Digital Guided Tours and more

History in your ears

Several of the digital tours focus on Odense’s history and the people who have left their mark on the city. On the podwalk about Cnut the Holy, you follow the king’s final dramatic hours through the city centre, while Shadows in Odin’s City takes you back to early Odense and the Viking Age.

You can also try From Mead to Craft Beer, which explores the history and role of beer in Odense, or choose one of the other digital tours focusing on music, literature and the city’s history.

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Podwalk: Cnut the Holy

Follow the final dramatic hours of Cnut the Holy through Odense on a self-guided audio walk with eight stops. Along the way, you will get closer to the king, the power struggles and the rise of Christianity that helped transform the city at the end of the Viking Age.

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Podwalk: From mead to speciality beer (DK)

- an interactive podcast about the history of beer | Danish only. Take your friends on a tour of Odense, guided by an interactive podcast about the history of beer and its influence on Odense.

Photo: Rico Feldfoss© VisitOdense

Shadows in Odin's City | Podwalk in Danish

Take a sensory journey far back in time - to the time when Odense came into being. Along the way you will discover a completely different city before your inner gaze, like living shadows from a distant past. In Danish language.

Follow famous figures from Funen

If you would like to experience Odense through some of the city’s best-known cultural figures, you can follow in H.C. Andersen’s footsteps through the city centre or set out on the Carl Nielsen Camino.

The Carl Nielsen Camino is a 120 km audio walk that takes you from Odense through the Funen countryside, with the composer’s life and music as your guide.

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Carl Nielsen's Camino

Experience a truly unique blend of music, nature, and culture on Carl Nielsen’s Camino – a 120 km-long sound walk inspired by the world-famous Funen-born composer Carl Nielsen. Follow in his footsteps through Odense’s charming neighborhoods and further into Funen’s scenic landscapes.

Photo: Andreas Bastiansen

In the Footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen

Many of the buildings and places that were significant to H.C. Andersen can still be seen today. Follow in the footsteps of our famous author - quite literally, there are footprints along the entire route - and see the places / buildings in Odense related to our most famous citizen.

Tips

All the digital walking tours let you choose your own pace and when to go. They use different apps and formats, so check each individual tour for language, price and practical information before you set off.

Other selfguided tours

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Find the fairy tale sculptures in Odense

In Hans Christian Andersen's home town, Odense, you can see the characters from his fairy tales come to life all over the city; In parks and streets and alleys you will find sculptures by various artists, all of whom have been inspired by the author's writings.

Photo: Andreas Bastiansen

In the Footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen

Many of the buildings and places that were significant to H.C. Andersen can still be seen today. Follow in the footsteps of our famous author - quite literally, there are footprints along the entire route - and see the places / buildings in Odense related to our most famous citizen.