Culture
Every year, the city of Odense becomes a little more magical when the annual Christmas tree lighting on Flakhaven takes place.
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The cosy event marks the start of the Christmas Season and is one of Odense’s favourite traditions. The city’s mayor will be hoisted up in the crane and light the thousands of Christmas lights. There will be music and entertainment in the city and, of course, Santa Claus will also visit on this day.
Christmas Market in Odense!
At the end of November and beginning of December, you can visit the traditional and historic Christmas Market on Sortebrødre Torv in the old town.
The Christmas Market is one of the city’s largest and most traditional cultural offerings, which over the past 17 years has attracted up to 50,000 visitors from home and abroad to the cobbled square in the middle of Odense.
The historic Christmas Market and its spruce-covered stalls selling handicrafts, gastronomic delights and mulled wine are free to visit, and many thousands of visitors each year have enjoyed an art and cultural history experience at the market, which focuses on Denmark in the 19th century.
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