Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Easily reached from Lejre train station on bus 233, this experimental archaeology centre is
truly fascinating. Enthusiastic re-enactors use ancient technology to test out various theor-
ies: how many people does it take to build a dolmen? What plants might have been used to
dye clothing? And how do you stop the goats eating your reed roof? Kids can let loose in
the hands-on Fire Valley, paddling dug-out canoes, attempting to work a fire drill, and
chopping up logs using primitive axes.
The landscape at Lejre is simply beautiful, with rolling hills and lake-filled hollows. A
3km-long path takes you past a Viking Age marketplace, prehistoric burial mounds, a dan-
cing labyrinth and the Iron Age village 'Lethra', through fields of ancient crops, and down
to a sacrificial pool and over precarious staked-wood bridges.
Getting There & Away
From Roskilde it's just a short train ride to Lejre station, where bus 233 continues to both
Ledreborg Slot and Sagnlandet Lejre (Dkr24).
By car, from Roskilde take Ringstedvej (Rte 14), turn right on Rte 156 and then almost
immediately turn left onto Ledreborg Allé. Follow the signs to Ledreborg, 6km away,
where a long drive lined by old elm trees leads to the entrance. Sagnlandet Lejre is 2km
further west along the same road.
