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Australia: Entertainment Lags in Night Time Economy Rebound

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 29, 2022
  • Uncategorized

The entertainment sector’s role in the post-pandemic reboot of the night time economy (NTE) falls behind food and beverage. Source: Entertainment Lags in Night Time Economy Rebound

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Montréal testera une seconde fois l’alcool toute la nuit | TVA Nouvelles

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 27, 2022
  • Uncategorized

La Ville de Montréal multipliera les nuits blanches où l’alcool sera servi jusqu’au matin au cours de la prochaine année. Source: Montréal testera une seconde fois l’alcool toute la nuit | TVA Nouvelles

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Australia: The City of Newcastle Night-time Spaces (The Henges) – Good Design

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 27, 2022
  • Uncategorized

The “Henges” are part of the City of Newcastle’s After Dark: Night-Time Economy Strategy, delivering an innovative solution to activate public spaces prone to antisocial behaviour. Bringing these spaces to life through the use of […]

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Live and night-time industries criticise UK government’s budget announcement | Complete Music Update

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 27, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Source: Live and night-time industries criticise UK government’s budget announcement | Complete Music Update

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Shanghai’s ‘night economy’ faces uphill struggle four months after emerging from lockdown | South China Morning Post

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 26, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Contradictions are everywhere in Shanghai, a commercial hub of 25 million people that emerged from a two-month lockdown in April and May – the city wants to encourage spending at night time, but it is […]

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How a whiskey-fueled meeting in 1949 led to Berlin’s famed techno scene | Georgia Public Broadcasting

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 26, 2022
  • Uncategorized

All-night clubs in the German capital have long drawn “techno tourists.” That might never have happened had a hotelier failed to negotiate the end of the city’s curfew following World War II. Source: How a […]

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New York nodded off during Covid, now it’s struggling to wake up again | New York | The Guardian

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 26, 2022
  • Uncategorized

The city’s bounce-back from the pandemic hasn’t been helped by a shortage of staff and fewer people looking to party Source: New York nodded off during Covid, now it’s struggling to wake up again | […]

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Así era la vida nocturna LGBT+ en Berlín antes de Hitler – Homosensual

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 26, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Te contamos cómo era la vida nocturna para las personas LGBT+ en Berlín antes del ascenso de Adolf Hitler y la Alemania nazi. Source: Así era la vida nocturna LGBT+ en Berlín antes de Hitler […]

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France – Strasbourg. La Ville va couper la lumière la nuit et miser sur le solaire le jour

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 26, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Moins d’éclairage public et plus de panneaux photovoltaïques : l’exécutif de la Ville présente ce lundi au conseil municipal un plan pour tenter de traverser sans trop de dommages la crise énergétique. Où l’on découvre que, […]

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Crise énergétique : les villes européennes réduisent l’éclairage nocturne des bâtiments | Euronews

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 24, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Pour contrer l’inflation des prix de l’énergie, plusieurs villes européennes choisissent la sobriété énergétique en réduisant, par exemple, l’éclairage de leurs monuments. Source: Crise énergétique : les villes européennes réduisent l’éclairage nocturne des bâtiments | […]

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Media Links

  • Cities turn streetlights red to protect nocturnal ecosystems | PBS News

    April 22, 2026
  • Mexico: Regresa la vida nocturna: Culiacán se reactiva tras meses de violenciaGrupo Milenio

    April 22, 2026
  • France: Personnes ivres et regroupements la nuit : ce maire de l’Oise prend des mesures fortes

    April 21, 2026
  • France: Basic Fit H24, épicerie, resto nocturne… La nuit existe-t-elle encore en ville ?

    April 21, 2026
  • Light pollution (1/2): “the extinction of nighttime public lighting has no effect on delinquency, opposition is linked to a feeling of insecurity” – Veritas News

    April 19, 2026
  • Wildfires used to ‘go to sleep’ at night. Climate change has them burning overtime | WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather

    April 19, 2026
  • Canada: Concordia study finds park design affects cooling differently by day and night | EurekAlert!

    April 19, 2026
  • France – Nuitchâtel : une association mobilisée contre la pollution lumineuse – La Télé

    April 19, 2026
  • Switzerland – Yverdon: des médiateurs nocturnes veillent depuis dix ans

    April 17, 2026
  • France – Bordeaux : le retour de l’éclairage nocturne dans toutes les rues dès ce jeudi 16 avril

    April 17, 2026
  • Barcelona Doubles Tourist-Accommodation Tax, Pushing Nightly Levy to €12–14

    April 15, 2026
  • Spain: Prohibir la venta de alcohol nocturna en las licorerías 24 horas: la propuesta de la FRAVM al Gobierno de Ayuso en la LIDER | Somos Madrid

    April 14, 2026
  • La cultura de la luz

    April 14, 2026
  • ‘It’s not just about the stars:’ International Dark Sky Week in San Diego is a celebration of the night sky – San Diego Union-Tribune

    April 13, 2026
  • France: Comment l’éclairage public est devenu une question politique : pourquoi ces villes rallument la nuit ? – L’Écho Républicain

    April 12, 2026
  • France: Metz. Charte, dialogue… Quelle méthode pour encadrer la vie nocturne ?

    April 11, 2026
  • Ireland: Pilot grant scheme launched to boost night time economy – Donegal Daily

    April 10, 2026
  • Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights

    April 10, 2026
  • Ants on show at nocturnal City Nature Challenge : Newsline

    April 10, 2026
  • Scientists Want to Light Our Cities With Plants to Glow in the Dark

    April 10, 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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