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Andersen Museum

[August 2012] Odense in Denmark is the town where Andersen was born and there is a good museum about him there. The first thing I noticed was that in the Japanese leaflet given there, there is…

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Odense is a town of Andersen

[August 2012] Odense in Denmark is famous as a birthplace of Andersen. His birth house is now a museum and in the garden in front, they made a small theatre and showing some sketches from…

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Walking in Odense

[August 2012] In Odense in Denmark, I followed the walking tour route in my guidebook. It is a fairly big city with the population of a bit more than 150,000, but in the old town you…

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The oldest cathedral in Denmark

[July 2012] The cathedral in the oldest town in Denmark is the oldest, too. It was founded around 1100. But when you enter there, you would be surprised to see the new designs. The apse…

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Tour by a night-watchman

[July 2012] In Ribe, Denmark we joined a walking tour led by a night-watchman. It started in front of an old restaurant at 10 pm. This town used to have its own law, which was much…

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The oldest town in Denmark

[July 2012] The first destination in Denmark was Ribe, the oldest town in Denmark. To be precise, it means the oldest well-preserved town. Wherever you look, it is a pretty picture in this town. It is…

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The bus driver

[July 2012] Arriving in Denmark from England by boat, first problem was to find an ATM to get Danish Krona. We could have exchanged money in the ship, but we thought the rate would be…