Hans Christian Andersen Museum

We left the beautiful Lake District and drove to Odense. This meant crossing the bridge from Jutland to the large island of Funen and leaving mainland Europe.

In Odense we visited the Hans Christian Andersen museum. (He was born here). The design of the building was wonderful. The exhibition involved wearing headphones which activated near exhibits and spoke to you (in English for us). This was a lovely, inventive idea but Danny’s headphones weren’t working properly and he got cross traffic or they cut out. We got half way round before he realised this wasn’t the intended content and swapped them. By this stage he was very confused. I enjoyed learning about HCA’s life and the exhibits of some of his fairytales. The best was a mirror you stood before and it showed you in fancy clothes, but people looking from the other side saw you as you were (the Emperor’s new clothes). There was also a stack of 20 fancy mattresses for the Princess and the pea. I hope there’s no pea under my camper van mattress tonight.

Some photos of Odense old centre. The footsteps are the HCA trail!

Extra pic from Danny: I enjoyed the display about the princess and the pea!