Street and City Art
Sculptures and street art help set the mood in the center of Odense. See ROA's impressive Fish and Bird on the silo building at the harbour, the beautiful gable portrait of H.C. Andersen in Bangs Boder and the latest addition - The Ugly Duckling mural.
Photo: Anne Sofie Isbrandt Ovesen
City Art
Odense is full of art - sculptures, statues, gable paintings - and new pieces are constantly being added. Take a walk around the city centre and local parks and enjoy the art that we consider the icing on the cake. You can also let art guide you around by following our fairytale sculpture route, embark on a gallery crawl or something else entirely.

Photo: Panduro Photography
ROA Street Art at Odense Harbour
A World-renowned artist has made Denmark's highest mural in Odense His gable painting in Rome is number two on the Huffington Post's list of the world's most important street art in 2014. He has

Photo: Don John | Foto: Panduro Photography
Hans Christian Andersen Mural
On the gable of Bangs Boder No. 26, close to the Hans Christian Andersen Museum, you will find the large beautiful portrait of Denmark's favorite fairy tale writer. It was made by street art artist

Photo: Panduro Photography
Miss Take's mural by Brandts
The Girl and the Panther is a mural by a Copenhagen street artist who participated in an exhibition at Brandts in 2012.

Photo: Johan Joensen
The City Tree
The City Tree is the title of the gable painting on Christiansgade 20. Danish artist No Title is the creator of this work of art and he credits his inspiration to the fact that the gable faces a green area by Odense River.

Photo: Steffen Palmø© VisitOdense
Odense Zoo Mural
Odense Zoo's facade has become an attraction in itself with the new mural done by the artist group Big City Brains. Now you can also enjoy the exotic animals outside Odense ZOO while you wait to enter. Especially around opening time, there can be a bit of a queue and it's nice to stand and look at the fine mural while you do so.

Photo: Notitle
Byfisk på muren (Fish in the city)
Byfisk (City Fish) can be found on the wall at the southern entrance to Eventyrhaven (The Fairy Tale Garden). Here, the artist No Title has decorated a 35-meter long wall with the 22 fish species you

Photo: Line Slot© No Title
The last dream of the old oak tree
New gable painting on KongestienA new large gable painting has appeared on Kongestien by Brandts Klædefabrik. The painting is called "The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream" and is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name. Andersen's fairy tale of the same name. It is by the Danish artist No Title, who has previously painted several other large murals in Odense's urban spaces.

Photo: Panduro Photography
Girl with dead bird
The artist drew inspiration for the work from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Poor Wife and the Little Canary", about a poor wife who cannot afford to bury her deceased husband.

Photo: Line Slot
Astronauts in Brandts - Urban Art
In the small backyard of Brandts Klædefabrik you will find two works. One is a spaceman floating a few metres up and looking directly at you. The other is an astronaut playing golf on the moon. The artist is unknown.

Photo: Anja Panduro© VisitOdense
Mural in Pantheonsgade
Mural by Don John in Pantheonsgade Artist Don John has created yet another mural in Odense, this time in Pantheonsgade. The painting is inspired by H.C. Andersen's poem "The Two Birds" from 1833. The poem describes Andersen's unhappy love and the sorrow of being unhappily in love.

Photo: VisitOdense
Mural by Emily Gernild
Street art in Nørregade: Colourful murals in Odense’s streetscapeOdense’s cityscape has gained new layers of visual expression with large-scale murals in Nørregade. One of the works is by Emily Gernild, a local artist whose contribution adds colour, texture and quiet reflection to the urban experience.

Photo: Anne Sofie Isbrandt Ovesen
Mural: The Ugly Duckling
Street Art in Odense: The Ugly Duckling Told Through Spray Cans In the heart of Odense, you’ll find a powerful and moving interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling — transformed into street art full of depth and colour. It’s an experience you won’t want to miss.

Photo: VisitOdense© Don John
Little Ida’s Flowers
Street art in Odense includes several eye-catching works – among them a large mural by artist Don John on Malmøgade 10. The piece is inspired by H.C. Andersen’s poem “Little Ida’s Flowers” and ancient motifs from a vase found in Iraq.

Photo: Steffen Stamp
We made this place to meet
A new, colourful artwork by Kinga Bartis transforms Brandts’ glass façade into a public art experience. Discover contemporary art on a grand scale in the heart of Odense.




