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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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Skjern
Central Jutland, Denmark · Europe
About Skjern
Skjern sits on the route: 10 minutes from Tarm, 46km from Legoland Billund.
Skjern is in Central Jutland, Denmark, with about 7,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tarm, about 5 km away.
Skjern Municipality is a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Region Midtjylland near the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The former Skjern municipality covered an area of 327 km2, and had a total population of 13,107 (2005).
The city has a population ofRead more
7,563 inhabitants.
The main town was Skjern.
Skjern municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following, existing parishes:
Bølling Parish
Dejbjerg Parish
Faster Parish
Fjelstervang Parish
Hanning Parish
Skjern Parish
Stavning Parish
Sædding Parish
Sønder Borris Parish
On 1 January 2007 Skjern Municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, and Videbæk municipalities to form the new Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,485 km2 and a total population of 57,818 (2005).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Skjern?
Within an hour or so of Skjern: Legoland Billund (46 km), Tirpitz Museum (49 km).
Are there any good drives near Skjern?
The nearest famous roads are Rømø Causeway.
Where is Skjern?
Skjern is in Central Jutland, Denmark, about 5 km from Tarm.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,145
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Central Jutland
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Coordinates
- 55.9500, 8.5000
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Worth the detour from Skjern
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Skjern
- 67 kmBovbjerg FyrRed 1877 lighthouse on the 41 m Bovbjerg cliff, the rare stretch of Danish west coast where a glacial moraine meets the North Sea head-on. Volunteer-run café in the keeper's house; storm-watching at its finest.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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