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Denmark Hippo Mat™ (PRE-ORDER)

£49.99

incl. VAT

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What happens when learning meets fun? Magic!

Introducing the Denmark Hippo Mat™ — a Denmark play mat and road play mat for toy cars, designed to spark imagination, storytelling, and hours of screen-free fun.

With wide, drivable roads made for toy cars and 20+ iconic landmarks, places, and recognisable Danish details, every play session becomes a new adventure. Children can invent routes, create missions, and act out real-world scenarios — from royal city-centre errands and Viking discoveries to LEGO-fuelled adventures, castle visits, cliff-top journeys, and seaside explorations.

Designed to celebrate real places across Denmark through imaginative, screen-free play.

A road play mat for toy cars that celebrates Denmark.

 

What’s on the mat

The Denmark Hippo Mat™ road play mat features a playful, map-style layout inspired by the country, including highlights such as:

  • Nyhavn — Denmark’s most famous colourful harbourfront and an instant Copenhagen icon
  • Tivoli Gardens — one of Denmark’s best-known family attractions and a magical centrepiece for play
  • The Little Mermaid — small but iconic, and one of Denmark’s most recognisable landmarks
  • Amalienborg Palace — the royal square and palace complex at the heart of Copenhagen
  • Rosenborg Castle — a storybook castle in the capital and a perfect adventure landmark
  • Copenhagen canal boats and canal life — a key part of Denmark’s capital-city charm
  • LEGO House — the Home of the Brick in Billund and one of Denmark’s strongest family attractions
  • LEGOLAND Billund — a major play destination that adds instant child appeal to the mat
  • Roskilde Cathedral — a UNESCO World Heritage landmark and one of Denmark’s great historic icons
  • The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde — a standout family attraction that brings Denmark’s Viking history to life
  • The Jelling Stones — one of Denmark’s most important historic monuments and a superb story-led feature
  • The Jelling burial mounds — powerful Viking-age landmarks that help shape Denmark’s founding story
  • Trelleborg Viking ring fortress — a classic Viking-age feature that adds shape and educational value
  • Kronborg Castle — Hamlet’s castle and one of Denmark’s strongest fortress landmarks
  • Hans Christian Andersen’s House in Odense — a magical fairytale anchor for the whole mat
  • Egeskov Castle — one of Denmark’s best-loved castles and a wonderful family-friendly landmark
  • Ribe Cathedral and Ribe’s old town — Denmark’s oldest town brought to life through cobbled streets and half-timbered houses
  • Wadden Sea National Park — one of Denmark’s most important natural landscapes
  • Møns Klint — Denmark’s dramatic white cliffs and one of the country’s great natural wonders
  • Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse — a windswept lighthouse on shifting dunes and one of Denmark’s most memorable coastal sights
  • Grenen — the extraordinary northern tip of Denmark where the seas meet
  • Skagen’s yellow houses — a distinctive Danish town style that adds instant local character
  • The Buried Church — one of Denmark’s most atmospheric and unusual landmarks
  • ARoS Aarhus Art Museum and Your Rainbow Panorama — a modern cultural icon and one of Denmark’s best-known contemporary landmarks
  • Fregatten Jylland in Ebeltoft — a historic ship and a brilliant maritime adventure feature
  • Danish islands, ferries, and coastal-holiday atmosphere — the national thread that ties the whole mat together

 

Play that builds skills

As children explore routes and make up stories with their toy cars, they naturally practise:

  • hand-eye coordination and fine motor control through driving, parking, and navigating
  • communication and social skills through shared role-play with family and friends
  • early geography language through places, directions, landmarks, coastlines, and routes
  • curiosity about real places, helping build a wider sense of place and local pride

 

Soft, grippy, and made for everyday play

This Denmark play mat is made with a soft microfiber velvet surface that feels smooth under hands and knees, making it ideal for floor play. A non-slip latex backing helps keep the road play mat in place when play gets energetic, while also helping to protect floors and reduce noise.

 

What’s included

 

Specifications

  • Size: 100cm × 100cm
  • Weight: 990g
  • Surface: Microfiber velvet
  • Backing: Non-slip latex
  • Care: Hoover regularly and wipe clean with a damp cloth
  • Packed dimensions: 114cm × 10.2cm (mat is rolled into a cylinder tube)
  • Packed weight: 1.6kg

 

Peace of mind

  • CE and UKCA certified
  • Recommended age: 12 months+

 

Discover more about Denmark

 

Read more

Read our guide to the landmarks included on the Denmark play mat.

