Christmas at Sagnlandet Lejre

Discover Christmas & Jól at Sagnlandet Lejre, an open-air historical centre west of Copenhagen. Meet people portraying the past and explore crafts and stories about Viking midwinter feasts and rural Danish Christmas traditions.

Dates and times

28 NovemberSaturday

11:00 AM–04:00 PM

29 NovemberSunday

11:00 AM–04:00 PM

5 DecemberSaturday

11:00 AM–04:00 PM

6 DecemberSunday

11:00 AM–04:00 PM

12 DecemberSaturday

11:00 AM–04:00 PM

13 DecemberSunday

11:00 AM–04:00 PM

Children, Friends, My partner, Myself

Man in historical dress inside the royal hall at Sagnlandet Lejre

Lejre, West Zealand

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Photo: Sagnlandet Lejre

Get directions

Slangealleen 2

4320 Lejre

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From midwinter feasts to rural Christmas

Bring the family to the Christmas weekends at Sagnlandet Lejre. Meet people portraying the past and discover Viking midwinter feasts and rural Christmas in the 1800s. Historical crafts involving beeswax and tin show how people made things by hand.

Plan your Christmas outing

The address is Slangealléen 2, 4320 Lejre. Find this year’s Christmas programme at Sagnlandet.

Children making crafts outdoors at Sagnlandet Lejre

Photo: Sagnlandet Lejre

The Viking royal hall at Sagnlandet Lejre in snow

© Sagnlandet LejrePhoto: VisitFjordlandet, Lejre

Snow-covered historic house and visitor at Sagnlandet Lejre

© Jul i Sagnlandet LejrePhoto: VisitLejre

Historical craft work beside the hearth at Sagnlandet Lejre

© Jul i Sagnlandet LejrePhoto: VisitLejre

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