Visitor numbers
Enjoy Everything More, Monday – Thursday
Our visitor numbers vary throughout the week, and weekends tend to be the busiest. If you can visit earlier in the week, you’ll enjoy a more relaxed experience and have more time to take it all in. Come see an illuminated Alingsås – any day is magical!
Monday – Thursday perks:
- Fewer crowds along the trail
- A more immersive light and sound experience
- 50% off guided tours (Monday–Tuesday)
- Less traffic
- More available parking
Green = Few visitors | Yellow = More visitors | Red = Most visitors*
*Based on last year’s visitor numbers.
Installations
THEME – Movies in Lights
A celebration of the enchanting world of cinema. This year’s lighting designers draw inspiration from the powerful art of visual storytelling, inviting visitors to an unforgettable experience. Films speak to us all – regardless of age, background, or origin. We remember scenes that made us laugh, cry, dream, or feel a little less alone.
LIGHTING TRAIL
The walk is 2,5 km long and offers more surprises along the way. Visitors can discover the installations through a guided tour, digitally with an audio guide in the app, or on their own.
The trail starts, as usual, in Åmanska Parken and follows the Lillån river past Alingsås Energi’s building Ljuset, through Paradisparken where Children’s Lights is located, and continues down towards Lugnet. From there, it moves along Sidenvägen to Plantaget, through the tunnel near Christinae Church, and then along both Kungsgatan and Nygatan, ending at Lillån with the final installation. Along the route, there will be additional smaller installations – known as Highlights.
ILLUMINATION HOURS
Every day from 3/10 – 2/11 the installations are lit from dusk to dawn and follow the usual street light´s rhythm. Every day the installations are programmed to go on “night scene” from kl 24:00 – 05:00.
MUSIC
To enhance the lighting experience, site 1-6,plus several Highlights are sounded every day from dusk to kl 22.
BROCHURE
This year’s brochure (in Swedish) with the map will be available in Swedish in September and will be distributed around Alingsås in cafés, shops and restaurants. They are also available at Alingsås Energi´s reception, Grand Hotel and in Kulturhuset.
Download the Lights in Alingsås-app to find out more about the festival in English.
INSTALLATIONS of 2025
1. Ljuset – Amardeep M Dugar, based in India
2. Udden – Roberto Corradini, based in Italy
3. Nolhaga Berg – Cristina Mordeglia & Sjoerd van Beers, based in the Netherlands
4. Bron/Utsikten – Isabel Villar, based in Sweden
5. Träddungen – Philip Rose, based in UK
6. Lillån – Meta Romanens & Niken Wulandari Sutanto, based in Switzerland & Germany
1-6 = Workshop installations
A-F = Highlights: Children´s Lights plus many more
Graphic design: Snurr Kommunikation, 2025.
Children´s Lights
Children´s Lights
THE JURAPARK – The Return of the Excavators
About the installation
They have awakened now
the ancient steel dinosaurs
with long necks and enormous jaws
They are looking for humans
that they can scare
so they wet themselves
Children, who dare to sit on their backs
and tickle their heavy chins
The excavators are back
and they are scarier than ever
DO YOU DARE TO LOOK?
Idea and design
Malin Wallin
Music and lyrics
Ola Jansson och Kristoffer Walli
Sponsors
In collaboration with Alingsås Energi and Sparbanken Alingsås.
Technical sponsor: LedLab
Children´s Lights, Paradisparken. Photo: Patrik Gunnar Helin, 2025.
Guided tours
PUBLIC TOURS 2025
Our guided tours starts every day from 4/10 in Åmanska parken, The tour takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes, is 2,5 km long and our guides will take you through beautiful Alingsås and give you deeper insight into the concept behind each installation. Maximum number: 30 people/guide. These tours are only available in Swedish.
Ticket release September 5, via Billetto
All tickets need to be purchased at Billetto.se or at Alingsås Kulturhus (on Södra Ringgatan 3) in good time before the guided tour starts. Opening hours: Mon-Thir kl. 10-18, Fri kl. 10-15, Sat kl. 10-14, Sun Closed. Open kl. 10-15 the day before a red day). Questions? Pleace call Alingsås Tourist Office on +322-616200. Opening hours: Mon-Fri kl 10-16.
Ticket prices Mondays and Tuesdays (half price) – new for 2025
Adult: 75 SEK*, Pensioner: 60 SEK*, Youth (10-17 years): 50 SEK*, Children (0-9 years): Free. * = Including Billeo’s service fee.
Ticket prices Wednesdays to Sundays
Adult: 150 SEK*, Pensioner: 120 SEK*, Youth (10-17 years): 100 SEK*, Children (0-9 years): Free. * = Including Billeo’s service fee.
