A tour through the new IKEA in Burbank is like a trip through a Swedish home furnishings “Land of Oz.” Only there’s a seemingly endless series of white arrows instead of a yellow brick road.

Exactly one week before the store welcomes customers, they opened the doors to reporters Wednesday morning for a preview.

The adventure in the giant store began shortly after 6 a.m. and lasted almost 90 minutes, or about as long as the movie “The Wizard of Oz.”

At 456,000 square feet, it is the Swedish retailer’s biggest IKEA in the United States and it stocks 10,000 items, said spokesman Joseph Roth.

Roth guided the bright-eyed crowd through the seemingly endless trek, deftly dodging workers who were putting the finishing touches on displays and adjusting fixtures.

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The store sells just about everything needed to furnish a home or apartment, Roth noted.

“We don’t sell the three ‘Ts’ — tile, tubs or toilets. Nor do we offer electronics or washers and dryers,” he said.

But if you’re in the market for rustic Scandanivan-style dining tables, rugs or shelves, they’ve got you covered.

Construction began on the store in the third quarter of 2015.

It’s set to open next Wednesday, with the celebration starting at 8:30 with a Swedish tradition.

“Instead of cutting a ribbon, we actually saw a log, because according to Swedish culture it brings good luck to the new home and future guests,” said Roth.

At 6 a.m. customers can start lining up at the store on San Fernando Road south of Providencia Avenue. The first 26 in line, representing how long IKEA has been a Burbank retailer, will receive a $799 Landskrona sofa, the next 100 will get a $109 Poang armchair and the first 100 children in line get a Famning heart shaped soft toy.

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Once customers enter the store, they’ll notice it’s laid out in familiar IKEA fashion, with products grouped according to where they will be used in a house or apartment. The store also features displays of how rooms can be decorated with the products, essentially doing the job of an interior decorator.

The building is on 22 acres versus 6 acres for the old IKEA a mile away. That store had shared parking spaces and customers had to load at a dock.

The new store has 1,700 parking spaces so customers can wheel big items to their cars or load at docks on the lower and upper level.

There’s also a supervised play area called Smaland, after an area in Sweden, where parents can drop off their kids, get a pager and then go shop. The parents are required to periodically renew the pager during their visit.

And the new store has a 600 seat restaurant versus 182 seats at the old one.

In addition to the chain’s famous Swedish meatballs, the new restaurant will serve chicken and vegetarian versions, and there’s Swedish candy for the kids.

“In Sweden the children only eat candy on Saturday. It’s a reward for being good,” said Roth.

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