Odense

This is the new, very innovative museum. You get an audioguide, with which you can scan everywhere to get a piece of information. It starts with Andersen's life. You follow the whole timeline through all important moments in his life. Some parts were very interesting, but a lot of it was also very static in my opinion, where you just hear facts about his life like when he published what, which awards he won or who he was in love with. I think it would have been nicer if we got to see more how these facts actually influenced his life and writing. After the timeline, you enter the fairytale zone. This is very fun, especially for kids (but also for people who just want to mess around a bit). For all of his different well-known fairytales, there are interactive elements. You can hear the story of the pea from the princess on the pea, you can convince the princess to marry you, turn yourself into a swan, watch a beautiful animation of the little match girl and hear the nightingale sing. You can also read shortened versions of his lesser known fairytales. It was fun and nostalgic to jog your memory of all these fairytales, of which you probably know more than you would think. They obviously put a lot of effort into making a one of a kind museum, but there are definitely some parts that were not really worth it for me.