Holme Å Camping

If the word 'Billund’ doesn’t make the kids’ ears perk up, what follows next probably will – the magic word being ‘Lego’. Yes indeed – this is where it all started, and where you can now celebrate everything to do with the little plastic bricks at the original Legoland resort and the more recent Lego House. Both are about a 20-minute drive from the site, as is the also-excellent Lalandia, an activity centre and waterpark with a sauna, Jacuzzi and epic 100-metre-long waterslide. Other family-oriented days out nearby include mini safaris at Givskud Zoo, meeting real-life Vikings (well, folk dressed as such) at the Ribe VIking Centre, and a trip to the Fisheries and Maritime Museum in Esbjerg, which has an aquarium and daily seal feeding displays. All are about 40 minutes away by car. Chillout time is easy to find among all this excitement – it’ll take you 10 minutes to walk to Hovburg’s catch-and-release fishing lake, or you could plan a day wandering in one of the nearby nature reserves. Borrow bikes from the site to get to Hovborg Plantage or Baldersbæk Plantage in a matter of minutes, or pedal for 15 minutes to get to Klelund Plantage, home to beavers, otters and a sizeable population of deer.