A little Billund is in almost every Russian family. If you or your children are familiar with the designers of LEGO, then for you this Danish city will be native. It is here that the first opened factory of this brand is located and the world famous Legoland park.
Billund thanks to the collecting cubes became the most visited tourist place in Denmark. That's what a proper marketing approach means. Plastic bricks actually became gold for the provincial municipality. After the influx of tourists, the authorities had to build an airport to accept large and small children.
How to order get
Billund is located 260 kilometers from the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen. It can be reached by car or by bus (about 4 hours) or by train to Vejle, and from there to the destination (2, 5 hours).
Near the city there is an airport that is most often accepted by budget airlines. Therefore, a flight inside the country or from neighboring countries will not be expensive.
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Transport
Small buses run by Billund that come in neighboring cities. But moving on them is inconvenient, since the movement within the municipality is limited and actually ends in Legoland. Therefore, it is best to travel around the city by bicycle or car. No, take it on your own. Points work from morning till almost midnight.
Kitchen and restaurants
Billund took care of guests and cooked a lot of restaurants, where you can order dishes of local or European cuisine. Here in the course of the fish - a lot of fish, which is served in different forms. For example, on the menu there are sandwiches with the appropriate filling, and also soups and seafood ragout.
In addition, local residents lean on farm products - on milk, vegetables, cheese, meat, fruits. In general, they try to keep themselves in good shape and not blur out to the age of 70.
Shops
Most tourists in Billund are interested in toys and designers of "Lego". While in every European metropolis - a huge selection of these products. But no, in Billund buy more cool.
This good is enough in local stores, and even more - in the Legodende. Other souvenirs include porcelain from Royal Copenhagen, Ecco shoes, jewelry, as well as clothes from Cottonfield and Bison. In between the fitting, tourists are eating sweets and fish dishes, drinking good Danish beer.
Billund hotels
In Billund, the cost of living in a hotel rides from 40 to 200 dollars per night. Usually tourists come to the city for a couple of days - that's enough to see all the sights. Travelers by car can stop in a cottage with parking and a place for barbecue.
Apartments or a private house will come out at 40-45 dollars per day. But such proposals are not enough - during the work of Legoland all places are occupied.
The largest hotel in Billund - Lalandia Billund, is a huge entertainment complex for 10 thousand square meters. Also Legoland offers its hotel - Hotel Legoland - and camping for those who want to live right in the park.
- Visit the racetrack - it is clear that the main menu item in this city is Legoland. In this case, many people forsake in vain the racetrack. Here you can take riding lessons, watch horse races, talk to horses. And then all plastic and plastic.
- Walking through the streets of the town - in the old part of Billund there are many places that are worth visiting. Just take a photo or video camera and shoot everything. Houses are like fairy-tale gardens with flower beds, and heels are knocking on cobblestones.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions in Billund
The main attraction of the Danish city is Legoland, a park assembled of 46 million parts. And not far from Billund there is a safari park.
Legoland
This amusement park was built almost entirely from the cubes of "Lego". Its area is 100 thousand square meters. In the world there are three more such parks - in England, Germany and the USA. But this one is considered the steepest.
The park is divided into several zones, each designed for children of a certain age. You do not fit - the entrance is closed. The center of the park is the "World of Miniatures", representing different corners of the globe. For example, here stand a statue of Liberty and Big Ben.
In the "World of Hollow" runs a driving school for children, where young visitors can learn to drive and get the rights. True, not real. In the "World of Imagination" everyone can create their own toys from the details, everything depends on the child's imagination. Here also operates a three-dimensional cinema.
"The city of Legoredo" is stylized to the Wild West with the appropriate attractions. "Land of Pirates" - for travelers who are ready to seek treasures and fight robbers.
Finally, two more zones - "The Kingdom of the Knights" and "World of Adventures" - were created for older children. The authors came up with many entertaining attractions - from waterways to the cable car and roller coaster.
Well, the "City of Lego" is a real city with its own life. There are factories, factories, a fire station and the police. A real city, created from designer details.
Legoland operates from the last Saturday of March to the last Sunday in October. The entrance fee for two days is 28 DKK. For those who do not live in a park hotel, the price will be higher. Children under two years are free.
Safari Park
Park Givskud Zoo is located 35 kilometers from Billund. Here live tigers, lions, rhinoceroses, lemurs, monkeys, elephants - in general, who here just do not. Animals do not suffer in cages, but freely walk around in a large territory. Outside the park, no one lets them in.
This freedom implies special security measures: tourists can only travel by car in a car and only accompanied by Givskud Zoo employees.
- What you can see in Billund