While in Denmark we visited the charming town of Odense, where the writer of wonderful children’s stories, Hans Christian Andersen, was born in 1805. He wrote 3381 works, mostly, but not all for children.
I remember reading The Little Matchgirl in primary school and later on The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea and many more.
His likeness and some whimsical characters are dotted around the town.
Here is his house, which is now a museum.
It was closed when we were there, but we enjoyed wandering through the surrounding streets lined with charming and well kept houses.
Come for a walk through Odense.
Several houses in this street had mirrors outside their windows to enable those inside to look up and down the street.
Linden trees were in bloom overhead.
There is an enormous brick church. Construction work in front meant we couldn’t stand back to get a good view of the front.
I might have to go back and read some of his stories again after seeing his delightful home town.
We were so surprised to see a statue of him in Bratislava of all places when we traveled there in September.
By: polloplayer on December 23, 2018
at 12:05 am
Strange!
By: Debra Kolkka on December 23, 2018
at 10:22 pm
Lovely photos, as always. I love the pink hollyhocks and the linden trees.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 2:38 PM Bagni di Lucca and Beyond wrote:
> Debra Kolkka posted: “While in Denmark we visited the charming town of > Odense, where the writer of wonderful children’s stories, Hans Christian > Andersen, was born in 1805. He wrote 3381 works, mostly, but not all for > children. I remember reading The Little Matchgirl in pri” >
By: farfalle1 on December 23, 2018
at 1:24 am
It is a very pretty town. We enjoyed our time there.
By: Debra Kolkka on December 23, 2018
at 10:23 pm
Charming! Great to see the photos.
By: karenincalabria on December 23, 2018
at 1:47 am
It was a pity his house was closed, but the town was lovely
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By: Debra Kolkka on December 23, 2018
at 10:23 pm
What a quaint, beautiful town.
By: aFrankAngle on December 23, 2018
at 3:38 am
Very pretty indeed.
By: Debra Kolkka on December 23, 2018
at 10:24 pm
A fairytale place. I also loved his stories, but “The little Matchgirl” made me cry every time I read it….
By: Mulino Dominillo on December 23, 2018
at 10:25 am
Me too.
By: Debra Kolkka on December 23, 2018
at 10:24 pm
I loved Hans Christian Anderson’s stories, too. The Little Match Girl was the story that kept cropping up in my mind throughout the years. Anderson’s stories are timeless.
By: Sandra Hoopmann on December 24, 2018
at 10:30 pm
I loved his stories so much! They were so enchanted and a bit dark too.
By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on December 28, 2018
at 6:26 am