Easter holiday with your family

Play with history

Many of the city's attractions have special offers for children and their families. Here you can get a sense of our shared history while having fun.

Children's Backyard

Explore a 19th century's children's backyard! - You are allowed to try and touch everything!The children's backyard is a small part of the city museum, Møntergården, where a portion of an original building from 1799 is designed to resemble an urban backyard from around the 1800s. Everyth...

Green Experience

The Funen Village - Open Air Museum

The Funen Village focuses on past experiences of living circularly and in closer harmony with nature, and how the past can inspire sustainability in everyday life today.

The Danish Railway Museum

The Danish Railway Museum is located in the centre of Odense and is an ideal destination for the whole family. Feel the history as you get up close and personal with the large locomotives and beautiful old carriages.

Photo: Tidens Samling

Museum of Everyday Life in the 20th Century

Tidens Samling is an everyday museum of fashion, design and interior decoration in the 20th century. There are two exhibitions, the permanent one and a special exhibition.

Photo: Andreas Bastiansen

Odin's Odense - Iron Age and Viking Age

Join us for an adventure at the Iron Age Village of Odin's Odense, a unique ancient environment that brings 2,000 years of history to life!

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Tips for families with children

Photo: Jonas Legarth

Hans Christian Andersen for children

The children's universe Ville Vau in Hans Christian Andersen's House. Andersen's House, fairytale sculptures and walks in Andersen's footsteps are just some of the things you can experience, as is the highly topical mermaid installation in the basement of Hans Christian Andersen's House.

Photo: Simone Stæhr Keller

Fun for Children and their Families in Odense

Odense is a very child-friendly city with fun attractions, restaurants with room for little people and lots of other activities. Here, the whole family can travel back in history, sail on the river and become wiser about animals and climate at the Odense ZOO.