Sights in Odense
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The Funen Village
Edit ThisAn open-air museum with more than 20 rural buldings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Apart from the proper farmhouse building, there are such buildings as a smithy, a windmill and a watermill, a vicarage, a school and an almhouse. Agriculture and cattleraising are practiced in the village, using old methods. Workshop activities, especially during the summer months.
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| address: | Sejerskovvej 20, |
Vor Frue Church
Edit ThisIs the oldest church in the city, dating from the end of the 13th century. A wooden church stood on this site as early as 11th century, being replaced by a church in granite. Next to the church lies Odense´s oldest secular building, built c. 1300. It is now a place where the congregation meets, although formerly it functioned as a grammar school and a mortuary.
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| address: | Frue Kirkestræde |
St. Knuds Cathedral
Edit ThisThe cathedral is one of the finest examples of elegant high gothic architecture in Denmark. Pure Gothic church from the end of 1400. Known for it's guilded altarpiece made by Claus Berg in 1521. In the cryptha of the church two coffins contain the remains of King Knud the Holy and his brother Benedict, both murdered in Odense in 1086.
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| address: | Flakhaven |
Zoo
Edit ThisExperience Africa with lions, zebras, birds and reptiles as well as the magnificent new chimpanzee enclosure.
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| address: | Sdr. Boulevard 306, |
