Editing Odense (section)

===Hans Christian Andersen connections===
[[File:Hc-andersens-hus.jpg|thumb|left|Hans Christian Andersen's home]]
Remembered above all for his [[fairy tale]]s, Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense in 1805. It is thought his birthplace is the small yellow house on the corner of Hans Jensens Stræde and Bangs Boder in the old town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/liv/minibio/foedested_e.html|title=Birthplace|publisher=Hans Christian Andersen Center|access-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212752/http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/liv/minibio/foedested_e.html|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> In 1908 the house was opened as the [[Hans Christian Andersen Museum]]. It documents his life from his childhood years as the son of a struggling shoemaker, to his schooling, career as an author, and later life, with artefacts providing an insight into his acquaintances and adventures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersen-museum/exhibitions|title=Hans Christian Andersen Museum|publisher=Odense City Museums|access-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218104322/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersen-museum/exhibitions|archive-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> Andersen's childhood home<ref name=childhood-home /> is on Munkemøllestræde not far from the cathedral. He lived in the little half-timbered house from the age of two until he was 14. Opened as a museum in 1930, the house contains an exhibition of the cobbling tools used by his father and other items based on Andersen's own descriptions.<ref name=childhood-home >{{cite web|url=http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersens-childhood-home/hca-childhoodhome|title=Hans Christian Andersen's Childhood Home|publisher=Odense City Museums|access-date=2 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218104326/http://museum.odense.dk/en/museums/hans-christian-andersens-childhood-home/hca-childhoodhome|archive-date=18 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Throughout the city there are numerous statues and sculptures representing characters from the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. They include the Steadfast Tin Soldier, the Mermaid, the Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, the Toad, the Darning Needle, the Emperor's New Clothes, the Sea Horse, the Paper Boat, the Flying Trunk and the Wild Swans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitfyn.com/ln-int/funen/attractions/hans-christian-andersens-statues-odense|title=Hans Christian Andersen's statues in Odense|publisher=Visit Fyn|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> A statue of Andersen stands in ''Eventyrparken'' (The Fairy Tale Park), beside the cathedral. Sculpted by [[Louis Hasselriis]] in 1888, it shows the storyteller with a book in his hand, ready to entertain onlookers with his fairy tales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historiskatlas.dk/H._C._Andersen_%288153%29|title=H.C. Andersen|publisher=Historisk Atlas|access-date=2 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref>