Sightseeing and Guided Tours

Here, you have the chance to be shown around by local experts, take a boat trip on the Odense River, meet former homeless individuals, and gain insight into the part of the H.C. Andersen Museum that surrounds the museum. If you prefer, take a look at some of our digitally guided tours here.

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Photo: Johan Joensen

Photo: Johan Joensen

Odense Aafart, River Cruise

Enjoy a beautiful boat trip surrounded by beautiful nature on Odense River. The tour starts at Munke Mose in the centre of Odense.

Photo: Joan Jensen

Odense Tour Guides

Selecting a guide from Odense Tour Guides gets you a professional whose deep knowledge – and deep love for Odense and its secrets – delivers a special experience to you and your guests.

Photo: Skibhusgården

Book a nature guide

Looking for a relaxed nature experience in Odense with your own guide? At Skibhusgården Nature & Outdoor Centre, you can book activities for private groups – whether you're a family, a couple or a group of friends.

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Guideservice·Danmark

Book a city walk with a local guide. Or you may prefer a guided tour by bike or on a coach? You will hear the stories, see the places and experience the joy that is Odense at it’s best.

Photo: Lasse Bak Mejlvang© Gadens Stemmer

Voices of the Street

Take a unique city walk with stories from the shadow side of society. Through personal stories, you'll hear about life on the streets of Odense with drug use, crime and homelessness.

Hans Christian Andersen Garden in Odense

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Garden walk in H.C. Andersen's Garden

In the heart of Odense, H.C. Andersen's Garden invites visitors to explore a landscape where paths, planting and garden spaces form part of the story of Denmark's world-famous fairy tale author.

Digital Tours

If you prefer to explore the city at your own pace, you can choose one of the many digital tours.

Photo: Rico Feldfoss

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.

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Experience Odense as an outdoor escape game

If you enjoy puzzles, mysteries and activities that challenge you to work together, Odin's Chant offers a different way to explore Odense. The city's streets and historic surroundings become the setting for an outdoor escape game where you follow clues, solve puzzles and search for a lost chant.

Photo: Storyhunt

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.

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.

Photo: Storyhunt

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.