Tips for Visiting the Lego House Billund
In May half term we visited Billund for the second time and spent a day at the Lego House, as well as visiting Legoland Billund and Lalandia whilst we were there.
I thought it might be good to share some of our top tips for visiting the Lego House for anyone else who is thinking about making the trip – especially if, like us, you’re travelling from the UK.
How to get to Billund
Many UK cities fly direct to Billund and it takes just an hour and a half. We fly from London Stansted with Ryanair as it’s affordable and they do a good family travel package.
Once in Billund you can get a taxi easily from the airport – which costs under £20 each way – or you can get a bus which is really easy and costs around £3 per adult with children going free.
When to visit the Lego House
We have always visited Billund in the UK May half term, as it’s term time for Danish schools and much quieter than going at peak times. The very end of the UK summer holidays is also term time in Denmark so another good time to travel from the UK.
However, we ended up visiting the Lego House on a rainy day – and rainy days will always be busy at the Lego House. It also happened to be a school trip day for Danish schools, so there were big groups of school children everywhere. Not the best planning on our part but not really something you can avoid unless you know when school trips are happening. Sunny days at the Lego House will often be quieter though.
Where to stay for a Legoland Billund holiday
When travelling to Legoland Billund you will no doubt spend more than a day there. This means you’ll need somewhere to stay. Staying on site at the Legoland Hotel or the Legoland Castle Hotel makes visiting Legoland super easy, and it’s only a short walk to the Lego House in the centre of Billund.
Alternatively, Lalandia has accomodation options to suit all group sizes and all with your own cooking facilities too. The Lalandia resort is a fantastic place to spend time and would be a great choice for a Billund holiday.
Alternatively, there’s the Legoland Holiday Village which is also right next to Legoland. This offers many different types of accomodation and the option of breakfast on site too. There are also many hotels in and around Billund.
How to get to the Lego House
When we have stayed at the Legoland hotels, we have walked through the Sculpture Park to the Lego House. It’s a really lovely walk, full of sculptures to look at, and takes about half an hour at a leisurely pace – a lot shorter time if you just walk briskly through it!
You can also get a bus or taxi to the Lego House and there is also car parking on site if you have hired a car for your time in Billund.
Where to get tickets to the Lego House
We have always found the best place to get Lego House tickets is direct from the Lego House website. They offer a one day ticket or a combined ticket with one day at Legoland and one day at the Lego House. Plus, they offer a reduced price late arrival ticket, giving you 3-4 hours of fun at the end of the day. But, there’s always the option of getting annual passes too.
You can visit the Lego House for free!
The vast Lego House foyer, shop and cafe can all be accessed without a ticket – and there are so many Lego models to see even just in the reception area. Plus, you can access the Public Galleries – the roof of the Lego House – without a ticket too.
The roof is full of play areas and Lego based fun that is great to enjoy if the weather’s nice, even if you don’t have time to visit the whole of the Lego House. To access the galleries there are steps on the outside of the building or you can take a lift from the foyer.
How long can you spend at the Lego House?
The Lego House is the sort of place that you can spend as long or as short as you like. If you have just a couple of hours to kill before heading to the airport, it’s the perfect place to spend them.
But, if you have a whole day free, you’ll be able to fill it easily in the Lego House. With so many different zones and floors to explore, there’s something for all ages and even the adults will love it.
Wear your wristband with pride!
At the Lego House, your ticket is also a wristband. Put it securely on your wrist to really make the most of your time at the house. The wristband incorporates technology so that the vast majority of the things you do at the Lego House can be saved for you to download at home, and keep forever.
I have no idea how it works. But, all around the Lego House are terminals where you can scan your band and take part in different activities. Or, you can scan you band and then take a photo of the
Make use of the free cloakroom
Everyone at the Lego House wants you to have the best time possible. And the easiest way to do that is without bags, coats and luggage weighing you down. Because of this, they have a whole room of free lockers that you can access with your wristband. Go and use the toilet and grab a locker before starting your day at the Lego House.
Food and drink at the Lego House
The Lego House has the Brickaccino cafe in the reception area that sells hot and cold drinks as well as snacks, sweet treats and sandwiches.
But, if you’re looking for a real food experience, book a table at Mini Chef, the Lego House restaurant. This restaurant isn’t the cheapest but it is pretty fun – with a menu that you order from using Lego bricks, food delivered by robots and everything arriving inside Lego bricks too! Find out more here.
The Lego Tree of Creativity
All visits to the Lego House typically start with the Lego Tree of Creativity, right in front of the entrance barrier. It’s an iconic part of the Lego House, a huge structure that the main stairs curve around, with layers of branches and Lego models displayed on them. Make sure you spend time appreciating the tree – it’s amazing.
