour unique.

The walking tour is conducted in collaboration with Storms Pakhus, where the harbour’s history and contemporary urban life meet in atmospheric surroundings. As a pleasant conclusion to the tour, all participants will receive a complimentary drink voucher.

A guided walk for those curious about urban transformation — and for anyone wishing to experience Odense from a new perspective.

In June 2014, the busiest road through Odense, Thomas B. Thriges Gade with traffic exceeding 25,000 cars a day, was closed. Immediately afterwards, the gigantic project of building a completely new city centre began.

It took approximately eight years, and today the result can be seen. I have followed the project closely from the start until the finish and I look forward to take my guests on a whirlwind tour of the new district.

The tour takes you both above and below ground and offers both fascinating stories and magnificent dramas.

A city walk in Odense with sights from historical buildings to urban freeways and bustling modern areas.

Odense has undergone a massive transformation the last few years, under the motto ''Going from being a big city to being a metropolis''. A wide 4-lane road was constructed through the city's beautiful old centre in the 1970's. That road has finally been removed and the inner city is slowly being reunited.

We'll take a walk through the city centre along the newly built areas that the new tram go through. During our walk, I will tell you some of the interesting stories about all the problems and challenges that digging up the earth around here posed while the area was still under construction. Whether being problems with pipelines, electric cables or how on earth they managed to plant such beautiful trees on top of an underground parking space. Whether it's an ancient bishop's burial place or the well-known ruin from the 15th century that had to be moved once again. We'll also explore some of the inner city's beautiful secluded spots.

We'll walk in the beautiful Hans Christian Andersen neighbourhood, where I'll give you a detailed account of his life and we'll pass the house where he was born as well as the new museum which you'll see from the outside. Afterwards we'll take a walk along Odense River in Eventyrhaven towards Odense Cathedral, where I will tell you about Saint Canute's murder and the city's abbeys.

Coffee and/or lunch arrangements at one of the city's excellent restaurants can be arranged by Guideservice Danmark.

Few cities have undergone such drastic changes as Odense has since the beginning of the 00’s. A brand new city centre, new bridges, a transformed harbour and lots of new neighbourhoods and a tram system to tie it all together.

It has all been based on a long-term strategy with the aim of transforming the city from a sad provincial hick town into a modern city. 

On this guided tour all the major urban development projects will be tied together – and along the way we will both walk and ride the tram.

We can enjoy lunch or dinner along the way at one of Odense's most classic restaurants if we add an hour. This must be mentioned when making the booking.

Den Fynske Landsby, the Funen Village, is an open-air museum, where you can learn about living conditions and village life in Denmark in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This open-air museum for agriculture and rural life on Fyn was opened in 1946 and consists of almost 30 buildings, which have been moved here from all over Funen and meticulously rebuilt. This museum attempts to recreate an authentic village environment of the 18th and 19th centuries with clear social barriers reflected in the buildings: from the smallholder to the farmer and from the workhouse to the rectory and moreover the water mill, the windmill and finally the village school.

Den Fynske Landsby is situated in the beautiful woods near the forests Hunderup and Fruens Bøge, and the walk there is enjoyable in its own right, but you certainly get a deeper understanding if you visit the buildings and have a look inside. They are furnished with authentic pieces and kitchen utensils from the period.

On the outskirts of the village the 200 year old inn is open for business. During the season you can enjoy your tea or coffee in their beautiful garden and the restaurant stays open all year round.