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Denmark

Popular antique shop

[August 2012] In Odense in Denmark, there is a popular antique shop. The shop itself is in the end of 16th century house. It is full of small everyday life goods. As an antique shop…

Denmark

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 salmon in Denmark is excellent

This is a photo of smoked salmon I ate as a starter in an old restaurant called Den Gamle Kro in Odense in Denmark. The waiter came to my table with a whole fish and…

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Local beer everywhere

[July 2012] In the island of Mando, I thought there was nothing other than the nature, but I found something special, which is the local beer. Well, the beer itself was not that special, but…

Ribe

Cross over to an island by this bus

[July 2012] On the last day of our stay in Ribe, Denmark, we had an excursion to an island called Mando. This is about 10 km away from the town and you go there by…

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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…