Schedule your visit – Accessibility
When is the festival
The festival takes place from January 30 to February 22, from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
Map & App
Each year, a map of the light installations is released in January, up to the festival’s start in February. The festival prepares routes in different lengths, from approx. 2-10 km. In this way, you can find the path between the works that suits you best – via the map and / or the routes.
App
During the festival you can use the app Copenhagen Light Festival – Within10Minutes. Here you can see where the works are in relation to where you are, read and hear about works and artists, switch routes on and off, or find your own path between the works.
The festival app now includes a family-friendly treasure hunt. When you find 10 locations, you can win a hot drink or similar prize. Check the app to see the participating reward spots.
The festival’s lighting installations are primarily located in Copenhagen’s Inner City.
Parking
The festival doesn’t offer parking. Check out info, prices, etc. here: Parking zones in Copenhagen
Public transport
The festival’s works are not located in the same places every year, but always primarily in the Inner City. Therefore, it will typically be an opportunity to get off at metro stations such as: Kongens Nytorv, Gammel Strand, Christianshavns Torv, Nørreport and Rådhuspladsen.
If you have a physical handicap
The lighting installations at Copenhagen Light Festival are not located in the same places every year.
Motorists with a disabled parking permit can park for free in public car parks in Copenhagen. Apply for a disabled parking permit here.
Toilet facilities
Free to attend
Do I need to buy a ticket?
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Sustainability
Green energy
FAQ
Who organize the festival?
The festival is an association founded by Tivoli, Stromma, VNR.tv and Louis Poulsen. With Copenhagen as a backdrop the association seeks to introduce and present light art in interaction with the city’s distinctiveness, darkness and aesthetics.
The daily work on the festival is done by the secretariat who assists the board, collaborates with artists and hosts and supports the curatorial committee in their work with the festival program.
The members of the curatorial committee will change each year and are appointed by the board. The committee allocate the association’s funds to projects, artists and hosts on the basis of an assessment of the festival’s overall expression, the location of the art piece, and interaction with the city and the other art pieces.
What happens with the light installations when the festival is over?
The lighting installations at the festival are typically developed, installed and maintained by the artists behind it, and it is mostly the artists themselves who own the work and therefore those who take the work up and down at the festival, and store it.
Do I need to arrive at a certain timeframe?
The festival’s lighting installations are typically switched on between 17 and 22.00 o’clock (5-10 pm) every night during the festival period, in February.
Some installations have a slightly longer or shorter ignition time. In that case, it will appear in the program on the website and the app.
Should I begin a certain place?
The festival does not have a fixed starting point. Depending on each year’s festival, the works and their location will vary and hence there will typically be one or more natural starting points.
We provide a variety of routes and areas to explore, including:
- Walking routes of 1–2 hours in the City
- Running routes
- Cycling routes to different areas
- Metro routes with artworks located nearby
- Interactive installations
Can I experience the Festival from my car?
The festival is generally best experienced on foot or by bike, but installations in local neighborhoods and districts can also be enjoyed by car.
Some installations are placed on squares and other areas without car access. That said, you can certainly drive around and see some of the works. In most areas, several installations are grouped together, and here we recommend exploring them on foot, by bike, or similar.
Can I buy Copenhagen Light Festival merchandise?
Who do I contact if I observe damage or the like of a light installation?
It rarely happens that a wire or the like is destroyed. If you see a case like this you are welcome to write to info@copenhagenlightfestival.org or call +45 25556604.
The artists, hosts and the festival itself constantly keep an eye on the works, and that everything is as it should be.