An easy 10-minute drive from Billund airport, the new NINJAGO World attraction at LEGOLAND® Billund Resort offers more fun-packed family adventures; a new water slide at neighbouring Lalandia® waterpark glides into action and more Dinosaurs take over GIVSGUD ZOO. There's also the chance to walk across the old Little Belt Bridge, 60m above the see, or explore the fascinating world of the Vikings at Ribe and Jelling. With a choice of outstanding accommodation options from a prison to a palace and a treehouse to a tent on offer, LEGOLAND Billund Resort in Southern Jutland is the perfect location for a family holiday.

What to do:

LEGOLAND®: New LEGO® NINJAGO World

Things are set to get wilder than wild for visitors to LEGOLAND® in 2016 following the opening in March this year of its brand new attraction, LEGOLAND NINJAGO World. The 5,100 m2 complex, built from no fewer than 1.5 tonnes of LEGO® bricks, is full of entertaining challenges. Using the latest technology, the 4D experience puts all the family's ninja skills to the test as they battle the mighty serpent and arch enemy, the Great Devourer with a series of entertaining challenges. Testing agility in Lloyd's Laser Maze, strength on Cole's Climbing Wall and speed on Jay's Rapid Response Training as well as the 4D thrill of LEGO NINJAGO The Ride. A one-day ticket to LEGOLAND costs from 279 DKK (£29) per child and 295DKK (£31) per adult.

Lalandia: New 'Wild River' - Europe's longest outdoor water slide

Northern Europe's largest water park, Lalandia, located next to LEGOLAND has added to its aquatic adventures with the launch of Wild River, Europe's longest outdoor water slide. Covering a distance of 167 metres, with speed and thrills guaranteed on every slide down, the new attraction has an outdoor pool, which, like the water slide, is heated and open all year round.

The new slide starts and ends inside the tropical Aquadome in Lalandia, where visitors can also enjoy indoor fun whizzing down water slides, riding the surf in the wave pool or savouring life in one of the hot Jacuzzis. There is also the chance to dive down to the Cave Pool where they'll see colourful tropical fish swimming past in a huge underwater aquarium only a few centimetres away. One-day entry to Lalandia costs 240 DKK (£25) per adult and 190 DKK (£20) for children (under 12). Under 3 years free.

GIVSKUD ZOO: Lions, monkeys… and dinosaurs!

For animal loving families, situated 22 kilometres from LEGOLAND and Lalandia in Billund, GIVSKUD ZOO is a wildlife safari park where visitors can drive among lions and monkeys and see rhinoceroses, gnus, gemsboks, black horse antelopes and African buffalo roam free in large enclosures.

Alongside these impressive creatures GIVSKUD ZOO offers a walk back through 200 million years of history with its amazing Dinosaur Park. With over 40 life-size dinosaurs – from newly hatched young to fully grown adult giant herbivores, measuring around 40 metres in length. Dinosaur Park opened last year and has proved so popular that it's been expanded for 2016 with additional new species such as Ornitholestes, Gigantoraptor and Eupoplocephalus, Pterodactylus, and Sarcosuchos - a distant relative of the crocodile. A one-day ticket to GIVSKUD ZOO costs 180 DKK (£19) per adult and 95 DKK (£9.50) per child (aged 3-11 years).

Bridge walking Little Belt: Europe's only bridge walking site

For adventurous families the old Little Belt bridge, which connects the region of Jutland to its easterly neighbour, the island of Funen, a new bridge walking experience opened last year. Until recently, bridge walking was an activity restricted to Sydney, Australia or Auckland, New Zealand. All that changed in May 2015 when Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, herself a native of Tasmania, inaugurated Europe's only superstructure built on top of an old bridge. Starting at the Welcome Centre in Middlefart and dressed in special overalls, visitors in groups of 20 meet their guide before stepping out on the footbridge to climb the stairs of the turret attached to a safety system. During the two-hour tour the guide will recount the story of the 1,125-metre-long bridge that connects Jutland to Funen and participants will be able to observe from 60 metres about sea level the architecture, construction and scenic countryside of the Little Belt whilst watching traffic passing beneath. Tickets cost 269 DKK (£28) per adult and children under 16 (over 140cm tall) 190 DKK (£20).

Gorilla Park Vejle

For more fun in high places feel the thrill of swinging on 2km of tree top high ropes on six different courses with varying degrees of difficulty. Gorilla Park Vejle offers more than 100 great elements at heights from 1-21 metres including zip lines, Tarzan swings, base jumps, climbing walls, BMX and snowboard. The new Gorilla Big Swing is a pure adrenalin rush. Participants get the feeling of free falling from a height of 15 metres, before sliding into the swing and then a split second of weightlessness just as the return swing begins. Tickets cost 275DKK (£30) per adult and children aged 8-11 225DKK (£24) or children aged 4-7 95DKK (£10)

Follow in the footsteps of the Vikings in Ribe and Jelling

Stepping back to the time of the Vikings, families can see Viking history come to life at Denmark's oldest town, Ribe on the west Jutland coast. Offering a fascinating re-enactment of the Viking's way of life, at the Ribe Viking Centre visitors can grind flour using ancient techniques and bake flat bread over the flames in true Viking style. On a visit to the royal mint they can make their own copy of the coins in use in the eighth century at the marketplace by the Ribe Å river. Entry to Ribe Viking Centre costs 70 DKK (£7) for adults and is free for children.

