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France: Avec « Cherbourg by night », visitez le centre-ville à la tombée de la nuit | La Presse de la Manche

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 26, 2021
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Une visite guidée intitulée « Cherbourg by night » est proposée tous les samedis de cet été 2021 par l’office de tourisme du Cotentin. Source: Avec « Cherbourg by night », visitez le centre-ville à […]

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Belgrade residents tell rights court of bar noise ‘torture’ | The Seattle Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 25, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Source: Belgrade residents tell rights court of bar noise ‘torture’ | The Seattle Times

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The dawn of the digital lighting metropolis

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 25, 2021
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Sponsored content: Lighting is the first step to revolutionise cities, says Signify Source: The dawn of the digital lighting metropolis

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Los botellones, el talón de Aquiles del control de la pandemia

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 25, 2021
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Los psicólogos señalan que los jóvenes han sido los grandes olvidados, y ahora se sienten el centro de atención Source: Los botellones, el talón de Aquiles del control de la pandemia

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C’est beau une ville, la nuit? – 7 milliards de voisins

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 22, 2021
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La nuit, la ville change de décor, de couleurs et d’ambiance. Objet de fantasmes, de poésie, mais aussi de mystère et de danger, l’obscurité de la nuit a longtemps été associée au repos des habitants… Source: C’est beau une ville, […]

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Many Quebec bar owners want last call extended past midnight | CBC News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 21, 2021
  • Uncategorized

As Quebec lifts COVID-19 restrictions, bar owners say the province’s midnight cutoff time for alcohol sales is hurting business. Source: Many Quebec bar owners want last call extended past midnight | CBC News

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Spain: Restricciones en Mallorca: Govern limita aún más la vida nocturna y declara la guerra abierta al botellón

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 20, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Las reuniones entre no convivientes se prohíben a partir de la una de la madrugada y se avanza a esta hora el cierre de la restauración. Las reuniones entre no convivientes se prohíben a partir […]

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The argument for switching off lights at night – BBC Future

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 20, 2021
  • Uncategorized

The light pollution produced by street lamps, advertising boards, flood lights and our homes is so bad that 80% of the world’s population lives in the haze of a perpetual glow. Source: The argument for […]

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U.S.: City of Ozark approves dark sky ordinance to reduce light pollution | FOX 2

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 20, 2021
  • Uncategorized

The ordinance does not affect current or future single-family residences. It only applies to any new construction of multi-family and commercial projects. Source: City of Ozark approves dark sky ordinance to reduce light pollution | […]

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U.S.: A Nighttime Walk Without Bugs or Bats – CounterPunch.org

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 20, 2021
  • Uncategorized

This past Thursday evening, not having done my usual run because of the heat, I waited until later when things had cooled down a bit. It was still quite humid and even faintly misty and […]

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  • Panama: La vida nocturna: El consumo no despega

    April 28, 2026
  • Vichy, France: Tour de vis sur les trottinettes, charte de la vie nocturne, démocratie locale… A Vichy, les 12 premières mesures du nouveau mandat – La Montagne

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Deux nouvelles communes de l’Oise rallument leur lumière la nuit, dont une après une série de vols

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Flagstaff, AZ Travel Guide: Stargazing, Food & Grand Canyon – AFAR

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Denver may let nightclubs stay open later, but leaves last call unchanged | 9news.com

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Pourquoi après les élections municipales, cette ville du Lot a décidé de rallumer la lumière une heure de plus la nuit ? – ladepeche.fr

    April 27, 2026
  • Beyond Brightness: How Lighting Configuration and Urban Context Shape Nighttime Park Use – ScienceDirect

    April 26, 2026
  • Nocturnal Infrastructure | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    April 25, 2026
  • Colombia: Bogotá anuncia millonario apoyo cultural para proyectos en Chapinero

    April 25, 2026
  • France: À Harfleur, l’éclairage nocturne a fait son retour après les municipales… mais à quel coût ?

    April 24, 2026
  • France: “On n’a pas de communes qui nous demandent de rallumer” : le pari réussi de l’extinction nocturne dans la Vienne

    April 24, 2026
  • France: Mouy. La ville rallume les lumières la nuit et supprime des bancs en centre-ville – Oise Hebdo

    April 23, 2026
  • 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

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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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