Odense Odense Odense () is the third-largest city in Denmark. It has a population of 178,210 as of January 2016, and is the main city of the island of Funen. By road, Odense is located north of Svendborg, to the south of Aarhus and to the southwest of Copenhagen. The city is the seat of Odense Municipality and was the seat of Odense County until 1970, and Funen County from 1970 until 1 January 2007, when Funen County became part of the Region of Southern Denmark. Odense has close associations with Hans Christian Andersen who is remembered above all for his
Odense Letbane will run every 15 minutes. Runtime from the two terminals will be 42 minutes. There has been some criticism about the project, due to high costs and due to the tramway potentially being underused once built, due to slow speeds caused by sharing its tracks with road traffic and pedestrians for major portions of the route, being almost entirely shared inside Odense itself. This has also caused some criticism of the name "Odense Letbane" (Odense light rail) as the line will be a tram, not a light rail system. Odense Letbane Odense Letbane (Odense Tramway) is a planned tram system