The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Skip to content
  • About
  • News – Media Links
  • “Night Studies” publications by Will Straw + collaborators

Photos: Packed New Year’s Eve in Wuhan, China, other cities deserted – Business Insider

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on January 1, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Wuhan’s citizens made the most of their freedom in the city to enjoy the New Year. It reported the first COVID-19 cluster on December 31, 2019. Source: Photos: Packed New Year’s Eve in Wuhan, China, […]

Read More

New Year Night Curfew: How Delhi, Mumbai and other cities will be celebrating New Year Eve amid night curfews and clampdowns | Delhi News – Times of India

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 31, 2020
  • Uncategorized

NEW DELHI: New Delhi and other major cities across the country on Thursday ordered curfews for New Year’s Eve as they stepped up efforts to head off a. Source: New Year Night Curfew: How Delhi, […]

Read More

India: New Year’s Eve party: Night curfew, Section 144 and ban on bursting firecrackers; check rules for your state, city | India News | Zee News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 31, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Several state governments in India have taken measures to prevent large gatherings as part of their strategy to trace and treat passengers who returned from the UK in recent days and their contacts. The restrictions […]

Read More

Chile: Patio del bolero, una opción que seduce en la vida nocturna de la ciudad santiaguera (+Fotos)

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 29, 2020
  • Uncategorized

El Patio del bolero es una opción que seduce en la vida nocturna de esta ciudad, para quienes gustan de ese género musical de profundo arraigo en Santiago de Cuba, considerados su cuna a nivel […]

Read More

New Year’s Eve: Can you celebrate in a pandemic? Here’s what the world’s biggest cities are doing | World News | Sky News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 29, 2020
  • Uncategorized

With countries around the world still battling the pandemic, will anywhere actually be holding large-scale celebrations? Source: New Year’s Eve: Can you celebrate in a pandemic? Here’s what the world’s biggest cities are doing | […]

Read More

Vietnam: Quang Ninh plans major push for night-time economy – VnExpress International

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 27, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Quang Ninh is planning to offer entertainment, cultural and shopping services late into the night towards developing its infrastructure and increasing residents’ incomes. Source: Quang Ninh plans major push for night-time economy – VnExpress International

Read More

Iran extends traffic curfew to 330 cities to sustain virus decline | Reuters

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 26, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Iran has extended a night-time traffic curfew to 330 lower-risk cities in an effort to sustain a recent fall in the number of new coronavirus infections and deaths, state television reported on Saturday. Source: Iran […]

Read More

India: Smaller crowds, but still out on Christmas: Pune pushes night curfew timings to celebrate – cities – Hindustan Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 26, 2020
  • Uncategorized

NEWSearchADVERTISEMENTExpand Source: Smaller crowds, but still out on Christmas: Pune pushes night curfew timings to celebrate – cities – Hindustan Times

Read More

Dark-sky designations bring the promise of starry nights — and tourist dollars — to rural Colorado – The Colorado Sun

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 25, 2020
  • Uncategorized

A dark-sky designation offers economic benefits, but it also advances the notion of light pollution as an environmental issue Source: Dark-sky designations bring the promise of starry nights — and tourist dollars — to rural […]

Read More

India: These states have imposed night curfew and other measures to check Covid-19 spread – india news – Hindustan Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on December 24, 2020
  • Uncategorized

While Maharashtra was one of the first states to impose a night curfew once the new coronavirus strain was discovered in UK, many states governments had already imposed night curfews in November and limited gatherings […]

Read More

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Search archives

Media Links

  • Kansas City: How a morning dance party offers sober party vibe

    May 2, 2026
  • Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value – NASA Science

    April 30, 2026
  • 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

Archives

Blogs I Follow

  • NicheMTL
  • THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader
  • Urban Audiovisual Festival
  • Backlots
  • Night Time Economy
  • Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca
  • The Urban Night
  • Progressive Geographies
  • deviantleisure
  • Armando Silva
  • Toby Bennett
  • Urban Sound Space
  • C'est toi ma Ville
  • Geografia Crítica
  • nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/
  • urbanculturalstudies
Blog at WordPress.com.
NicheMTL

⍀ not too big ⍀ not too small ⍀

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

The Urban Night
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Urban Night
    • Join 71 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Urban Night
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar

Loading Comments...