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Inside LEGO Campus: An Exclusive Tour of LEGO’s New Billund Headquarters

Article by Are M. Heiseldal Photography by Are M. Heiseldal and Adam Mørk

Join us as we tell the story of a super-exclusive tour of LEGO’s new Campus in Billund—two months ahead of its official opening! Although technically, it’s not entirely correct to say that LEGO’s new headquarters opened in early April. The business part of the building, with offices for people working in company management, has been operational for a while, but the part of the building that recently opened its doors for the first time was the so-called People House, which will undoubtedly have an incredible impact on the everyday life of all LEGO employees in Billund. You will understand why later when I explain what this building is all about.

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But for the official opening, collectors all over the world were amazed to see a new Architecture-style set depicting the building, only to be handed out to the employees who are lucky enough to work in the actual HQ itself—which is only around 2,000 people. I haven’t been able to get my hands on one of those sets, (Edit: That’s still technically correct, but I now know I will in September!) but I got pretty lucky, too, way back in January: Along with a select few other Scandinavian AFOLs, I was allowed to see the inside of the building before the vast majority of the actual employees had a chance to do the same!