For questions in the evening about the event or guided tours:
In Åmanska parken, the guided tours start, and there will be hosts in the park in the evenings who can answer questions and help you out every day from October 3. Alternatively, visit the reception at Grand Hotel on Bankgatan 1 after 4:00 pm from October 4.
PRIVATE TOURS AND BUSINESS BOOKINGS 2025
Gather colleagues, friends and customers for a pleasant evening together in the spirit of light. Fill in the booking form here on our website and we will get back to you within 2 working days. These tours are available in Swedish or English.
If you have any questions, call Alingsås Energi’s customer service on tel: +46322-617617, (button selection 5, “övriga frågor”). Questions sent to lights@alingsasenergi.se will be answered within 2 working days.
Photo: Patrik Gunnar Helin, 2024.
The App
Get all info about Lights to your smartphone
Download the app
The app is free and provides comprehensive information about the event and its installations, available in Swedish or English. The app allows you to navigate through the event with a digital map, ensuring a smooth experience as it displays your exact position. Download the Lights app on App Store or Google Play
Make sure to enable your location feature when using the app.
Don´t forget to update the app for 2025 if you already have it downloaded from previous year.
Free digital guided tour (audio-guide)
Your own digital guide (audio-guide), is free of charge from 2025 and is available in Swedish or English (depending on your phones language settings). This option is ideal for you who wish to explore the lighting trail independently or in a smaller group. You have the flexibility to choose your starting point and the order in which you experience the installations, although we recommend following the marked trail on the map.
Photo: Patrik Gunnar Helin, 2024.
Explore Alingsås
Take the opportunity to shop, fika* or eat a warm meal before you go out and discover this year’s installations.
*FIKA
is a Swedish word, for a social cup of coffee break with a cake or bun. The Swedes loves to fika several times a day, long or short, with colleagues, friends or family.
ACCOMMODATION
GRAND HOTEL
Bankgatan 1
Lights offer with: Guided tour, three-course menu, accommodation in a double room, breakfast buffet and fika at Nygrens Café – coffee & pastries.
You enjoy a well-composed dinner in the hotel dining room. Choose a starter & main course from the Grand´s Lights menu, after the tour to see the light installations you are then offered “Grandfika” – 5 kinds of sweet variations of pastries with coffee. Read more and book your package here.
BOUTIQUES/GALLERIES
GALLERI SIDENVÄGEN/SMEBOA
Sidenvägen 18
Painting and blacksmithing
Smedjan – ArtmiX, Painting, Sculpture and Textile
Open: Thu-Sun 18:00 – 22:00. Subject to change
RESTAURANTS
GRAND HOTEL MATSAL & BAR
Bankgatan 1
In the restaurant we have created a seasonal 3-course “Lights menu”. Of course, the regular à la carte menu is also served, and those who “just” want to hang out at the bar are of course just as welcome.
Open: Tues – Sat from 5:00 PM.
STURES BOWLING & SPORTBAR
Sveagatan 8G
A cozy restaurant with room for everyone & is open every day of the week. We can offer both food, games, sports on TV and a “good place to hang out”.
Open: Mon. 11-21.00, Tue-Thu. 11-23.00, Fri. 11-01.00, Sat. 13-01.00, Sun. 13-20.00. Happy Hour: Tue-Fri. 15-18.00
FIKA/CAFES
Photo: Patrik Gunnar Helin, 2024.
ACCESSIBILITY
DOGS
Dogs are welcome along the route. Remember to always keep your dog on a leash and supervised.
Photo: Patrik Gunnar Helin, 2022.
Transport & Parking
TRAIN/BUS
You can easily travel to Alingsås with train from several cities close by. Search for your best tour with the public transport on Västtrafik’s website.
PARKING
There is plenty of parking in the city center, free or for a fee. For example: the trainstation, Estrad Alingsås, Storken, Vimpeln, Lilla Torget, Stora Torget and Nolhaga.
ADRESS
The lighting trail and the guided tours starts in Åmanska parken (the red dot). Åmanska parken is neighbour with Estrad, Kulturhuset and Grand Hotel on Bankgatan 1/Bryggaregatan 2, 441 30 Alingsås
Find your way to Alingsås Kultuhuset, ticketsale:
Södra Ringgatan 3
44130 Alingsås
Find your way to Alingsås Energi, organizer:
Södra Strömgatan 6
441 81 Alingsås
TOILETS
Find all the public bathrooms during the festival on the map.
Among a few, you´ll find one central public bathroom at Lilla Torget (the red dot) and at the train station. Public toilets close to nature are available in and at plantaget park´s playground (Mullbärsplantagem) and in Nolhagaparken.
