In October 2007, a record number of around 75,000 visitors went for an evening or night-time walk around the beautifully illuminated Nolhaga area.

There were more guided tours than in the previous years and the Alingsås inhabitants enjoyed the magnificent Nolhaga castle setting, often in the company of visiting friends. Also people from neighbouring municipalities came to Alingsås to dine out at one of the many restaurants that were open throughout the evening and to walk the lighting route.

Lights in Alingsås' influences urban planning – both in Alingsås and around the world
The lighting was designed and installed during a one-week workshop carried out by 60 students from 20 different countries and eight designers from various parts of the world. Over the years, more than 300 students have come to Alingsås to gain insight into the lighting design for different spaces in the urban environment.
In Alingsås, the participants are given the opportunity of working on a large scale project with the world's most prominent lighting designers using modern lighting equipment.

A further initiative that has developed as a result of Lights in Alingsås

In 2007, a 5 points course in lighting was introduced by Chalmers University of Technology in collaboration with Alingsås. The course took place at the Campus of the Utbildningshuset (House of Education) in Alingsås. Approximately 45 people attended this course.

Lights in Alingsås' first thought of in 1824
Lights in Alingsås' was initially tested on a small scale in 1999 and fully implemented in 2000 to include the Nolhaga area.
One might say that the idea of ‘Lights in Alingsås' dates back to 1824, when a sock weaver trainee lost her way in the dark, fell into the River Gerdska and drowned. The incident started a discussion among the parish councillors about a possible installation of lamps in strategic places around the town, which resulted in one single lamp being installed on Torgbron (the Market Bridge).

  

Rotterdam is an exciting harbour city, the industrial heart of the Netherlands and the economic, social and cultural centre of the Rhine Estuary, that boasts a number of prestigious architectural projects both old and new.

As a recent new member of the LUCI group, organisers of the City of Architecture 2007 event, and co-player in the City-People-Light forum organised by Philips and LUCI, Rotterdam is now looking closely at its own urban lighting and staged an ELDA+ workshop in 2007. The workshop sites were on the water front.

The aim was to incorporate the ELDA+ workshop into the other 2007 activities in the city, and to share the results with visiting architects, investors and city officials.

Rotterdam has 13 twinned cities, 12 partner cities and 4 port cities relationships in different countries all over the world.

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Anne Bureau, ACE, ELDA/F	Erasmus Bridge
Mary Claire Frazier, IALD/USA	World Arts Museum
Ellen de Vries/NL	Buizenpark Katendrecht	(bike recommended - see registration form)
Roope Siiroinen, ELDA/FIN	Provimi	(bike recommended - see registration form)
Ta-Wei Lin/TWA	Lost Luggage Depot and Roof Garden	(bike recommended - see registration form)
Laura Bayliss/UK	MSR Maritime Simulation Rotterdam	(bike recommended - see registration form)

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