Ever wanted to send a whole country in the post? A builder going by PaladinDanse3_JohnH4ncock has done the next best thing on LEGO® Ideas with Denmark Postcard, a brick-built greeting that folds an entire Danish adventure into one tidy display. It currently sits at 1,553 supporters, and once you spot everything crammed inside, you will understand why the votes keep rolling in.

Where do you even start? Maybe at Roskilde Cathedral, the biggest church in Denmark, or over at the candy-coloured harbour of Nyhavn with its little fleet of boats bobbing at the quay. Wander toward the countryside and you will find a classic gaard, the old Danish farm, sitting where wind and earth meet. The whole thing works like a miniature tour you can hold in one hand (postage stamp not included).

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Then it gets seriously packed. The build squeezes in Copenhagen's streets, the tower of Rosenborg Castle, the spiralling steeple of Vor Frelsers Church, and the marble weight of the Marmorkirken. Look toward the northern port and there she is, the Little Mermaid herself, perched on her rock. Keep scanning and you might even catch a Viking longship gliding past, which is a properly clever way to fold a thousand years of Danish history into a single frame.

Fitting this many landmarks into one postcard shape is no small feat, and the way each icon reads clearly at that compact scale shows real thought about silhouette and colour. Want to know the best part? There is no single right way to explore it. Rotate it, prop it on a shelf, or spin your own story about where the longship is headed next.

The Denmark Postcard needs 10,000 supporters to reach the review stage, and with 1,553 already on board plus 67 comments buzzing away, momentum is building. If a brick-built trip to Copenhagen sounds like your kind of holiday, why not head to the project page and lend your vote? Which landmark would you build first?