Odense

— Journey —

Jet 30 min · 1 h 45 drive

Odense, the principal city of Funen, is the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen and the heart of Denmark's garden island. FFGR Denmark reaches it by private jet in thirty minutes or by chauffeur across the Great Belt Bridge in under two hours. The new H.C. Andersen House, a museum-garden designed by Kengo Kuma, reimagines the fairy tales as architecture; the cobbled old town around the cathedral of St Canute preserves the timbered houses of the writer's childhood. FFGR Denmark arranges manor-house stays across Funen — the island holds more castles and estates per square mile than anywhere in Denmark — and excursions to Egeskov, the finest preserved Renaissance moated castle in Europe.