Northern Europe's largest international kite festival kicked off on the first weekend of September on the North Sea coast near the Danish village of Lakolk.

A huge kite shaped like a T-rex hovers above the beach during the Romo Kite Festival in Lakolk, Denmark.

Inviting all dragon lovers and children, thousands of kites of different colors and shapes took to the sky as the Romo Kite Festival got underway.

A dragon kite soars through the sky during the Romo festival in Lakolk, Denmark.

The festival also included a special night flight in which hundreds of illuminated creatures danced in the night sky above the beach.

Illuminated kites float through the night sky in Lakolk, Denmark.

Prizes were awarded to the best one-lined homemade kites, the most imaginative kites and the best-lit decorations.

An assortment of kites shaped like animals take to the sky in Lakolk, Denmark.

Among the standouts this year were a massive T-rex, an illuminated jellyfish and a glowing spirit-like figure.

Kites are seen on the beach in Lakolk, Denmark.

A woman takes a photograph of a kite that resembles a mouse in Lakolk, Denmark.

An assortment of kites of different colors floats in the wind in Lakolk, Denmark.

A kite shaped like a seahorse is seen during the Romo Kite Festival in Lakolk, Denmark.

A man rides a buggy along the beach during the kite festival near Lakolk, Denmark.

An illuminated kite that resembles a jellyfish hovers in the sky as the sun sets in Lakolk, Denmark.

People take in the thousands of kites at the Romo festival in Lakolk, Denmark.

An illuminated kite in the shape of a human figure is seen at night in Lakolk, Denmark.

An illuminated kite flies through the sky above the beach in Lakolk, Denmark.

Kites swirl in the wind at the Romo Kite Festival in Lakolk, Denmark.

Cars are parked on the beach as people gather to participate in the Romo Kite Festival in Lakolk, Denmark.