For those of you who wouldn't know, Odense is the birthtown of H. C. Andersen, most celebrated writer of fairy tales. One of his most touching, as well as most famous and celebrated stories is The Ugly Duckling, in which an 'ugly duckling' goes through a lot of hardships, to later find he's turned into a beautiful swan.
It's only fitting we have this swan family around here :-)
electricbob
· 1 year ago
I visited Copenhagen for three days in 1983 - wish I could have traveled more around Denmark, I hope to one day. Odense looks lovely!
H.C. Anderson wrote "The Little Mermaid" who sits in Copenhagen harbor, right?
And, Denmark is the only country invaded by Germany in WWII that saved the vast majority of their Jewish population, by treating them just like any other citizen deserves to be treated. A lesson more people around the world could learn I think.
Thanks and have fun! - Bob
MortenBlaabjerg
· 1 year ago
Great! If you do, promise to stop by and say hi :-) You're right, Odense sure looks lovely in the summer. I explicitly went for some of the beautiful spots. I may do a photo set later on the "common" Odense, so that things are a bit balanced out...
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It's only fitting we have this swan family around here :-)
H.C. Anderson wrote "The Little Mermaid" who sits in Copenhagen harbor, right?
And, Denmark is the only country invaded by Germany in WWII that saved the vast majority of their Jewish population, by treating them just like any other citizen deserves to be treated. A lesson more people around the world could learn I think.
Thanks and have fun! - Bob
Yes, Andersen is the author of "The Little Mermaid" too.
This is what the town square looked like in 1999 :
http://www.crewscut.com/index.php?title=Fil:MKH...
EDIT : Looks like Disqus doesn't allow inline images... Too bad.