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At least for London, this is simply not true. Sure, you may find there are some things open late, like maybe a gas station off The Highway, or casinos devoid of
by mstade 10y ago
At least for London, this is simply not true. Sure, you may find there are some things open late, like maybe a gas station off The Highway, or casinos devoid of anything interesting beyond buckets to sink your money into.
And that's what it comes down to I think. While London (I can't speak for Berlin and Tel-Aviv, I've never been) may be a big city, it's far from interesting at 3am. Hell, in most areas it stops being interesting around midnight or 1am, when most pubs close. You'll have a hard time finding anything that's more interesting than a seedy chicken shop at that point.
That the only public transport available 24/7 are buses, most of departs perhaps once an hour, probably doesn't help making a city active 24/7.
On the other hand, in London you'll see bankers having a large pint at 8am. So I guess there's that.
- beagle3 10y agoWhen I used to frequent London (which would be 15-10 years ago), there was stuff to do at 3am, clubs, etc. It wasn't everywhere, but you didn't have to look hard. The tube stops running at some point, but the buses take over and are actually useful. When I lived in NYC, it was the basically the same. Most subways switch to 1/hr after midnight, most parts of the city are sleeping. Union Square wasn't interesting at 3am, neither was Madison Square Park or anywhere around Central Park. There's stuff in SoHo/Tribeca, but not that much. At least that was my experience.
- evanelias 10y agoNo NYC subway lines drop to 1/hr late night. Some lines stop running entirely, and others switch to making local stops, but the scheduled late-night headway is 20 minutes between trains [1] on all lines that run at night. It's been that way the whole time I've lived here (a decade) at least, probably longer. Obviously this can be affected by track maintenance, police activity, etc but that's not the norm. Other rapid transit systems in the area are a bit worse, but still not 1/hr. PATH late-night headway is 35 minutes; Staten Island Railroad's is 30 minutes. The commuter rail systems (LIRR, MetroNorth, NJ Transit) may indeed drop to 1/hr or worse per line, but that makes more sense for heavy rail. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_services#Train_frequency_charts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_s...
- Nav_Panel 10y agoOne big exception: NYC bus routes go down to 1 per hour between 1 and 5 AM in many cases.
- notauser 10y ago3 tube lines (soon 5) are running an all-night service on Friday and Saturday nights. https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-are-doing/night-tube https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-are-do... They can't do it all week because of maintenance requirements - but London is pretty compact if you need to walk or take a taxi.