After the delicious Thai lunch, my friend A and I went down the streets to see the danish author H C Andersen’s childhood home. I remember visiting this small house back in my childhood, where we went on a trip to Odense with my class and teachers. Seeing it again was a nice pleasure.

HCA’s childhood home is located at Munkemøllestræde, and is today a small museum, where you can see how he/they used to live. It’s quite interesting to see how they lived. This home is where HCA lived in his childhood, but he was not born here, but grew up here. Here you’ll also find a small garden with all the plants that features in his fairytales.

After visiting HCA’s Childhood home, we went to Møntergården, that consists of courtyards and old buildings from the 16th century to the present day. Here, you’ll find a bright exhibition about Odense and Funen, and it actually has a lot to offer for those who are into history (of Funen). We really had some “wow, really??” moments here.

Next we went to the H C Andersen House. This is located alongside the house where he was born. The house itself was bought by Odense Municipality at HCA’s 100th birthday, and after a restoration it was opened as a museum. Later it was expanded in 1930, 1976 and latest in 2004. This part of the entire HCA Museum was actually the best part, if you ask me. I’ve never been here before, but watching some of HCA’s collections and the audio-visual part was indeed nice.