The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for streets, sidewalks and the like, which lighting device has a housing (2) which can be positioned at a distance from the surface to be illuminated and which houses a At least one lighting module (4), the lighting module comprising a plurality of lighting units (14) comprising lighting elements and optical mirror elements (16) matching the lighting elements, these lighting units are fixed on a carrier (15), wherein , the plurality of lighting units and the carrier are supported on a common module housing (13), the module housing is covered by a sealing glass on the side facing the lighting unit in the main light emission direction, the module housing (13) There are fixing means (20, 23, 24) for detachably fixing the module housing on the housing (2), and electrical contacting means (17, 18, 19) are provided on the module housing ) for electrically connecting the lighting unit to an external voltage source, wherein the fixing means and the contacting means are designed such that the lighting module (4) can be brought from the assembled position into the dismounted position only by a linear movement, and vice versa Likewise, in this assembled position the lighting module is mechanically and electrically connected to the housing ( 2 ), in this dismounted position the lighting module ( 4 ) is not mechanically and electrically connected to the housing ( 2 ).