Sund & Bælt and LEGOLAND have joined forces to tell the story of the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel in a new and fun way. One of the goals is to get more young people interested in vocational training and, in the long term, attract more apprentices to the construction industry.
"At Sund & Bælt, we are committed to educating the workforce of the future. The Fehmarnbelt project alone will train several hundred apprentices, but young people are in high demand today,” says Mikkel Hemmingsen, CEO of Sund & Bælt. “By partnering with LEGOLAND, we hope to inspire young people in a fun and engaging way to explore the opportunities within vo-cational training.”
The new Fehmarnbelt tunnel exhibition is currently being assembled in Miniland at LEGOLAND in Billund and will open in June this year. Miniland is a large area in the middle of the park with miniature versions of famous cities, buildings, monuments and infrastructure from around the world built from LEGO bricks.
Michael Ottesen, CEO of LEGOLAND Billund, is looking forward to the new attraction: "We are very much looking forward to presenting the new area featuring the Fehmarnbelt tunnel to our guests. The area will cover more than 250 square metres, so it will have a significant impact on the guest experience in Miniland.”
About the Sund & Bælt exhibition
The Sund & Bælt Fehmarnbelt tunnel exhibition covers an area of more than 250 square me-tres in the centre of Miniland at LEGOLAND and consists of more than 800,000 LEGO bricks. The numerous visitors will be able to experience a model of the tunnel construction site including tunnel factory, work vessels, immersion of tunnel elements and local landmarks from both Lolland-Falster and northern Germany.
About LEGOLAND
- The first LEGOLAND opened in Billund in 1968.
- Miniland was the focal point of the original LEGOLAND.
- In Miniland, you can experience magnificent buildings from around the world made from LEGO bricks.
- Today, there are 10 LEGOLAND parks around the world.
About the Fehmarnbelt tunnel
- The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is being built as an 18 km long immersed tunnel for cars and trains between the Danish island of Lolland and the German island of Fehmarn.
- The first nine of the tunnel's 89 tunnel elements have been cast. The first element is expected to be immersed in 2025.
- The tunnel will have a dual carriageway in each direction and two electrified railway tracks for high-speed trains.
- It will take ten minutes to drive from Denmark to Germany by car and seven minutes by train.
- The tunnel will make it possible to travel by train between Hamburg and Copenhagen in just 2.5 hours.
