 Until the beginning of the Danish industrial revolution , Odense was also the second @-@ largest city in modern Denmark , but has in recent times been overtaken by Aarhus . From the 1960s Odense increasingly became a cultural hub , with the establishment of a university in 1966 and the launching of trade shows , including the large Odense Congress Centre . In 1988 a major national television network , TV2 , was established in Odense . 