The Lego Masterpiece Gallery
Once you have climbed the stairs, you’ll be in the Masterpiece Gallery, the final stop before the Lego experience zones. The Masterpiece Gallery is a tribute to all Lego fans, a tribute to creativity and human imagination and to playful children and adults with unstoppable creativity. It’s an exhibition made by adult Lego fans who have created unique and original Lego sculptures.
But the pièce de résistance is the giant Lego dinosaurs, made from three Lego building systems Lego Duplo, Lego and Lego Technic. They are incredible!
Make the most of the Lego experiences
The Lego House experiences are split into four different coloured zones – red, yellow, green and blue. You can work through them in order or hop between them randomly. It’s completely up to you.
We usually go round the zones in order, starting with the red zone that you get to first, then yellow, green and blue at the end. Make sure you don’t miss anything in the zones!
Red Zone
The Red Zone features a giant waterfall of Lego bricks which is the backdrop to an area full of bright colours. It’s where creativity meets up with play and imagination. This is where you get to build anything your heart desires and then add it to the displays.
Yellow Zone
The Yellow Zone lets you really use your imagination. Build a Lego sea animal and release it into the aquarium, build a Lego flower and plant it in a meadow or build your own Lego character and bring it to life on a digital dance stage.
Green Zone
The Green Zone lets you be the hero in your own movie, explore different Lego worlds and build your own unique Lego minifigure before splashing it across a magazine cover.
Don’t miss the movie making experience in the Green Zone. It’s about a twenty minute experience and so there is often a little wait until the next session starts but it is well worth waiting for – or coming back later to experience it.
Blue Zone
The Blue Zone is where you can build your own race car and race against your friends or family on challenging test tracks. Or you can code your own beekeeping robot to create the best conditions for bees to make honey.
You can spend as long as you like in the experience zones and you can visit each of them as many times as you like. It’s a free roaming experience where you can do whatever you want to do.
Find the quiet areas
The Lego House is a really high sensory place. There are so many colours, noises and things going on that it can be quite overwhelming – for adults as well as children. Thankfully, the Lego House have thought of that and they have little areas tucked away, as you head for the outside spaces, where you can sit quietly, make use of ear defenders and simply play with a few Lego bricks if you want to.
Places to sit
As well as the quiet areas, there are plenty of other places to sit all around the Lego House. With benches, Lego storage tubs and seats, as well as little designated seating nooks dotted around. It’s somewhere you can happily let the children play whilst you have a little sit down if you need to.
Babies are welcome
We saw so many babies at the Lego House and there are changing facilities and places to sit quietly with them if you need to. We did find that most people ended up abandoning their pushchairs – baby carriers seemed to be a more practical option for manoeuvring around the different activities as the whole of the Lego House can get quite busy.
Don’t skip the basement!
In the basement of the Lego House is the official Lego Museum, the History Collection. Here you can explore the history of how a small carpentry workshop in Billund became one of the world’s largest toy brands. It features hundreds of the most iconic LEGO sets, as well as a digital vault, where you can find your very first LEGO set!
Learn how Lego is made – and enjoy the Six Bricks Experience
At the end of the Lego House experience, you can see a real-life moulding machine where you can experience the process of moulding LEGO bricks up close. This machine makes packs of six bricks at a the time – the perfect souvenir to take home!
There are also machines that print a card with your name and a Lego build using the six bricks that is just for you. Your very own Lego build! It’s a really cool souvenir and memento of the Lego House.
Visit the Lego playgrounds
Make sure you don’t miss the Lego playgrounds on the roof of the Lego House. They are fantastic to explore, with swings, climbing structures and slides. Plus, there are windows that show you down into the Lego House below. It’s a super cool end to a trip to the Lego House!
Visit the Lego Store
The Lego House is home to a really fantastic Lego shop where you will find so many Lego sets at all different price brackets, Lego souvenirs and even a few Lego sets that you can only get from the Lego House.
There’s also a Lego Minifigure factory, where you can design your own Lego people, a keychain designer and mosaic maker plus there are plenty of staff on hand to help as well. Plus, if visiting from the UK, you can get the tax back on your Lego purchases. More info here.
We had such a great time at the Lego House and would definitely visit again in the future. It’s great fun for all ages and one of our favourite days in Billund. You can find out more about the Lego House over on their website.
If you’re looking for more Billund inspiration, these articles might help:
- A Family Break at Lalandia in Billund Denmark
- Things to do in Billund Denmark with Kids
- The Billund Sculpture Park – Skulpturpark Billund
- The Legoland Billund Resort and Be Happy Pass
- Our Half Term Break in Billund Denmark
- Our First Legoland Billund Experience
- Staying at Hotel Legoland Billund, Denmark
- A Fantastic Day Out at WOW Park Billund, Denmark
- Visiting the Lego House Billund, Denmark
