Chapter 449: City of Bicycles
Eaten polar bears and played Greenland......
This kind of thing, for ordinary people, can blow for more than ten years.
Life is different.
Ye Chao also went to take a look at the place where the Titanic crashed into Iceland in the legend, and then left this beautiful island of ice and snow - Greenland.
He came to Odense.
This is no longer an Iceland.
Odense is Denmark's third largest city and the capital of the second largest island in Denmark, Fien, 96 km west of Copenhagen.
It is located between Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and Jutland, and is a must-pass on the way from Copenhagen to Jutland.
Before the opening of the Great Belt Bridge in 1998, the ferry was only possible to travel from Zealand to Funen.
Well, Odense is a beautiful and charming city.
On both sides of the highway leading to the city, houses with red walls and red tiles and high roofs are fascinating. Entering the city, those typical European-style buildings are not tall and grandiose, but simple and elegant.
The Odense River meanders silently through the middle of the city like a green ribbon. On both sides of the river there are beautiful gardens and botanical gardens, lush flowers and fresh air, which makes Odense even more beautiful.
Odense is a fairytale town with low-rise wooden buildings in the traditional Danish style. Two whole blocks have survived Hans Christian Andersen's time, with rows of old colorful houses lined with cobblestone or brick paved roads, small white windows and tall chimneys with red roofs, making you feel like you're in a fairy tale.
Odense's culture and art are also colourful. In the park, you can see performances by artists dressed in traditional Danish costumes.
In the centre of the city, an old weaving mill has been converted into a cultural and artistic center, where modern art exhibitions and various cultural events are held every year.
Odense's local theatre has always staged many local operas and operas. The theatre retains a wide range of programs, including comedy, magic, music, and more, allowing you to enjoy the unique local culture.
The famous writer and poet Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805 in Odense.
A house now in Odense's Old Town has been converted into a museum with a large collection of Hans Christian Andersen's works and supplies.
The place where he lived as a child also became a museum.
Hans Christian Andersen's house is a one-story building with six or seven houses, and Hans Christian Andersen's family lived in only one of them. The room is small and low, and big people will be turned away if they don't bow their heads when they enter the door.
The interior of the house is very simple, the rough doors and windows have been maintained in the same state as they were in the early nineteenth century, and now the house is connected, and the walls are inlaid with large glass cabinets, displaying Hans Christian Andersen's manuscripts, letters, fairy tale publishing contracts, biographies of characters, portraits, and other valuable materials.
Through these materials, it is possible to get a general understanding of Andersen's creation, life, and other major activities throughout his life. These materials are large in number, extensive in content, and well preserved. All materials are available in Danish and English.
Danish men and women interact very freely and are not disturbed by any opinions.
In Denmark, there is a special phenomenon called "undocumented marriage". This means that the man and the woman live together without being officially married and not recognized by the clan as a married couple.
Danes like to use flowers as gifts, especially 3~4 carnations to represent gratitude. White flowers are used for funerals, brides and baptisms, yellow flowers for guests, and red flowers for travelers. In trains and ships, you can see a red carnation, which means auspicious and smooth.
Its national flower is holly.
Bird feeding has become a trend in Denmark. In squares and parks where birds are concentrated, you can see people feeding the birds every day.
The Danes have a preference for bicycles, which are just as important as cars. There are about 3 million bicycles in the country.
In the 60s, when the number of private cars in Europe was growing rapidly, the city of Odense started to build bicycle lanes, and in 1999 it carried out a bicycle revival program, and now this city of nearly 200,000 people has more than 400,000 bicycles and more than 500 kilometers of bicycle paths.
The central area of the exhibition area will host a variety of interactive activities, such as a bicycle school that trains children to ride bicycles. A demonstration bicycle lane will be constructed in the exhibition area, with traffic control devices and simulated traffic control rules will be implemented.
Odense is also expected to provide an Urban Best Practices Area with a fleet of bicycles as a means of transportation in the area, where visitors will be able to cycle around and experience an environmentally friendly way of transportation. Odense is a thriving modern city.
It's a green city.
Home to Europe's best-preserved Renaissance-style waterside castle, Castle Iesko, built in 1554.
Due to the civil wars triggered by the Reformation, most of the Danish aristocracy built their homes like fortifications.
The castle is built on the edge of a small lake with oak stump foundations, reaching a maximum depth of 5 meters. The castle consists of two long buildings, joined together by a thick double wall.
The double wall is more than 1 meter thick and contains a secret staircase and a well. The building is made of traditional Danish red bricks.
Well, there is no such fortification as a castle in China, because the castle does not conform to China's national conditions, and China has to have a huge fortification like the Great Wall to defend its country.
In Ye Chao's opinion, the fortifications of the castle are really too weak relatively speaking.
Therefore, there are no castles in China, there are only cities.
Castles are a feature of many Western countries, and the multi-function of castles allows it to be used as a city and a palace.
But when it comes to palaces, there is no country that can compare to the Forbidden City in China.
Far from it.
Because the scenery and air of Odense are very good, it attracts many tourists from all over the world.
In addition to the beautiful scenery and air, there are many local specialties that are also very attractive.
But these specialties are mainly local specialties, for example, there is one delicacy that no one will miss: local coffee.
The coffee is mainly made from locally specific coffee beans, which are carefully selected and ground into a powder.
Coffee can be described in this way, the locals regard coffee not only as a drink, but also as a taste of life, people are inseparable from coffee in their lives, and a simple cup of coffee and dessert in the afternoon is also a good enjoyment.
The street food in Odense is also fabulous.
For example, one of the dishes on the streets of Odense is the open sandwich, which can be enjoyed on the streets.
This is a local classic lunch, mainly composed of bread and bacon and tomatoes, but this sandwich is not what it used to be, mainly less bread, and then there is more bacon or meat in it, and the taste is also subverted but it will still be delicious.
The open sandwich is a traditional local delicacy that can be described as ubiquitous. However, the taste is really amazing, at least, it is more than the local Greenlandic specialties...... It is easy for Ye Chao to accept.
It takes courage to try Greenland's specialities, but you need to work up an appetite to try Odense's cuisine.