Denmark with kids: go in spring, not in winter. That is the short version after two trips, four weeks in January and then March and the first half of April, both times Jutland and Funen.
Below are our stories: winter, spring, and LEGO House on its own, because that is a day in itself.
Denmark in spring with kids: Ribe, Vejers Strand and Varde Sommerland
March and early April in Denmark with kids, this time in an apartment rather than a holiday house. Three places that made spring: the free Riplay play...
LEGO House in Billund with kids: what it costs and how long you need
A day at LEGO House in Billund, Denmark with children of just 4 and 7 plus their grandparents: 175 euros entry in low season, 250 euros for lunch at M...
Denmark in winter with kids: four weeks in January, and why not again
Four weeks of January in Denmark with kids: grey and misty rather than snowy, coastal cafés shut and museums on winter hours. What did work: LEGO Hous...Questions about Denmark with kids
When to go to Denmark with kids?
In Denmark in January it was grey and misty (no snow for us), we drove from Jutland to Funen without passing anyone, and along the coast just about every café was closed. What did work: LEGO House in Billund, which reopened on the exact day we wanted to go, and Randers Rainforest, because it is indoors and warm. In Denmark in March and April it suddenly felt like a different country. Jackets open, hours at Riplay in Ribe (a huge playground, and free), up the dunes at Vejers Strand and a day at Varde Sommerland. After spring, our guess is that summer is even better.
Is Denmark expensive?
The house was not, the rest a little. In January we paid 1,370 euros for four weeks in a six-person holiday home in Ansager (25 kilometres from LEGOLAND Billund, whirlpool included), booked through Dancenter. Electricity and gas came on top, another 400 euros, because in Denmark those are billed separately and a house like that burns a lot in January. So 1,770 euros for four weeks, about 440 euros a week for a whole house. The apartment in spring came through someone we knew and cost next to nothing, which tells you nothing. Riplay is free, LEGO House is not (book tickets ahead).
Which part of Denmark?
We know Jutland and Funen: Billund, Ribe, Vejers, Esbjerg and Varde, and on the other side Odense and Aarhus (both quiet in winter).