Copenhagen sparkles with light: Take the Metro to a city-wide light festival

Copenhagen sparkles with light: Take the Metro to a city-wide light festival

Posted: 4. februar 2025

For three weeks over the winter holidays, Copenhagen Light Festival transforms the city's cold winter darkness into a glowing celebration of colour, shape and design - and with the Metro you can get to it all quickly.

Join the light run on Sunday 9 February

Copenhagen Light Festival also offers a number of pop-up events. The biggest one is the Light Run, which invites everyone to run among the beautiful light installations in the city centre.

All participants will be given light chains before the start, and you decide whether you want to run the 3 or 7 km route.

Have you seen the light?

Copenhagen Light Festival is once again ready to light up the city with more than 50 light works spread all over Copenhagen. The light works are switched on every day from 17:00-22:00 until 23 February.

The sparkling oases of light are primarily located in the city centre, but you can also take the Metro to light experiences at DR Byen, Ørestad, Sydhavnen, Nørrebro and Østerbro.

Copenhagen Light Festival is free for everyone, so just hop on the Metro and explore the lights. Read on for inspiration for some of the unique experiences.

5,000 coloured mirrors

Close to the metro station København Syd, at Vestre Kirkegård, you will find the work Soleil Nuit by Sébastian Levfèvre. It consists of two large discs with 5,000 coloured mirrors that reflect the light and the surroundings, creating a kaleidoscope of colours.

The mirrors move with the wind, transforming it into a constantly changing experience. The work is set up on the grass in front of Nordre Kapel.

Foto: Christoffer Askman/vnr.TVCopenhagen Light Festival

Colourful patterns

Take the Metro to Skjolds Plads, where you can experience the interactive installation Ethereal Impressions by the artist duo Yi Song and Xinyue Wang at Osramhuset.

Step onto the colourful landscape of undulating patterns and watch your movements bring new lights and colours to life and challenge your senses.

Tip! Find your way around the festival

With the Within10Minutes app, you can see all light displays, pop-up events and extra light experiences on a map and plan your route.

Luminous harp playing

Right by Nørrebro Station you can experience another luminous sculpture - Harp by Julien Menzel. The light work is inspired by the marvellous strings of the harp and transforms as you move.

Enjoy the sound side of the piece - created by Francois Gauriaud and Mevenig Baron - which helps create a mesmerising visual symphony of sound, light and form.

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