I visited the home of Lego in Denmark & the Lego House is the best attraction I’ve ever been to
AROUND the beginning of the first lockdown, I started building a house out of Lego.
I toiled on it day (sorry, boss) and night. It’s now a gigantic five-bedroom home with its own lift, Jacuzzi, games room and library.
“You could live in it,” my kids breathlessly explain when anyone asks how my glass and white-walled monster mansion is going.
But last weekend I found myself standing in a real-life Lego house that you could, in fact, live in — if you are lucky.
The Lego House was first made out of regular Lego blocks then scaled up and built in more usual materials a brick’s throw from Lego’s HQ in Denmark’s Billund, the site of its first theme park.
No queues
And everything there is awesome.
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It is simply the greatest museum/exhibit/theme park/attraction I have ever been to in my life.
Whether you like Lego or not — it is one of the top five best-selling toys of all time — you’ll be amazed by the ingenious ideas on show here.
The attention to detail is mind-boggling.
You can make you own Lego fish and scan it into a computer and watch it swim with others.
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Direct your own stop-motion animation show. Drive a robot duck. Stare in utter amazement at the painstakingly made minifigure-size dioramas. And you can even build your own meal and get it served by a Lego robot.
To sum up, it has room after room of serious fun for all ages (I’m 45!).
Everything you create can be downloaded on to your wristband and uploaded to an online portal so you can relive the fun online when you get home. For around £100 for a family of four if you book online it is also great value for money. And NO QUEUES!
It is just down the road from the more adrenaline-focused Legoland — the world’s first, which opened in 1968. It’s not a great deal different from Legoland in Windsor, but unsurprisingly the Miniland section has a more Scandinavian bias and there are some cool automations you won’t see in Berkshire.
The Polar X-plorer rollercoaster is also worth the queues, with twists and turns through icy tunnels.
Sticking to the theme, we stayed onsite in the Legoland Castle Hotel, which was comfortable, clean and, best of all, just a short stroll from the main theme park.
The 4H joint, wrapped in Lego-themed wallpaper and with Lego brick decorations in every room, is an assault on your senses, but the kids loved it.
Fake piazza
Don’t bother with the very mediocre evening buffet though.
This is not good value at over £100 for four — albeit including wine — and you can walk to much cheaper places in Billund.
We went to the Bellini cafe, which sold delicious pizza and pasta for around £15 a head, including half a bottle of wine.
When you tire of the Lego-themed attractions, there’s plenty else to keep you entertained nearby. In the port town of Kolding, a 40-minute drive away, is the fantastic Trapholt museum (£15 entry for adults).
The modern art gallery has lots to keep the kids entertained, including a colourful exhibition dedicated to the designer Verner Panton, who created the one-piece plastic chair.
You can even curate your own exhibition. If you are after something cheaper, the free Kongernes Jelling Viking museum is a fascinating way to spend a morning.
Our final afternoon was spent at Wow Park, a new massive adventure playground back in Billund. Kids and adults can get stuck in here on the rope swings, bouncing on giant nets and walking treetop tightropes.
It’s tree-mendous (sorry) fun. Buy online to get the best prices — roughly £90 for a family of four.
If the sun rears its head, try Lalandia AquaDome (about £120 for a family of four). This superb waterpark has some of the most exhilarating slides I’ve experienced.
If you don’t fancy them, there is a glorious outdoor pool (heated, this is Scandinavia!) with numerous Jacuzzis.
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When you’re done getting soaked you can grab a bite to eat at the nearby fake Italian piazza, which is actually a lot better than it sounds.
This is, after all, a town built on plastic bricks where sometimes the best things are not meant to be the real things.
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GETTING THERE: British Airways and Ryanair fly from London Heathrow and Stansted to Billund from £40 one way. See or .
STAYING THERE: A family Kingdom Room at Castle Hotel, Legoland, with space for two adults and up to four children, costs from £295 per night including breakfast and access to Legoland. See .
Four days’ car hire with Europcar costs from £211. See .
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