VAUSE: A light festival in Copenhagen is transforming the Danish city into a winter wonderland. Here's Christina McFarlane.</s>CHRISTINA MCFARLANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The Scandinavian winter can be a grim experience. In February sunrise is about 8 a.m. in the morning local time and it sets again around 5:00 in the evening. The Copenhagen light festival gives visitors a reason to brave the freezing temperatures.</s>MARTIN ERSTED, ARTIST: I think the light festival gives people a head start on spring. So many months it has been dark UP HERE in the northern countries. And we hunger for summer and spring. So this gives us a, yes a little head start of that spring feeling.</s>MCFARLANE: The festival brings together 40 designers from many different countries who have set up displays all around Copenhagen. Installations range from this depiction of the northern lights at Tivoli Gardens to this warning about global warming to this pyramid complete with artist doing tricks..</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is like a dance basically between many, many colors. I think it is -- it can be remarkable for many people to see.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're amazed by it. I saw a couple -- I wandered around last night as they played -- it was pretty cool.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's very charming, very beautiful.</s>MCFARLANE: The Copenhagen light festival opened on February 1st and runs until the 24th. Organizers say 130,000 visitors have already viewed the installations by boat in the city's canals. Christina McFarlane, CNN.</s>VAUSE: It's just pretty cold as well. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. Thanks for your company. I'm John Vause. Please stay with us. Rosemary Church is up after the break. You're watching CNN.
Copenhagen Light Festival, a Winter Wonderland.