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Odense
is the third largest city in Denmark with 145,554 inhabitants (Odense
city 1st January 2004) and the capital of the island of Funen. It
is the seat of both Odense municipality and Funen County.
The
city lies close to Odense Fjord on the Odense River (Odense Å).
It has a station on the railway route between Copenhagen and
Jutland/Schleswig-Holstein, (Germany) via Korsør. A canal dug
from 1796 to 1806, 7.5 metre (25 ft.) deep, gives access to the
town from the fjord. Accessibility
to Odense was greatly increased when ferry service between the two
main Danish islands, Sealand and Funen was replaced by the Great
Belt Bridge (opened in 1997 for trains, 1998 for cars). The bridge
is the second longest suspension bridge in the world. Its
construction greatly cut transportation time between Odense and
the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Copenhagen can now be reached by
trains from Odense in 1 hour and 15 minutes Odense
(from Odins Vi, i.e. "Odin's Sanctuary")
referring to old Norse mythology, is one of the oldest cities of
Denmark and celebrated its 1000th anniversary in 1988. The shrine
of Saint Knud (also known as Saint Canute) was a great resort of
pilgrims throughout the Middle Ages. In
the 16th century the town was the meeting-place of several
parliaments, and down to 1805 it was the seat of the provincial
assembly of Funen. Odense's
most famous landmark was Odinstårnet (The Odin Tower)
constructed in 1935, as the second-tallest tower in Europe, only
surpassed by the Eiffel Tower. Odinstårnet was blown up by
a Danish Nazi group in 1944 and has never been rebuilt. However, a
miniature model of it now stands in the residential area
Odinsparken in the area where the original tower was. By the Courtesy of Wikipedia |
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