Hans Christian Andersen moved in with the widow and midwife, Marie Sophie Thorgesen, in a house on Ulkegaden 108. In the time 1819-1821, where Hans Christian Andersen lived on this address, the neighbourhood was a notorious red-light district .

When Hans Christian Andersen arrived in Copenhagen on September 6th1819, he stayed at Gardergården on Vestergade (18).

Hans Christian Andersen visited Bramstrup manor on Funen in 1832 and in 1838. Bramstrup lies in Lindved Ådal in Faaborg – Midtfyn municipality, about 5 kilometres south of Odense. Though there are easy ways of entering, Bramstrup exists fairly isolated in the middle of a large area of nature around Lindved Ådal, surrounded by woods, […]

“In 1868 Hans Christian Andersen’s home was pointed out to be the yellow house in Hans Jensens Stræde 43-45, located in the northern part of the old city centre of Odense. However no documentation exists of the accuracy of this. Next to Overgade is a small street called Paaskestræde. Here is the school for the […]