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Town in Region Zealand, Denmark

# Lejre

Lejre is a railway town in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark.

![Lejre](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Land_of_Legends_Lejre_04.jpg/1920px-Land_of_Legends_Lejre_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

Lejre · Sintakso

The place

Lejre is a railway town in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It has a population of 3,429.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lejre), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Lejre

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. National Park Skjoldungernes Land Skjoldungernes Land National Park is a national park in central Zealand, Denmark. The name Skjoldungernes Land refers to the Scyldingas, a legendary dynasty of Danish kings. 5.6 km · national park in Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skjoldungernes_Land_National_Park)
2. Land of Legends Sagnlandet Lejre or Lejre Land of Legends is an open-air archaeology museum on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It is situated 4 km northwest of the town of Lejre and 1 km west of Gammel Lejre, which was a major political centre in Iron Age Scandinavia. 2.4 km · Archaeological museum in Lejre, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagnlandet_Lejre)
3. Lindholm Lindholm is a manor house and estate located in Lejre Municipality, between Roskilde and Tølløse, some 30 kilometres west of Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been owned by members of the von Plassen family since 1728 and is now part of the Londholm-Selsø estate. 4.4 km · manor house in Lejre Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindholm_(manor_house%29)
4. Vibygård Vibygård is a manor house located in the northeastern outskirts of Viby, Roskilde Municipality, some 30 km west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The estate covers 833 hectares of land and comprises the farms Slåenkær, Ørstedgård, Arnakke and Drags-Møllegård. 5.5 km · manor house in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibyg%C3%A5rd)
5. Lejre Stadion Lejre is a railway town in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It has a population of 3,429. 900 m · football stadium in Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lejre_Stadion)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Lejre

**Airports:** Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 43 km · Malmö Sturup (MMX), 88 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 105 km\

- Copenhagen → Lejre 38 km · quickest by road, 45 min · kr30–40 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/copenhagen-to-lejre) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Copenhagen&to=Lejre)
- Odense → Lejre 103 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · kr85–115 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/odense-to-lejre) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Odense&to=Lejre)
- Aarhus → Lejre 126 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · kr180–240 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aarhus-to-lejre) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aarhus&to=Lejre)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Lejre)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Lejre

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lejre. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 67 km
2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 521 km
3. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 686 km
4. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 733 km
5. [Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring road](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inio) FI 9 ways of moving, 30 sources 768 km

If you know how people move in Lejre – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Clejre&title=Lejre&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Flejre), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Lejre

Lejre is 38 km from [Copenhagen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/copenhagen), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

- [Osted](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/osted) town near Roskilde in Danish region Zealand 4.3 km
- [Svogerslev](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/svogerslev) town in Zealand, Denmark 4 km
- [Gevninge](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gevninge) village in Denmark 4.7 km
- [Øm](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/m) village near Roskilde, Denmark 2.6 km
- [Hyrdehøj](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hyrdeh-j) District in Zealand, Denmark 5.7 km

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