Guideservice Fyn is run by VisitOdense and has a staff of app. 25 guides, which means we offer guided tours in many different languages, like Danish, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Japanese and Chinese.
We always try to match you and your group with the right guide, because we think it really makes a difference for the end result.
We specialize in Fyn and Odense, but we do tours outside of Fyn as needed. We also arrange and plan stays for groups if needed.
How to book
See how to easily book a guide in Odense – also outside office hours. There are two ways to do it depending on which tour you want to book.
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- In the Footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen – city walk
1½ – 2 hours | DKK 1360 for up to 25 people - Hans Christian Andersen Museum and House
1 hour | DKK 1000 for up to 25 people + tickets - The Funen Village
1 hour | DKK 1000 for up to 25 people + tickets
1½ – 2 hours | DKK 1360 for up to 25 people + tickets
I have learned several new interesting facts about Odense today – and I am a native here. Participant in one of our city walks
Do you need a different tour?
It is easy to book a guide with us. Download the form and fill in as much of the information that you have. In particular the starting time, meeting place and your contact information. It is also important that you decide if you want us to send you an invoice for the full amount including entrance fees and other expenditures along the way or if you want to pay as you go.
When you have filled out the form, please email it to guideservice@visitodense.com. We will then book a guide for you and send you a confirmation including the contact information for your guide.
We hope you enjoy your guided tour in Odense.
Many professional guides to choose from
Let our funen guides inspire you, they bring the stories to life. And that is absolutely true…
The Funen Guide Service guides all over Fyn and the rest of Denmark. We make history come alive in many languages.
- We do guided tours in museums and castles, in streets and alleys, in churches and in cities.
- The trips can be done on foot, by bicycle or in bus / car or by water or from the air if that is your preference.
- We know the hidden treasures and will gladly show them to you. The possibilities are many, so your imagination is the only limit.
Please contact us for more information or inspiration.
The Funen guides have extensive knowledge and their enthusiasm makes the trip a very special experience. Fyns Guideforening has approx. 35 members, all of whom are licensed and trained tourist guides. They speak the following languages: Danish, English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. Thanks to their extensive knowledge of the sights, history and daily life on Funen, they help ensure that guests get the most out of their visit.
Guide Service Prices
Find the current rates for guided tours in Odense. Prices vary according to length and content.
General rates for guided tours 2020
| Hours | Price | |
| 1 | DKK 1000 | |
| 2 | DKK 1360 | |
| 3 | DKK 1590 | |
| 4 | DKK 1820 | |
| 5 | DKK 2050 | |
| 6 | DKK 2280 | |
| 7 | DKK 2510 | |
| 8 | DKK 2740 | |
| 9 | DKK 2970 | |
| 10 | DKK 3200 |
For additional hours the hourly rate is DKK 320.
(We recommend no more than 25 guests per guide)
The prices are calculated per hour started.
For tours which start or end outside Odense, there will be an extra fee for the transport costs of the guide, at the rate specified by the government.
In the absence of any other agreement, cancellations must be made at least 48 hours before the tour is due to start. A fee of DKK 945 will be charged for any cancellations later than this. For larger arrangements, conditions of cancellation can be agreed individually.
Tour suggestions for groups
Sometimes you need some inspiration for the perfect tour for your group so here you have a list of the most popular themes. Our guides are great story tellers with a comprehensive knowledge about Odense and Fyn’s history.
Dear Guest,
we have collected some tour suggestions for you to use as inspiration when you consider a guide tour with VisitOdense. The suggestions can of course be combined and/or changed to fit your preferences. The links in red will lead you to more information.
The Hans Christian Andersen Museum
At the Hans Christian Andersen museum, the guide will take you through Andersen’s life; from his childhood in poverty in Odense to his adult life, where he felt at home in many of the Danish castles and manor houses.
We will follow him through his life in Copenhagen, his struggles during his school years in Slagelse and his start as a writer. The guide will show some of the original items on display, from his paper cuts to different of Andersen’s old belongings.
After the museum tour, the tour will take you to the writer’s birthplace. This famous yellow corner house shows the living conditions in a poor neighborhood at the beginning of the 19th century.
In the Footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen
A walk in Hans Christian Andersens footsteps does not only focus on the famous writer but covers the interesting history of Odense.
Depending on your guide, the tours may vary, but it will always cover the following topics:
- Walk along the Odense River through the beautiful park, H.C. Andersen haven/Eventyrhaven, where you will see the statue of Hans Christian Andersen and walk to the washing site, where Andersen’s mother used to clean laundry for a living.
- The tour takes you through the cobbled streets of the historic quarter, where we see The Charity School, Andersen’s birth home and the sculpture of Thumbelina, one of Andersen’s fairy tale characters. You will also see a statue of the writer himself, sitting on a bench at the small square, Sortebrødre Torv, surrounded by colourful houses.
- If the gothic Cathedral is open, the guide will show you the beautiful hand carved triptych, tell the story of the last Viking king King Canute the Holy and the plaque memorialising Hans Christian Andersens confirmation.
In 1805, when Andersen was born, this trendy neighbourhood was one of the poorest in Odense. These poor living standards are reflected in Andersen’s birth home.
Hans Christian Andersen at Children’s Level (for children and their adults)
This tour is custom built for groups of children who would like to learn more about Hans Christian Andersen in a more approachable fashion. You never know what could happen! The tour focuses on children and storytelling/activities.
Recycled buildings
From Munke Mose we walk through the narrow winding streets where buildings tell the story of times passage. We end up in Brandts Clothing Mill and Rosenbaek Square – old industrial buildings that now form a cultural centre.
Jernbanegade (Railway Street)
Jernbanegade was constructed as a sort of parisian boulevard past Odense Castle to the Railway Station. No travellers could doubt that Odense had ambition. Along this street are stately old buildings – still in use, though not always for their original purpose.
The Funen Village
In the Funen Village we travel back in time, to experience how life was lived during H.C. Andersen’s time in the 1800s.
The Funen village consists of 26 buildings, and during the guided tour we will visit several of the buildings.
A guided tour of The Funen Village can vary from guide to guide, but the trip can include:
- The rector’s house and a trip to see the village animals
- The water mill
- The old school
- The prison
- Possibly the blacksmith or the small farm
The guide will tell about the rural life and how farms were structured in the 1800s.
Odense Cathedral (Saint Canute’s Church)
The history of our Cathedral starts dramatically with the murder of King Canute the Holy. Join us in the crypts where his bones are exhibited in a shrine. Here are also the royal graves connected to Claus Berg’s large altarpiece in the cathedral.
Guide tour of City Hall
City Hall lies right in the city’s old centre “Flakhaven” and consists of an older and a newer part. See Yan’s art work “Funen Spring”, the city council room, the wedding room, the state rooms and the memorial wall.
Odense’s Convents
At the end of medieval times there were close to 300 munks and priests in Odense. We take a walk around time between the old convents and hear about their individual importance they and the clergy have had in the city.
Brandts Textile Mill
Brandts today is a cultural meeting place and at the same time the old buildings house a wealth of stories. Enjoy the beautiful old buildings and hear the story of way back when Brandts was one of the leading industries in the city.
