Odense

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 council site for both Odense municipality and Funen County.

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The city lies close to Odense Fjord on the River of Odense (Odense ?). It has a station on the railway route between Copenhagen and Jutland/Schleswig-Holstein, (Germany) via Kors?r. A canal dug from 1796 to 1806, 7.5 metre (25 ft.) deep, gives access to the town from the fjord.

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Accessibility to Odense was greatly increased when ferry service between the two main Danish islands, Zealand and Funen was replaced by the Great Belt Bridge (opened in 1997 for trains, 1998 for cars). The bridge is assumed to be 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.

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Denmark: The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark) is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located at in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germa...

Funen: Funen (Danish: Fyn) is the third largest island of Denmark, it has a population of 445,000 people. The main city is Odense, connected to the sea by an artificial canal (though this is now seldom used. The city's shipyard Odense Steel Shipyard has been re-located outside of Odense proper.)...

Odense municipality: Odense municipality, (Danish: Odense Kommune) is a Danish municipality (Danish: kommune) in Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 304 km?, and has a total population of 185.871 (2005). 39 percent of Funen County's population live in this municip...