The Viking trail automatically leads on to the UNESCO World Heritage site at Jelling, where the Viking king Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth erected two famous rune stones, built the largest Viking structures of the period and converted the Danes to Christianity. As a living memorial, the town features the recently opened Royal Jelling Experience Centre – where visitors can embark on an interactive journey back in time. Entry to Royal Jelling Experience Centre is free.

Christiansfeld

Near to Jelling the historic town of Christiansfeld is another recent addition to the UNESCO World Heritage listing. This pretty little town, which was constructed between 1773 – 1800 is dominated by an impressive Moravian Church and is famed for its 'honningkager' or honey cakes, which we know as gingerbread. It's still possible to visit the bakery of the Moravian Brethren and see the famous gingerbread hearts being made.

Wadden Sea National Park

On the West Jutland coast the Wadden Sea National Park, which received UNESCO World Heritage status in 2014, is one of Denmark's most ecologically important areas as a home to birds, seals and native oysters and at low tide up to 700 seals fill the sandbanks on Sønderho beach on the island of Fanø and can be observed from the deck of a harbour cruise.

Where to stay:

LEGOLAND® Billund Resort and the surrounding area offers a huge variety of accommodation options to suit all budgets.

Live like the cool NINJAGO™ ninjas

Having spent the day in the brand new LEGO® NINJAGO World in LEGOLAND® the experience does not have to stop as night falls as the 4-star Hotel LEGOLAND in Billund offers new NINJAGO themed hotel rooms filled with LEGO brick details from the NINJAGO universe. Alternatively, families can choose to live as the five friends from Heartlake City in LEGO Friends rooms; or sleep as knights, princesses or sword-wielding kings.

Keep that tropical feeling

After a day of play in tropical Aquadome in Lalandia, enjoy a slice of Scandinavian style living in one of their spacious and well-appointed holiday houses. Choose to self-cater or have a bite to eat in the holiday centre where a choice of shops and child-friendly restaurants offer a relaxed and tempting range of dining options.

Say goodnight in the company of rhinos and wildebeest

It's not every night that you get to sleep among African animals – and certainly not in Denmark. At GIVSKUD ZOO, large safari tents provide accommodation for visitors to fall asleep to the sounds of wild animals calling out in the darkness. The camp is surrounded by a large oak structure called a boma meaning enclosure in Swahili. As darkness falls, families can sit by the campfire, fan the flames and make their own bonfire bread or popcorn while the animals move about just beyond the enclosure.

Enter the world of geometry

The town of Kolding at the mouth of the Kolding Fjord on the east coast of Southern Denmark is renowned for its quirky design. At Kolding Hotel Apartments, three high tech illuminated benches located on the lawn close to the lake view apartments come equipped with a light source which can be controlled using a smartphone to adjust their colours and the brightness. This is just one of the eccentric design details to be found at these designer flats shaped in the form of triangles, squares, circles and stars.

For families nearby Funky Monkey Park and the cultural powerhouse Nicolai with its indoor playground, cinema and a café are just a stone's throw away. Equipped with the flats' very own Map of surprises, guests are sure to find even more favourite places to explore nearby.

Sweet dreams in a treetop hammock

For a completely different sleep experience how about a Tree-Top Sleep-over in a hammock suspended 10 metres from the ground in the bow of a giant beech tree? On the Hindsgavl peninsula near Middelfart, on the island of Funen the whole family can spend the night enjoying the peace and tranquillity of the forest. From there, the view of Little Belt is breath-taking and visitors can observe the large animals of the forest going about their business without them being any the wiser. Primitive – yet perfect!

A sense of royalty in an active setting

Alternatively, for a grand night's sleep check in to Hindsgavl Castle in the Hindsgavl Nature Reserve in Middelfart where guests are treated like royalty in luxurious four-poster beds and rooms filled with antique Rococo furniture. With its avenues, flowers and trees, the castle's 40,000 m2 park is a true wonderland, with tame red and fallow deer roaming the grounds. And for fans of Hans Christian Andersen, no visit would be complete without a visit to 'Sorgenfri' in the palace grounds where the world-famous writer of fairy tales is said to have written some of his poems.

Wake up in a prison cell

For a quirky yet comfy night in Ribe opt for a stay at the beautifully converted 'Old Jail Hotel' (Hotel Den Gamle Arrest). Originally built in 1546 as the residence of the priests at the nearby Cathedral, it then became a girl's school before becoming a prison from 1891 to 1989. The original cells have now been converted into light, bright bedrooms and the prison courtyard transformed into a sensuous garden with fragrant roses. Whilst the brick walls still bear the prisoner's names, date and length of their sentences as well as messaging telling of their longing for women and wine.

Be Happy Pass

As an additional benefit to those stay in any of the partner accommodation options in the area a 'Be Happy Pass' is provided on arrival and is valid for additional savings and access to special kid's activities at a wide range of attractions including LEGOLAND, Lalandia and Givskud Zoo.

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