Billund is a town that loves its art. The Sculpturepark was created as a tranquil public space designed to let imaginations soar free, and to show visitors there is more to Billund than just Lego. The trail stretches from a mosaic and an arch near Legoland and Lalandia Water Park, and meanders through parkland into central Billund. The park features over 15 permanent sculptures, with more being continually added. Pack a thermos of hot chocolate, there are numerous benches to sit and enjoy the artworks and scenery along the way. If you’re staying at Lalandia or the Legoland hotel, there’s no nicer way to walk or ride into central Billund.
Enter through the park’s granite archway and stop to admire the bronze and granite ‘Standing Figure’ who gazes off down the pathway as if to lead you deeper into the trail. A little further on, The Little Prince, the well loved character from the Antoine De Saint-Exupery children’s book, stands on his own asteroid ‘planet’, gazing contemplatively into space. The striking blue ceramic and rusted red iron of a work entitled Pentagonia, is particularly pretty in Springtime when surrounded by a bouquet of wild purple flowers. Just across the water, drape yourself across a bronze divan and watch the dragonflies gliding by.
Some of these sculptures are made for sitting and taking in views, others such as ‘Three Playing Sculptures’ will delight children with their tactile and climbable forms. More than a dozen permanent sculptures make up the park, but temporary exhibits also appear in the park from time to time. The artworks, made of granite, bronze, iron and marble, are particularly photogenic in the light of the early morning or late afternoon.
Outside the Sculpturepark, there are even more sculptures in Billund. Keep an eye out for ‘The Tower’ and the ‘Spanish Steps’ in the City Centre, and ‘The One Who Carries’ in Billund’s shopping centre. At the Billund Centre, peer up through the striking black leaves of a metal tree sculpture, before finally resting up from all your sculptural explorations on the ‘Caterpillar Bench’.
