DR has published the weekend plans of TV carpenter Dennis Lindequist, built around dinner at Restaurant Grønttorvet in Odense and an outdoor concert at the open-air museum Den Fynske Landsby.
In its weekend recommendations series, DR asked Lindequist about his plans for food, music and sightseeing. The carpenter, known from DR TV programs about restoration work, is spending the weekend in and around Odense. His answers focus on traditional food and preserving old buildings.
Lindequist told DR he is having dinner Saturday at Restaurant Grønttorvet in central Odense, where he plans to order a ham schnitzel. He described the place as serving old, traditional Danish dishes and smørrebrød, with his own favorite being a stjerneskud. According to DR, Grønttorvet was one of Kim Larsen’s regular haunts after the musician moved to Odense in the 1990s.
The meal comes before a concert that Lindequist gave as a wedding present to his cousin, who married earlier in the summer. Per DR, the tickets cover the cousin, his wife, Lindequist and his girlfriend. The show is at Den Fynske Landsby, the open-air museum on the edge of Odense.
The concert lineup
The bill features Kim Larsen cover band En lille pose støj and Dodo & the Dodos. As listed by Live Culture, the show is part of the program billed as Live i Den Fynske Landsby ’26. Concert listings from Concerts50 and findkoncert.dk give a start time of 20:00 on Saturday, September 5.
Live Culture lists standing tickets at 450 DKK and seated tickets at 550 DKK, with the seated category marked as sold out. The venue address given in the listings is Sejerskovvej 20, 5260 Odense S. Lindequist told DR he grew up with the music of both acts.
He also named Den Fynske Landsby itself as his recommended visit. As reported by DR, he values that the municipality maintains a site dedicated to old buildings, which he uses for inspiration in his own work. He said preserving the culture around building heritage and old farms matters because it carries history and the people who made it.
Renovation over demolition
Lindequist is currently renovating a large old property on the outskirts of Odense. According to DR, his Instagram post about restoring the courtyard’s old cobblestones without using pesticide drew wide attention and debate.
His closing recommendation to DR was to renovate rather than demolish. He said many old houses are taken down quickly and replaced with standard new builds that do not fit the surrounding neighborhood. He argued that owners owe it to local history to keep original building materials, and that Danish architecture often rewards work with colors and surfaces instead.
DR notes that Lindequist helped straighten the roof when Søren Vester converted an old farmhouse into a summer house rather than tearing it down. That work appears in the DR TV series about the project.
