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Tokyo wants overseas tourists to spend more money at night | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Municipal governments of Tokyo’s central wards are taking a variety of measures to encourage foreign visitors to keep the yen flowing after the sun sets. Source: Tokyo wants overseas tourists to spend more money at night | The Asahi […]

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Living Cities: Who killed Dublin’s club scene? – POLITICO

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

A conversation on what makes a livable city. By AITOR HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES With HUGO MURPHY, LEONIE CATER and GIOVANNA COI Send tips here | Tweet @aitorehm | View in your browser Happy Thursday, city … Source: […]

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France: Patrouilles et interventions : Les coulisses fascinantes de la brigade de nuit à Beauvais

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

À Beauvais, deux brigades de nuit veillent 7J/7. Patrouilles, contrôles et interventions assurent la tranquillité et la sécurité des habitants. Source: Patrouilles et interventions : Les coulisses fascinantes de la brigade de nuit à Beauvais

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Marseille, France: Le tribunal administratif rejette le recours des épiciers de nuit sur la fermeture nocturne – Marsactu

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

L’arrêté de la préfecture de police doit prendre effet le 21 mars pour une durée d’un mois dans le centre-ville de Marseille. Source: Le tribunal administratif rejette le recours des épiciers de nuit sur la […]

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Thailand: This city’s getting the night time economy right, and no, it’s not Sydney – Central News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 12, 2025
  • Uncategorized

By Ike Morris, Caitlin Maloney and Sarah Goff-Tunks There is a buzz about the city of Chiang Mai, with its proliferation of live music venues and night markets, that other major cities around the world […]

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The 15-minute city at night: towards a holistic urban vision – Cooperative City

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 12, 2025
  • Uncategorized

How can cities function seamlessly both day and night? What happens when the 15-minute city concept meets the night-time economy? Can decentralising nightlife create safer, more accessible, and sustainable urban environments? In this article, Simone […]

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Night Time Economy Summit delivers boost for Birmingham | UK Cities & Partners

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 11, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Birmingham’s night-time economy (NTE) has received a major boost after two thousand NTE  professionals including global leaders visited the city for a two-day summit hosted at Hockley Social Club. Organised by the Night Time Industries […]

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«Si cet arrêté passe, on ferme, c’est mathématique» : à Marseille, des épiceries attaquent une mesure de fermeture nocturne – Libération

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 11, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Une dizaine de gérants de supérettes marseillaises ont déposé une requête en référé-suspension après l’émission par la préfecture de police, le 24 février, d’un arrêté leur imposant fermeture de 22 heures à 6 heures. Source: […]

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Ámsterdam lanza una nueva encuesta sobre su vida nocturna – Vicious Magazine

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 10, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Ámsterdam lanza una nueva encuesta sobre su vida nocturna para saber qué tipo de cultura de ocio desean tener sus residentes. Source: Ámsterdam lanza una nueva encuesta sobre su vida nocturna – Vicious Magazine

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Chile: Noche en la ciudad: prohibido bailar

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 7, 2025
  • Uncategorized

El panorama nocturno ha cambiado, no solo como consecuencia de la pandemia, por la actual situación económica o el aumento de la delincuencia, pero rendirnos ante estas circunstancias y “soltar” la noche y las calles […]

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  • Utah town claims top honors as the best place for nighttime stargazing in the United States | News | cachevalleydaily.com

    June 16, 2026
  • Le béton parisien stocke la chaleur le jour et la relargue la nuit : 10 degrés d’écart avec la campagne, les urbanistes tirent la sonnette d’alarme

    June 16, 2026
  • France: “Si la ville n’est plus adhérente à cette association, le label tombe automatiquement” : pourquoi cette commune du Lot fait le choix de renoncer aux labels nationaux “Ville fleurie” et “Ville étoilée” – ladepeche.fr

    June 16, 2026
  • Miami: Bares ocultos y exclusividad: nueva vida nocturna | El Nuevo Herald

    June 13, 2026
  • Toulouse: Une grande ville française va instaurer un couvre-feu pour les mineurs lors de matchs « à risque » de la Coupe du monde – Le Soir

    June 11, 2026
  • Izakaya economics: Japan’s traditional night out fights tooth and ale for survival | Japan | The Guardian

    June 9, 2026
  • Ho Chi Minh City seeks to unlock potential of night-time economy

    June 7, 2026
  • Poland: Warsaw expands nighttime alcohol ban in bid to improve public safety

    June 6, 2026
  • UK: Hull Street Angels volunteer to keep people safe at night

    June 5, 2026
  • US: In US first, Petoskey passes rules to crack down on light pollution – Bridge Michigan

    June 5, 2026
  • DIACRITIK Virginie Gautier : L’obscurité si densément peuplée (Recours à la nuit)

    June 4, 2026
  • Germany: El gobierno alemán reclasificará los clubs como espacios culturales para frenar su cierre masivo – – Mixmag Spain

    June 1, 2026
  • Why Indian Cities Need Night Parks: Extending the Right to the City Beyond Sunset

    June 1, 2026
  • France – À Bolbec, l’éclairage public revient progressivement grâce aux LED – Paris Normandie

    May 31, 2026
  • UK: West Midlands Mayor unveils plan to boost night time economy

    May 29, 2026
  • Vietnam: Une zone économique nocturne spéciale va «surgir» à Hô Chi Minh-Ville.

    May 29, 2026
  • Alcool: Mesure forte contre les touristes ivres en Croatie – Blick

    May 29, 2026
  • France: Quimper : une “guinguette party” pour montrer comment concilier vie nocturne et tranquillité urbaine | ICI

    May 29, 2026
  • Amnesia Ibiza – España de Noche premia a Amnesia Ibiza por su historia y contribución a la cultura de ocio nocturno

    May 27, 2026
  • Australia: Night-time economy experts in Hobart to discuss how city can flourish after dark – ABC listen

    May 27, 2026

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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

urbanculturalstudies

the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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