H. C. Andersen often went by Korsør on his numerous travels. The town was a traffic hub at the time and the first town on Sealand that H. C. Andersen got to know when he first time travelled to Copenhagen. The house on Amerikakajen 1 was built in 1856 as the Storebælt Hotel.

H. C. Andersen visited Basnæs estate several times and during those stays he often also visited Borreby. His first visit was in 1856.

H. C. Andersen loved to come to Holsteinborgs park and he became a close friend to the family. Between 1856 and 1874 he visited Holstienborg no less than 17 times, and he also visited the family in their Copenhagen home. H. C. Andersen had his own apartment made at Holsteinborg in 1856. After his death […]

H. C. Andersen visited Næstved in 1836 on one of his summer travels. He stayed with Colonel Høegh-Guldberg and spent much of the time on hiking to Herlufsholm along a creek and in the sorrounding woods. H. C. Andersen also visited Holmegaard glass foundry in 1842.

H. C. Andersen went on his first real summer holiday in 1829, where he visited Møn island and Liselund. He had just had his vaudeville, “Fodreise far Holmens Canal” published, and it was performed at the Royal Theatre. He felt the popularity coming on, as he was also published in magazines and papers.

H. C. Andersen visited Falster three times during the years 1845-1852 and his visit was centered around Corselitze estate outside Nykøbing Falster. Corselitze caste was one of the places where H. C. Andersen liked to spend time and enjoy the surrounding nature.

After one of H. C. Andersens trips in Europe, he went on a small tour through Sealand to Funen, where he visited Holstenhuus on the 9th. of July 1843 on the occasion of a party. A lot of people from Faaborg and Svendborg participated, among others Riborg Voigt along with her husband and children.

Hans Christian Andersen was after his death in 1875 buried in Copenhagen in Assistens Cemetery. Many famous and important Danes lie buried here. Assistens Cemetery is in the densely populated Nørrebro in Copenhagen and is a geographically enclosed area. The cemetery was built in Nørre Forstad in 1760, the cemetery’s oldest section . The area […]

Hans Christian Andersen visited as a child with his mother the holy spring. Here they attended religious gatherings at the annual St. Hans Market, which took place at the spring. The spring can be found in a field belonging to Regissegård near Kongshøj Creek in Frørup. The spring was renovated in 1993-95. Hans Christian Andersen’s […]

The sculpture “Thumbelina” is made by Lotte Olsen, it can be found on Sortebrødre Square and was unveiled in 1994. The sculpture is made of bronze, 3.4 metres tall and weighs approx. 600 kg. The artist was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale Thumbelina (1835), about a childless woman seeking advice from a witch. […]