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What you can see in one day - for art enthusiasts

Odense offers several high class artattractions - visit e.g. Gallery Brandts, Filosoffen, Fyns Grafiske Værksted and many more. The Gallery Quarter at Ny Vestergade/Søndergade is definitely worth a visit. And if you have time, you can visit Jens Galschiøt's workshop to the north of Odense.

Photo: Johan Joensen

Odense is an easy city to explore on foot, making it simple to see and do a lot in just one day. To make the most of your day without having to rush, it can be a good idea to choose one or two museums or galleries – and plan your route so you also pass some of the city’s inspiring sculptures and street art along the way.

There are many ways to experience the heart of Odense. Follow in Hans Christian Andersen’s footsteps, for example, or let the fairytale sculptures lead you through the city. Can you find them all?

Indoor Art Attractions

Kunstmuseum Brandts entry
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Art Museum Brandts in Odense

At Art Museum Brandts, you can quickly spend a whole day among the masters of the past as well as the talents of contemporary art.
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The Funen Printmaking Workshop
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The Funen Printmaking Workshop

Art creates joy and life. The living studio has always seemed like a magnet for curious and graphic-interested people. Printmaking is magical, and we all try in turn to master this magic. We have two studios on two floors and a Gallery-shop "Grafikken", also on two floors. Here we sell hand-printed prints at prices from DKK 100 to DKK 25,000. There are folders you can flip through, lots of framed prints - ready to take home. In the workshop, our members have the opportunity to work with different techniques such as etching, relief printing, linoleum printing, woodcuts, photogravûres and lithography on a lithographic press. The studios are only used by our members, who are all graphics artists. Being a member of Funen Printmaking Studio is a significant boost, a sure sign that you have become better and have opportunities to develop further with new techniques. We have almost 300 members from 18 different nations. They come and work with their artworks in the studios when it suits them. There are also guest-artists from all over the world printing their original artworks, giving lectures, or Master Classes. If you would like to visit us, we are easy to find; directly across the street from H. C. Andersen's birth home in Hans Jensens Stræde, and we have free admission to the exhibitions.
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Filosofgangen galleri
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Art Gallery Filosoffen

Experience a growing art and design museum. 'Filosoffen' is not only a museum but rather a creative meeting-place for pictorial artists, designers and the exchange of ideas. In that sense, we are open to the occasional vernissages, quiz nights and art lectures, sometimes with the artists themselves.
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Outdoor Art Attractions

ROA street art at the harbour
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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
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Balance Arc - sculpture
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Balance Arc - sculpture

The Balance Arc - large sculpture in two parts
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Girl with panther by Miss Take
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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.
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Sculpture The Trinity
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The Trinity

Bjørn Nørgaard's portrait of Hans Christian Andersen Three separate personas twisted together and then apart. This portrait of Hans Christian Andersen is as complex as the writer himself, which was the whole point of Nørgaard’s work.
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The Gallery Quarter

Between Vesterbro and the river, you will find two small streets; Søndergade and Ny Vestergade. It could be a coincidence, but in this area, you will find no fewer than four galleries - and where the two streets meet, you will find Art Gallery Filosoffen, which shows Danish as well as international artists.

Vernissage at Albert Contemporary Gallery
Photo: Amanda Hansen

Gallery Albert Contemporary

albert contemporary is driven by a passion for experimental and conversational contemporary art by both Danish and international up-and-coming artists.
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Gallerie Rasmus in Odense
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Gallery Rasmus Art Gallery

You will find Gallerie Rasmus in Ny Vestergade - just outside the pedestrian network. Gallerie Rasmus has alternating exhibitions throughout the year with both well-known and lesser-known Danish and
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