 

Designed for everyday play

Made for imaginative everyday play, and designed to feel thoughtful and gift-worthy from the moment it arrives.

£49.99

incl. VAT

In stock

Educational Fun

Turns playtime into learning time. Children can build stories, explore places, practise direction and develop real-world awareness through imaginative, screen-free play.

Premium Quality

Crafted to feel as special as it looks. Each Hippo Mat is made with durable backing, a soft microfibre surface, high-quality print and embroidered blue stitched edging for a beautifully finished feel.

Perfect Gift

A thoughtful gift for little explorers. Beautifully designed and full of play value, it is a memorable present for birthdays, Christmas and special occasions.

Pre-Order Perks

The more eligible mats you add, the more your pre-order includes. Only valid until April 30th 2027:

▢ 1 mat

Become eligible for:

▢ ▢ 2 mats

Everything above, plus:

▢ ▢ ▢ 3 mats

Everything above, plus:

Reviews

FAQ

The more eligible mats you add, the more your pre-order includes. Only valid until April 30th 2027:

 

▢ 1 mat

Become eligible for:

 

▢ ▢ 2 mats

Everything above, plus:

  • Free shipping
  • A free limited edition toy car
  • A free sheet of Hippo Mat™ stickers

 

▢ ▢ ▢ 3 mats

Everything above, plus:

  • 50% off your third eligible Hippo Mat™

Hippo Mat™ is designed for children aged 2–6. The roads are wide for toy cars, the landmarks are simple and recognisable for imaginative play and early learning, and the high quality materials are safe for young skin.

Yes. Every Hippo Mat™ is inspired by a real town/city and includes locally recognisable features (roads, parks/water, landmarks and local details) laid out in a top-down map style.

Yes. We design wide, drivable roads first, then build the rest of the map around them so cars can travel smoothly without clutter.

Hippo Mat™ is a premium printed play mat made for everyday play, featuring a microfiber velvet surface with a non-slip latex backing. It’s designed to be giftable, durable, and easy to use on the floor at home.

Hippo Mat™ is made for children’s play and designed with simple, clear artwork. The non-slip latex backing helps to prevent sliding for those intense play sessions. and the microfiber velvet surface won’t leave any nasty friction. Always supervise young children during play, and keep packaging away from children.

This mat is 100cm × 100cm. The embroidered stitching edges are approximately 1cm thick, and the main surface is around 0.6cm thick.

When shipped to you, it is rolled up into 114cm × 10.2cm cylinder tube.

Yes — for everyday mess, you can wipe the surface clean using warm soapy water.

It is not advised to use harsh chemicals or machine wash.

Generic play mats are usually made to be one-size-fits-all. Hippo Mat™ is different. Our mats are inspired by real locations and created to combine premium design, imaginative play, and local meaning in one product. That means clearer layouts for toy cars, more recognisable features, and a play experience that feels richer, more personal, and more memorable.

On most surfaces it stays put during normal play. If you have very smooth floors, a simple non-slip underlay (or rug gripper) helps keep it perfectly stable.

Yes. Hippo Mat™ is designed to feel premium and gift-worthy, and the “local place” theme makes it personal for birthdays, Christmas and new-home gifts.

Yes — Hippo Mat™ is built around real locations. If your area isn’t listed yet, you can request it and we’ll prioritise new designs based on demand.

Click here to see the full list of Hippo Mat™ Locations.

Until November 2027, every Hippo Mat™ order is a pre-order that will arrive anytime between October 1st and December 20th 2027. Once this pre-order period has ended, orders will usually be dispatched within 2 working days.

After dispatch, estimated delivery times are:

  • Austria: 5-8 working days
  • Belgium: 6-9 working days
  • Czech Republic: 7-10 working days
  • Denmark: 7-10 working days
  • France: 6-9 working days
  • Germany: 5-8 working days
  • Greece: 10-13 working days
  • Italy: 4-6 working days
  • Netherlands: 3–6 working days
  • Poland: 8–11 working days
  • Spain: 5-8 working days
  • Sweden: 6-9 working days
  • Switzerland: 7-10 working days
  • United Kingdom: 2–3 working days

Delivery times are estimates and may vary during busy periods or due to customs and local carrier delays.

If it’s not right for you, you can initiate the return of your Hippo Mat™ order within 14 days of delivery.

Contact us and we’ll help you quickly.

Yes — Reg’s Pledge: every mat helps fund play and learning for children.

Click here to learn more about Reg’s Pledge.

Yes — we offer bulk pricing for nurseries, schools, and early learning centres.

Click here to learn more about ordering for Schools.

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