Fnielsen/Hans Christian Andersen

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Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairytale writer both wrote a number of books with records of his travels as well as being associated with a number of locations which the modern day tourist can visit.

Stays in Denmark

Odense

Today the primary locations for Andersen are museums in the Danish town Odense, where there are dedicated museums for the writer. The H.C. Andersens Hus (house of Hans Christian Andersen) at Hans Jensens Stræde 45 is his alledged place of birth.

Hans Christian Andersen Museum, Bangs Boder 29, ☏ +45 65 51 46 01. Daily 10AM-4PM (or 6 PM in July-August). A museum dedicated to the city's most famous son, author and poet Hans Christian Andersen, most famous for his fairy tales and in particular The Ugly Duckling and the Little Mermaid. Part of the museum is located in the house where Andersen was supposedly born (though he would never confirm it). The impressive collection is mainly documents from his life and times, period furniture, and many drawings and paper clippings he is famous for at home. 55 DKK for entrance.
Munkemøllestræde H.C. Andersens barndomshjem, Munkemøllestræde 3, Odense, Danmark.
Bramstrup herregård

Sjælland

Gisselfeld. Site where Andersen wrote The ugly duckling.

Andersen's travels

Travel to Italy and The Improvisatore

The novel The Improvisatore is in part a travelogue from Italy and contains travel guide descriptions of Rome, Naples, Herkulanum, Sorento, Pæstum and Capri, as well as a minor part about Venezia and Milano. The book made The Blue Grotto famous.

For the background of the novel was an travel to Italy that Hans Christian Andersen made in 1833 and 1834. He got a travel stipend on March 13 1833 and took off March 22 the same year. He traveled via Lübeck, Hamburg, Celle, Hannover, Kassel and further on to Frankfurt am Main and Mainz.

The novel begin with:

Whoever has been in Rome is is well acquainted with the Piazza Barberina, in the great square, with the beautiful fountain, where the Tritons empty the spouting conchshell, from which the water springs upwards many feet.

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