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Casablanca: Les coulisses d’une métropole en activité toute la nuit | L’Opinion

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 15, 2026
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Une atmosphère différente s’installe en soirée dans la capitale économique, portée par des activités discrètes mais essentielles qui assurent son fonctionnement jusqu’à l’aube. Source: Casablanca: Les coulisses d’une métropole en activité toute la nuit | […]

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America’s New Nightlife: Stars, Stages and Casinos

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 15, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Across the Americas, late nights are shifting from packed clubs to theaters, casinos and stargazing parks, redefining what it means to go out after dark. Source: America’s New Nightlife: Stars, Stages and Casinos

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New York is proposing a massive, statewide ‘Lights Out’ rule after 11 pm

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 14, 2026
  • Uncategorized

The New York State Dark Skies Protection Act could enforce lights off at 11 pm. Here’s what that means and everything we know right now. Source: New York is proposing a massive, statewide ‘Lights Out’ […]

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Smart streetlights: the lighting revolution that reduces energy consumption

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 14, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Smart streetlights optimize urban lighting with sensors, AI, and LED technology to save energy and advance toward smart cities Source: Smart streetlights: the lighting revolution that reduces energy consumption

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UK: Andy Burnham has started to help the night economy, but must do more

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 14, 2026
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Seoul eyes ‘Hipjiro’ as model for night-time tourism | The Straits Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 14, 2026
  • Uncategorized

The city plans to focus on pedestrian safety and multilingual information services. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. Source: Seoul eyes ‘Hipjiro’ as model for night-time tourism | The Straits Times

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France: Ouverture nocturne des parcs municipaux – Aulnay-sous-bois.fr

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 12, 2026
  • Uncategorized

En raison de la période de canicule Les parcs Robert Ballanger, Gainville et Dumont resteront ouverts en nocturne jusqu’à minuit, et ce jusqu’au vendredi 14 août 2026 inclus , afin […] Source: Ouverture nocturne des parcs […]

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La scène électro d’Ottawa rêve de plus de raves | Radio-Canada

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 8, 2026
  • Uncategorized

En 2027, un changement de permis l’organisation des raves à Ottawa entre 3 h et 9 h du matin, un changement qui ravive des aspirations dans le monde de la nuit. Source: La scène électro d’Ottawa rêve de […]

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Reducing night lights in cities has ecological effects

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 6, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Artificial light at night (ALAN) can cause plants to open their buds and sprout leaves earlier in the spring. ALAN can also cause trees to delay changing the color of their leaves in the fall. […]

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How Earth’s night lights became our most honest economist – Big Think

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 6, 2026
  • Uncategorized

A Cold War accident became a reliable tool for using artificial lights at night to map GDP, poverty, urban sprawl, and even illegal fishing. Source: How Earth’s night lights became our most honest economist – […]

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Media Links

  • Genève, quelle ambition pour sa nuit? – – UNIGE

    September 3, 2026
  • Montreal: Les Scènes de musique alternatives du Québec proposent trois recommandations pour aider les lieux de diffusions | Le Devoir

    September 3, 2026
  • Trame noire, paysage nocturne : comment façonner l’obscurité sans la figer ? | Groupe Caisse des Dépôts

    August 27, 2026
  • Australia’s nighttime economy reaches record highs as cities embrace life after dark

    August 25, 2026
  • From nightlife to life at night: Cities must stay open later to beat the rising heat

    August 25, 2026
  • Vietnam: Retenir les touristes grâce à l’économie de nuit

    August 25, 2026
  • Filmer la ville, traverser la nuit | Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine

    August 25, 2026
  • Netherlands: Hundreds Took Part in Night-Time Women’s Safety Rides in Cities Across the Country

    August 24, 2026
  • Darkness, light, and the inequalities between them | British Science Association

    August 22, 2026
  • France: Les policiers municipaux de “la brigade des places”, gardiens de la tranquillité nocturne du centre-ville de Montpellier

    August 22, 2026
  • France: Faut-il interdire la vie nocturne ? Le débat fait rage à Piriac-sur-Mer

    August 22, 2026
  • Bulgaria: Des personnes handicapées manifestent de nuit pour une ville plus accessible – Radio Bulgarie en français

    August 21, 2026
  • La ville de Séoul annonce un plan pour dynamiser son économie nocturne l KBS WORLD French

    August 21, 2026
  • Did You Know That London’s Night Tube is 10 Years Old Today?

    August 19, 2026
  • Nighttime destination design | blooloop

    August 19, 2026
  • Crackdown on Sidewalk Drinking Pits British Pubgoers Against the ‘Fun Police’ – WSJ

    August 19, 2026
  • When the ‘City of Lights’ Paris dims

    August 17, 2026
  • Tourists Are Looking Beyond Daytime Sightseeing as Night Tours Boom Across Europe

    August 17, 2026
  • Major U.S. Cities Are Going ‘Lights Out’ at Night This Month

    August 17, 2026
  • Pourquoi certains oiseaux chantent-ils en pleine nuit en ville ?

    August 16, 2026

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