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Legoland Billund
The original Legoland theme park with over 65 million Lego bricks creating miniature landmarks, rides, and attractions in LEGO's hometown.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Grindsted
South Denmark, Denmark · Europe
About Grindsted
Grindsted is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Billund, 31km from Jelling Stones & Viking Monuments.
Grindsted is in South Denmark, Denmark, with about 9,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Billund, about 12 km away.
Until 1 January 2007, Grindsted municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ribe County on the Jutland Peninsula in south-west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 382 km², and had a total population of 17,379 (2005).
Its latest mayor was Ib Kristensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)Read more
political party. The site of its municipal council was the town of Grindsted. The municipality's motto was "Grindsted - Vi har det hele" which means "Grindsted - We have it all".
The town of Grindsted has good schools and good educational possibilities, and a well-built infrastructure for cars and pedestrians. The municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged into the existing Billund municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 536 km² and a total population of 26.103(2006).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Grindsted?
Within an hour or so of Grindsted: Legoland Billund (13 km), Jelling Stones & Viking Monuments (31 km), The Wave (Bølgen), Vejle (40 km), Ribe (49 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Rømø Causeway.
Where is Grindsted?
Grindsted is in South Denmark, Denmark, about 12 km from Billund.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,750
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- South Denmark
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Coordinates
- 55.7573, 8.9275
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Worth the detour from Grindsted
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Jelling Stones & Viking Monuments
Denmark's 'birth certificate': UNESCO-listed runic stones raised by Viking kings Gorm and Harald Bluetooth alongside massive burial mounds.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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The Wave (Bølgen), Vejle
An undulating five-tower residential building on Vejle Fjord, one of Denmark's most striking pieces of contemporary architecture.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Ribe
Denmark's oldest town dating to AD 710, with beautifully preserved medieval streets, a towering cathedral, and a Viking centre.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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Ribe Cathedral
Romanesque cathedral in Ribe, Denmark's oldest town, with a climbable tower overlooking the Wadden Sea marshes.
49 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Tirpitz Museum
Bjarke Ingels-designed museum sliced invisibly into a Blåvand dune beside the massive unfinished Tirpitz gun bunker of Hitler's Atlantic Wall. Galleries cover the wall, west-coast life and Europe's finest amber collection.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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Old Little Belt Bridge
The elegant 1935 steel truss bridge linking Jutland and Funen at Middelfart. Now a quiet scenic crossing beside its motorway successor, with bridge-walking tours on its upper girders.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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New Little Belt Bridge
Suspension bridge carrying the E20 motorway between Jutland and Funen, opened in 1970 alongside the older 1935 crossing.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Grindsted
- 56 kmOld Little Belt BridgeThe elegant 1935 steel truss bridge linking Jutland and Funen at Middelfart. Now a quiet scenic crossing beside its motorway successor, with bridge-walking tours on its upper girders.
- 58 kmNew Little Belt BridgeSuspension bridge carrying the E20 motorway between Jutland and Funen, opened in 1970 alongside the older 1935 crossing.
- 70 kmRømø CausewayTen-kilometre road causeway across the Wadden Sea tidal flats to Rømø island, where cars may drive onto the wide beach.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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