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malaise

(298,608 posts) Sun Aug 31, 2014, 04:30 PM Aug 2014

Welcome to the land of Lego [View all]

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/video/2014/aug/29/welcome-to-the-land-of-lego-video
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It's not the sort of place you would imagine one of the world's biggest companies might be based. There are no glass and steel towers and no chauffeur-driven limousines. In fact, there are few roads and hardly any people. It takes just five minutes to drive around the entire town. Welcome to Billund, Denmark (population 6,194) – home to Lego

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I've been there - it was magical. Some of the museums in Denmark explain the culture of Lego for me.

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Welcome to the land of Lego [View all] malaise Aug 2014 OP

was in a los angeles lego store yesterday. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #1

Love Lego malaise Aug 2014 #2

My son, the budding young engineer's dream job would be to work for Lego Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #3

Makes sense malaise Aug 2014 #4

It may be in the works, who knows, but dammit.... Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #6

Lego Master Builder Academy.. SomethingFishy Aug 2014 #8

My company has done several jobs for Legoland. Initech Sep 2014 #11

I love how they keep up with our times. Octafish Aug 2014 #5

Wow! malaise Aug 2014 #7

Zbigniew Libera is one of a kind. Octafish Aug 2014 #9

Watching kids construct Lego is an absolute pleasure malaise Sep 2014 #10