Lux Helsinki extended to six days, bringing permanent light art to the city

Lux Helsinki, which has spread light and joy and inspired people during the dark season for almost 20 years, will take place over six days this year by popular request. For almost a week, starting on 6 January, Kanneltalo and façades of familiar buildings as well as parks and squares in the city centre of Helsinki will serve as canvasses for 20 thought-provoking and narrative works of light and colour.

The works will be on display all the way from Kansalaistori Square to Lasipalatsi Square, at Narinkkatori and Hietalahti Squares and in the Old Church Park. There will also be works in Erottaja Square, on the Espa Stage, Citycenter and Kanneltalo. Visitors can choose to view the works in the order that best suits them. This year, Lux Helsinki will also expand to a record ten art galleries in the city centre, which will feature a great variety of light art by both Finnish and overseas artists.

Lux Helsinki will illuminate the city on weekdays and over the weekend between 6 and 11 January from 17:00 until 22:00. The dark winter mornings of 8 and 9 January will be brightened by Lux Morning, when some of the works in the city centre will be lit between 7:00 and 9:00.