The Danish Railway Museum, Railway museum in central Odense, Denmark
The Danish Railway Museum is the national railway museum of Denmark, housed in a former locomotive shed close to Odense central station. Around 20 tracks display a wide range of locomotives and carriages covering different periods of rail history in the country.
The museum opened in 1975 inside a locomotive shed near Odense central station, turning the building itself into part of the display. Reusing this structure meant the vehicles could be kept in a setting that already had a genuine railway feel.
One of the locomotives on display once pulled a royal funeral train, giving the object a weight that goes well beyond transport history. Visitors can also look inside a sectioned NOHAB diesel locomotive, where the internal mechanics are fully exposed.
The vehicles are spread across many tracks both indoors and outside, so it is worth setting aside a good amount of time for the visit. During school holidays, it is possible to ride actual steam trains on site, which offers a different way to see the collection.
The museum has an outdoor playground where children can climb on real steam locomotives and slide down from an original water tower. This makes it one of the few museums in Europe where old railway equipment doubles as play equipment.
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