Nearly everyone has played with them at some point in their lives, from constructing basic houses to complex cities to...well....the possibilities are endless.
When I was growing up, the Lego castles were all the rage. My sister and I would spend hours building them.
So yes, I was more than a little excited to go to the original LegoLand in Denmark.
LegoLand is centrally located in the town of Billund, which is almost smack-dab in the middle of the country, as you can see here:
This actually gives you an idea of how small the country actually is. You see the town called Aalborg, between the E45 and E39 tags? We drove from that general area and it only took us two hours. So you could probably drive from the tip of Denmark to the German border in about 5-6 hours.
Here is a satellite view of the park:
Now for those who have been to Disney World or Disney Land or any other large amusement park around the US, you will probably be a little disappointed at the size of LegoLand. Big, it is not, as you can see from the picture above. It is actually smaller than I expected it to be. There were no huge roller coasters or other attractions we are so used to seeing at amusement and theme parks. And most things are geared towards smaller children; I am pretty sure that most teenagers would be completely bored. So the best ages would be for kids under the age of 12, or adults reliving their Lego dreams from childhood.
Like me.
So here we are at LegoLand...
...where we are first greeted by none other than Hans Christian Andersen.
While the size of the park and lack of bells and whistles might disappoint some people, for me the best part was walking around the mini LegoLand, where everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - is made up of countless Legos. Entire villages and cities from all over the world made from those tiny little plastic bricks. It amazed and amused me to no end.
Let's take a tour, shall we?
Cool, isn't it?
But that is it for now. I have many more pictures to share, but I fear that this post would get way too long. So I will share more again soon.
So tell me, what is your favorite Lego memory?
10 comments:
Great photos, as usual. You're building some great memories!
I think I was probably the one that knocked down everything my brother made with Legos!
Very, very cool!! Lego is one of the things we carry around from country to country no matter where we move. Hubby and i may be adults but we love our Lego!
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To be honest, I have never heard of LegoLand. Or if I had, I don't remember it. Looks amazing! Some of the designs were incredible.
Amazing towns made out of LEGO! We really must go soon...
Great pictures of Legoland!! It sure looks like you had a great time on a beautiful day when you visited :-)
Ah, I love Legos! And I live here and STILL haven't been to Legoland. I fail as a tourist!
I wonder if the ducks ever accidently eat one of the legos... and what would happen to the duck that did. Is it just me wondering? *crickets chirp in the background* Anyone? *deafening sound of silence* Oh.
Those are impressive. I've been to the Legoland in California but it looks like this one is bigger.
My lego memory is of me and my friends making special cars and the having them crash in head on collisions to see who's car would survive the longest. I still have my undefeated design from when I was a kid. It's in my son's room...he thinks it's cool and retro...
i was more of a Lincoln Logs kinda girl...and I didn't buy too many legos for my children as I didn't want to find them all over the house etc. i have to say that I love to lego village that is cool,
I'm finally getting around to enjoy this post!
I love the architecture of the old buildings done in Legos, esp. the arches!
My brothers & I would design houses with our Legos. This was back in the day when you were lucky to even have a set of shutters. Now there are SO MANY cool pieces!
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