I am super pumped to be planning a trip to the LEGO® House in Billund, Denmark. One of the advantages to living in Europe is that we can skip the expensive plane tickets from the US. It’s about a 10 hour drive from where I live to Billund so definitely not a short hop to get there, but we’re in the same time zone and we’re going to make a vacation of it. The plan is to take our time by driving, then doing some touring in northern Germany, and then driving to Denmark. We’ll spend a few days in Denmark before we drive back with another stop in northern Germany to see some sights and not spend all day in the car.

My blog is written towards Americans so talking about driving to Billund probably doesn’t help too many in my audience. Sorry. I’ve heard numerous times in write ups about visiting Billund how you didn’t have enough space in your suit case to bring home goodies. I thankfully will have a vehicle so I am hoping to be able to cram my brick loot into the car.

So what do you need to know about the LEGO® House?

First off, I recommend checking out some of the fan media videos out there. Beyond the Brick has useful LEGO® House tour video out there. There are some others too so feel free the check them out and be inspired.

Onto the planning… The LEGO® House web site is very user friendly and informative.

To start off, tickets are listed as 229 DKK. In US dollars that’s a bit over $34 each (at the exchange rate when I wrote this post). Kids aged 2 and under are free. All of that is if you pay at the LEGO® House. You can buy online ahead of time for 199 DKK or just under $30. The site says you have to reserve a time to enter, but our tickets we bought online just have the date. So I assume our date isn’t busy. If you get a season pass, you are not guaranteed entry on every day, but it’s an option if you can go a lot (you are lucky if you can go a lot). The season pass is 399 DKK (just under $60). There are other options as well that you can see on the site like group passes and cheaper prices for arriving much later.

Check the calendar online before going as some days it is closed or sold out. Also the hours vary based on the day that you go. Keep in mind the the experience zones open later than the Square. The square includes the LEGO® brand store in the LEGO® House, a play area, and a few other things.

Parking at the garage is 10 DKK (about $1.50) an hour which for Europe is actually a really good price. The site says there is free parking further away. I’ll be going with my family so being closer would be better for my kiddos.

Why go now? One reason is that my time off from my non-brick job got approved, but in terms of the LEGO® House itself, what’s is there to see now besides the Experience Zones?

-The Fullsize LEGO® Technic™ Bugatti Chiron (YouTube videos from LEGO here and here) will be there from 16 May 2019 until 10 June 2019
-The LEGO® Star Wars™ exhibition (The BrothersBrick Blog did a good article on this here) is scheduled to be there through 2019. It celebrates 20 years of LEGO® Star Wars™ sets.

My goal is to have a number of posts about the visit. There is a lot out on the web already about what is inside the LEGO® House itself and I will provide some of that too, but I hope to cover a bit about where to stay, some things to do in the Billund area, and whatever else I stumble across. So stay tuned…

In the meantime, happy building!