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People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is it killing nightlife? | CBC Radio

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

With people socializing differently, prioritizing health and watching their spending, nighttime businesses and advocates say they’re trying to bring new energy to the after-dark economy. Source: People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is […]

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El Ocio Nocturno y la Cultura: El Ascenso de la Vida Nocturna como Fenómeno Sociocultural

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 28, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Source: El Ocio Nocturno y la Cultura: El Ascenso de la Vida Nocturna como Fenómeno Sociocultural

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France: À Montivilliers, après trois ans d’obscurité l’éclairage nocturne sera rétabli – Paris Normandie

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 27, 2025
  • Uncategorized

L’éclairage public entre minuit et cinq heures du matin était éteint, à Montivilliers, depuis 2022. En cause, une explosion des coûts de l’électricité. La municipalité a décidé de rallumer les lampadaires, dès les fêtes de […]

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France – Gironde : Blanquefort va rallumer la nuit pour lutter, entre autres, contre les vols de câbles en cuivre

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 26, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Le conseil municipal a validé, lundi 24 novembre, l’abandon de l’extinction de l’éclairage nocturne entre 1 heure et 5 heures du matin. La lumière reviendra avec des abaissements d’intensité lumineuse. La mesure sera opérationnelle d’ici quelques semaines. […]

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Britain’s Late-Night Economy Could Lose 10,000 More Businesses and 150,000 Jobs by 2028 – Chancellor Must Act in Autumn Budget – Hospitality & Catering News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 25, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Britain’s late-night economy is under severe strain. Rising costs, shifting consumer behaviour, and the potential for higher taxation in the upcoming Autumn Budget are pushing venues to the edge. Without urgent action on 26th November, […]

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France: Paris et Lyon ont enfin pris la même décision écologique (et c’est une excellente nouvelle)

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 24, 2025
  • Uncategorized

À mesure que les feuilles chutent et que la lumière se fait discrète sur les quais de la Seine ou les pentes de la Croix-Rousse, une effervescence nocturne s’observe dans les cœurs urbains de Paris […]

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Stars, Safaris, Sleepless Cities: How Night Tourism aka Noctourism Became 2025’s Biggest Travel Trend | Travel – Times Now

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 23, 2025
  • Uncategorized

From aurora-lit Arctic towns to India’s new astro-villages and Asia’s neon-drenched night markets, travellers in 2025 discovered that the world is cooler after dusk, Travel, Times Now Source: Stars, Safaris, Sleepless Cities: How Night Tourism […]

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La noche madrileña se consolida como valor estratégico para el turismo de negocios | EL MUNDO FINANCIERO

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 22, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Noche Madrid participa en IBTM Barcelona, la feria internacional de referencia para la industria de reuniones y eventos que tiene lugar del 18 al 20 de noviembre, presentando la campaña MICE Night, una iniciativa destinada […]

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US: Flagstaff wins prestigious Dark Sky Place of the Year award • Flagstaff

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 22, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Source: Flagstaff wins prestigious Dark Sky Place of the Year award • Flagstaff

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UK: Costs rise; venues fall: Late-Night economy declines 28% since 2020 as industry calls for urgent action – CGA

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 21, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Britain’s late-night economy has suffered a 4.6% contraction in just 12 months, with bars, clubs and casinos under pressure from soaring costs, safety concerns and poor transport. Source: Costs rise; venues fall: Late-Night economy declines […]

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  • La clé d’une percée dans l’économie nocturne de Hanoï.

    March 22, 2026
  • ‘They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue’: the disturbing rise of nightlife content | Women | The Guardian

    March 18, 2026
  • NY could go dark at night one day: Here’s how

    March 17, 2026
  • Why Dark Sky Tourism and Astrotourism Are Growing

    March 17, 2026
  • Willie’s Clubhouse brings an elevated billiards, darts, and cocktail lounge to downtown Montreal – The Main

    March 16, 2026
  • Vie nocturne à São Paulo : pourquoi la ville est en train de devenir la capitale mondiale des nuits tardives

    March 15, 2026
  • Vie nocturne à São Paulo : le centre-ville revient en force (bars secrets, rooftops, afters)

    March 10, 2026
  • Valencia: El ocio nocturno pide a la Generalitat más transporte y que el nuevo decreto permita la convivencia de taxis y VTC | Valencia Plaza

    March 9, 2026
  • Night mayors offer Syracuse advice: Make it easier for businesses to create fun – syracuse.com

    March 9, 2026
  • France – Municipales 2026 : l’extinction nocturne de l’éclairage augmente‑t‑elle vraiment la délinquance ? – Science et vie

    March 8, 2026
  • Impulsan que en Colombia regrese la música local en bares y discotecas: “La gente quiere una salida con carácter” – Infobae

    March 8, 2026
  • A Nightlife Creator Helps Cities Cultivate Their Nighttime Culture and Economy

    March 8, 2026
  • France: Aux municipales, le sujet brûlant de l’éclairage public nocturne est un « faux dilemme »

    March 7, 2026
  • Inside the booming business of wellness clubs and third spaces

    March 7, 2026
  • Una fiesta rave en Lagos reescribe las reglas de la vida nocturna, atrayendo a jóvenes nigerianos que se encuentran fuera del alcance de la cultura de club.

    March 7, 2026
  • «Rien ne ressemble à cet endroit» : malgré une perte de vitesse, la nuit berlinoise reste une exception festive – Libération

    March 7, 2026
  • Quebec stores can soon stay open late on weekends. Will they want to? | Montreal Gazette

    March 2, 2026
  • La Rue des Livres à Hô Chi Minh-Ville s’illumine pour la 3e Fête du livre et de la culture nocturne

    February 27, 2026
  • New research shows shifts in Amsterdam’s nightlife: Social and cultural aspects are most valued, nightlife is not declining

    February 27, 2026
  • France – Municipales 2026 : l’extinction nocturne de l’éclairage augmente-t-elle vraiment la délinquance ?

    February 26, 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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