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Australia: Are Run Clubs and Coffee Raves Really Taking Over?

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

While our FYPs might show run club and coffee rave supremacy, it turns out a high percentage of Australians are still getting out after-dark. Source: Are Run Clubs and Coffee Raves Really Taking Over?

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Cigarettes, protoxyde, argent liquide… : Les épiceries de nuit sous haute surveillance à Nice

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

Une petite dizaine d’épiceries ont été contrôlées, jeudi soir, par la police municipale de Nice. Des cigarettes étrangères, des produits stupéfiants et des liasses de billets ont notamment été saisis. Source: Cigarettes, protoxyde, argent liquide… : […]

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Métro à Paris 24h/24 : révolution ou folie ?

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

Métro toute la nuit à Paris : une promesse de mobilité ou un défi logistique ? Source: Métro à Paris 24h/24 : révolution ou folie ?

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Colombia: La Alcaldía de Cali llevó una noche de cuidado y servicios a mujeres diversas en San Nicolás

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

La noche del 23 de octubre se vivió de una manera distinta en el barrio San Nicolás. Más de cincuenta mujeres, en toda su diversidad —trans, LGBT, muj Source: La Alcaldía de Cali llevó una […]

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El ‘bar crawling’, la tendencia turística que conquista las noches de Colombia: ¿cómo está cambiando la forma de viajar?

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

Esta nueva forma de turismo urbano combina cultura, gastronomía y vida nocturna. Ciudades como Medellín, Cartagena y Cali comienzan a consolidarse. Source: El ‘bar crawling’, la tendencia turística que conquista las noches de Colombia: ¿cómo […]

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Lighting up heritage: China’s nighttime modernization

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

As night falls, Beijing’s Central Axis comes alive with light. What shimmers along this 7.8-kilometer stretch is not just an aesthetic spectacle. It is a vivid metaphor of China’s ongoing journey of cultural confidence and […]

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Éclairage public nocturne : pourquoi le retard au rallumage ? – Ville de Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray – Site officiel

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

Depuis un an, la Ville souhaite sortir du programme d’extinction de l’éclairage public nocturne mis en place par la Métropole. Mais ce n’est pas si simple. L’extinction de l’éclairage public nocturne entre 0h30 et 5h30, […]

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Museums after dark: London’s historic halls get a new lease on life | CNN

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

Faced with economic headwinds and changing visitor habits, London’s museums are reinventing themselves for new — and paying — audiences. Source: Museums after dark: London’s historic halls get a new lease on life | CNN

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Chile: Frutillar, Valparaíso y Concepción Impulsan la Economía Nocturna Cultural – FrutillarHoy

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

Ciudades Creativas de la Música, Frutillar, Valparaíso y Concepción, se unen para impulsar su economía nocturna con foco en cultura y turismo. Source: Frutillar, Valparaíso y Concepción Impulsan la Economía Nocturna Cultural – FrutillarHoy

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24-Hours Economy | About

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

Towards vibrant, prosperous, and resilient economies for every one, at every hour. Source: 24-Hours Economy | About

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Media Links

  • Jimmy Kimmel Music Cutbacks Highlight Decline of Late-Night Live Music

    February 6, 2026
  • Exposition : “La Nuit” d’Armand Luciani – Bibliothèque Universitaire – Corti

    February 5, 2026
  • Reopening Montreal concert venue La Tulipe won’t be easy, owners say | Montreal Gazette

    February 5, 2026
  • Ciudad Ho Chi Minh impulsa el desarrollo del turismo nocturno

    February 4, 2026
  • After dark: The successes and challenges of night shift workers – Scot Scoop News

    February 3, 2026
  • China: Proven Night-time Economy Framework | After-Dark Activation & Night Tourism

    February 2, 2026
  • France – La Rochelle : la Ville fait évoluer son dispositif concernant l’éclairage public, ce qu’il faut savoir

    January 31, 2026
  • London Nightlife Taskforce | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    January 31, 2026
  • Urban Nightscapes and the Anthropocene – The Metropole

    January 26, 2026
  • La vie nocturne de Bruxelles en danger : un manifeste appelle à la soutenir

    January 26, 2026
  • A New Generation Gives Up Alcohol but Not the Party – The New York Times

    January 25, 2026
  • Italy: À Trapani, les citoyens obtiennent gain de cause devant les tribunaux contre le chaos de la vie nocturne.

    January 24, 2026
  • France: La Rochelle : dans la nuit des sans-abri, quand la ville ne brille plus

    January 24, 2026
  • How a Small City in Florida Became the Only Certified DarkSky International Community in the Southeast – Garden & Gun

    January 23, 2026
  • Entre cenas, reuniones clandestinas y crímenes violentos: así era la vida nocturna en la antigua Roma

    January 20, 2026
  • UwUAfterDark: la serie de fiestas cosplay nocturnas que conquista la vida geek en Colombia – Infobae

    January 18, 2026
  • Éclairage nocturne : allier sécurité, durabilité et obscurité | WSP

    January 13, 2026
  • Plus rien ne s’oppose à la nuit | Chroniques d‘architecture

    January 13, 2026
  • Barcelone lève le pied : moins de fête, plus de bien-être

    January 6, 2026
  • Vietnam: Pourquoi les rues animées la nuit tardent-elles à se développer en plein cœur de la ville ?

    January 6, 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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