{"id":137142,"date":"2026-07-29T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/137142\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:50:18","slug":"is-denmarks-billund-the-easiest-long-weekend-for-families-ever-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/137142\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Denmark\u2019s Billund the easiest long weekend for families ever? \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one thing all parents of young children can agree on it\u2019s the importance of ease and convenience \u2013 especially when it comes to travel.<\/p>\n

And what could be more convenient than flying from London Gatwick to Billund, Denmark, in one-and-a-half hours, only to be faced with a five-minute drive the other side?<\/p>\n

In the middle of the Jutland peninsula, in the south of the country, the small town of some 7,500 residents is known for one thing only \u2013 Lego.<\/p>\n

The birthplace of the founder of the children\u2019s building blocks, Ole Kirk Christiansen, started the company during the Great Depression in 1932.<\/p>\n

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Deriving from the Danish words \u2018leg godt\u2019, meaning \u2018play well\u2019, it started as wooden toys and moved to interlocking plastic bricks in 1949.<\/p>\n

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And for children who are Lego fans \u2013 like my five-year-old daughter \u2013 there\u2019s nothing quite like being where it all began.<\/p>\n

The small airport here feels only really meant for one thing \u2013 visitors to the Legoland theme park. After all, it was built by the Lego Group as a private airfield in 1961, before becoming public in 1964.<\/p>\n

A quick drive sees us arrive at the Legoland Holiday Village, a collection of different self-catering accommodations, from apartments to cottages.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re staying in a Lego Ninjago Cabin \u2013 themed around a more niche Lego line of ninja heroes with magical powers \u2013 and the cottage itself is practical with a small kitchen, dining and living area, two small bedrooms, and an impressive playground directly outside. Most importantly, though, it\u2019s close to the action.<\/p>\n

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And, as we soon learn, the area has a lot to offer families for a few days.<\/p>\n

Legoland Amusement Park<\/p>\n

We start with the obvious. The theme park, with zones for every taste and age, is vast. The heart of it is, of course, Miniland, recognisable destinations around the world built out of 20 million Lego bricks, and it keeps my daughter Seren amused for a surprising length of time (the moving boats and trains specifically) and for adults it\u2019s genuinely impressive, too.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Jacob Christian Hansen) <\/p>\n

While toddlers will love Duplo Land and the Peppa Pig playground, we opt for gentle boat rides, safari cars and trains, before wandering around Polar Land, Adventure Land, and Pirate Land \u2013 mostly watching the faster rides in awe.<\/p>\n

New for 2026 is the Minifigure Speedway \u2013 Denmark\u2019s first duelling rollercoaster (with two tracks with trains running together) \u2013 but Seren gives one look and declares it \u201ctoo scary\u201d.<\/p>\n

Those with the stomach for going backwards and upside down at pace are sure to love it though, along with the other rollercoasters, Polar X-plorer and Dragon, it really does rival well-known theme parks.<\/p>\n

Families can easily fill one to two days here alone if you were to give everything a go. With short queues (even during the school holidays when we\u2019re there) the maximum I spot is a 15-minute wait.<\/p>\n

Lego House<\/p>\n

\"CreatingCreating flowers at Lego House <\/p>\n

For kids who love Lego though, what they really want to do is build with it. And while there seems to be stations for this purpose in several places (including breakfast at the buffet-style restaurant at our accommodation) Lego House \u2013 filled with 25 million colourful bricks \u2013 is a revelation.<\/p>\n

Part interactive museum, part creative outlet, the centre is a 30-minute walk (on little legs) from the holiday park accommodation into the town centre of Billund itself. It\u2019s clean and compact, with a quiet, peaceful feel, but it\u2019s worth noting \u2013 if you aren\u2019t interested in Lego, there\u2019s really no reason to be here.<\/p>\n

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The four floors of Lego House include incredibly intricate \u2018masterpieces\u2019 of Lego art, impressive scenes, and different challenges for kids to complete.<\/p>\n

Each coloured experience zone represents an aspect of kids\u2019 learning \u2013 red for creative, blue for cognitive, green for social and yellow for emotional. So parents really can feel a little smug that it\u2019s all good for their children\u2019s brains \u2013 as well as fun.<\/p>\n

Seren gets stuck into creating her own car out of bricks and then racing it with other kids down a track (a blue zone). Hers comes second before all of the lovingly-made creations crash into pieces at the end.<\/p>\n

Next, we\u2019re building pretty flowers, and then funny faces, and even our own stop-motion film by moving Lego pieces around a scene. Each section is a new challenge keeping my child engaged, laughing and playing for most of the day.<\/p>\n

Wow Park<\/p>\n

\"LaurenLauren Taylor and daughter Seren <\/p>\n

For some adrenaline-fuelled great outdoors action, we take a 10-minute drive to Wow Park. It feels like a healthy dose of nature, set among woodland, there are tree-top walks, rope swings and obstacle courses nestled among the greenery.<\/p>\n

Some are aimed at slightly older children than Seren, but she gives most things a go. I\u2019m dragged along a netted tree-top walk and some difficult-to-squeeze-through spaces, and onto what can only be described as a giant bouncy net with 6ft balls. We both chicken out at the big parachute-style slides and head to the petting farm area instead.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a lovely sense of adventure here though, where families can get active amongst the woodland before coming together by a campfire over lunch.<\/p>\n

Lalandia<\/p>\n

A five-minute stroll from our cabin is the sprawling complex of Lalandia. An entertainment and sports centre (think blowing alleys, rock-climbing walls, arcades and mini-golf), alongside shops, restaurants and its biggest draw \u2013 the Aquadome. A huge indoor swimming complex to rival the likes of the swimming facilities at UK Centre Parcs.<\/p>\n

Seren declares this the \u201cbest part of the holiday\u201d on more than one occasion \u2013 I thought Lego House would be hard to beat. She joyfully floats around the lazy river, splashes around in the multiple children\u2019s pools, throws basketballs into hoops, squeals with delight in the wave pool, and marvels at the \u201chot pool\u201d \u2013 a warmer inside-outside one.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Gils S\u00f8ren Lambert) <\/p>\n

Last year saw the opening of the baby and toddler area, and there are 31 slides altogether, some weaving out and back into the building, many of which look fast enough to impress older kids and adults, along with several saunas.<\/p>\n

The Aquadome \u2013 much like the rest of Billund, with its attractions so conveniently close to one another \u2013 feels like a well-kept secret more families need to know about.<\/p>\n

How to book:<\/p>\n

Lauren Taylor travelled as a guest of Legoland Billund Resorts. A three-day Resort Pass (including entry to Legoland, Lalandia and Wow Park) costs from \u00a3103pp. The Lego Ninjago Cabins at Legoland Holiday Village start at from \u00a3825 for a three-night stay, sleeping up to four, self-catering. Lego House Billund tickets costs from approx. \u00a332pp (DKK 279 pp) when booked online. Visit: legolandbillundresort.com\/resort-pass\/<\/a> or Visitdenmark.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there\u2019s one thing all parents of young children can agree on it\u2019s the importance of ease and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,26,2502,19056,7268,9531,1413,9317],"class_list":["post-137142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-europe-travel","tag-family","tag-family-travel","tag-parenting","tag-travel","tag-uk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117003827986886325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}