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Mexico: Regresa la vida nocturna: Culiacán se reactiva tras meses de violenciaGrupo Milenio

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 22, 2026
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Sin tratarse todavía de un regreso pleno a la normalidad, la ciudad parece comenzar a respirar de otra manera. Source: Regresa la vida nocturna: Culiacán se reactiva tras meses de violenciaGrupo Milenio

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France: Personnes ivres et regroupements la nuit : ce maire de l’Oise prend des mesures fortes

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 21, 2026
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Face à des troubles récurrents constatés sur la place Cantrel, le maire (DVD) de Mouy, Frank Deruem, annonce prendre plusieurs mesures pour garantir un espacepublic apaisé. Source: Personnes ivres et regroupements la nuit : ce […]

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

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 21, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Basic-Fit a annoncé son intention d’ouvrir 200 salles ouvertes 24h/24 en France en 2026. Comme la chaîne de sport, de plus en plus de commerces ouvrent à des heures nocturnes improbables. La nuit a-t-elle encore […]

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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

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 19, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Source: 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

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

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 19, 2026
  • Uncategorized

WASHINGTON (AP) — Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change i… Source: Wildfires used to […]

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Canada: Concordia study finds park design affects cooling differently by day and night | EurekAlert!

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 19, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Concordia researchers studied 13 Montreal parks and found tree layout shapes cooling differently over a day. Dense tree clusters provide shade and lower daytime temperatures, but can trap heat at night, while open grass cools […]

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France – Nuitchâtel : une association mobilisée contre la pollution lumineuse – La Télé

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 19, 2026
  • Uncategorized

L’association Nuitchâtel, fraichement lancée, veut sensibiliser à la pollution lumineuse dans le canton de Neuchâtel et au-delà. Elle souhaite également lutter contre un retour de l’éclairage public nocturne. Source: Nuitchâtel : une association mobilisée contre […]

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Switzerland – Yverdon: des médiateurs nocturnes veillent depuis dix ans

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 17, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Depuis dix ans, des volontaires sèment la paix dans le centre-ville les vendredis et samedis. Reportage avec un couple dont le mari s’est engagé dès le début. Source: Yverdon: des médiateurs nocturnes veillent depuis dix […]

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

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 17, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Conformément à l’engagement pris par le nouveau maire Thomas Cazenave, toutes les rues de Bordeaux seront allumées toute la nuit à partir de ce jeudi 16 avril. Le passage complet aux ampoules LED moins dévoreuses d’énergie […]

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Barcelona Doubles Tourist-Accommodation Tax, Pushing Nightly Levy to €12–14

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

Barcelona’s tourist-accommodation tax doubled on 1 April, meaning travellers now pay up to €12–14 per person per night in five-star hotels and up to €11 for short cruise calls. The revenue funds housing and crowd-management […]

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  • Fiestas, discotecas, noches ‘queer’: imágenes de deseo y libertad, vulnerabilidad y euforia | Babelia | EL PAÍS

    July 3, 2026
  • US: Cities, towns nationwide revive teen curfews amid summer crowds • Stateline

    July 3, 2026
  • Ottawa approves new annual authorisation for all-night dance events · Actualités ⟋ RA

    June 30, 2026
  • How cities fail at night transport – and why it’s important | ITS International

    June 29, 2026
  • Can Boston have a thriving nightlife? The World Cup suggests it can.

    June 27, 2026
  • Border cities bright at night as North Korea goes solar – Radio Free Asia

    June 27, 2026
  • Australia: All night long: 24-hour city activation drives 60,000 extra Opal trips at 2026 Mardi Gras | NSW Government

    June 27, 2026
  • Chile: Centro de Santiago vuelve a encender su noche con cultura, patrimonio y gastronomía de alto nivel – El Periodista

    June 27, 2026
  • Buenos Aires recibe a ciudades europeas y latinoamericanas para intercambiar experiencias sobre economía de la noche | Buenos Aires Ciudad – Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

    June 27, 2026
  • Memoria de la vida nocturna gay: “Alguien de veintitantos puede escuchar historias de los 90 y pensar que son del siglo XIV” | Historias

    June 27, 2026
  • KUOW – Why Western Washington communities are coming out for night markets

    June 23, 2026
  • US: The Night Mayor’s Role Is More Than Violence Prevention

    June 19, 2026
  • Hanoi adopts framework to boost night-time economy development

    June 17, 2026
  • 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

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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/

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

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