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Eat, don’t sleep
A culinary tour of stalls, stop-ins and restaurants best enjoyed during the small hours.
Fly by night
Monocle mascot Monochan is the ultimate night owl. Join him as he flies around the world, sharing wisdom from the skies, from developing night-time infrastructure to tips on the world's best bars.
Global gathering
Before you take a closer look at the make-up of our tenth annual Quality of Life Survey, examine the final rankings (and, of course, let us know if you dispute them).
Top 25 liveable cities
In our annual Quality of Life survey, we assess cities by their daytime attributes and their nightly traits. Read on to discover our nocturnal metrics and find out where your city ranks.
Willing and able
We meet the volunteer firefighters in Tokyo, coastguards in Stockholm and medical workers in Jerusalem who provide their enthusiastic and expert services for the common good, keeping their fellow citizens safe.
Nightlife expo
We discover what goes down after sunset in Thessaloniki, Tokyo and Beirut.
Mix it up
Merging retail and residential can have a positive effect on a community. We visit Denmark and Japan to marvel at multitasking buildings that owe their success to their synergy.
Signs of the times
Our favourite city design details, from hanging lamps in Copenhagen to neon signs in Warsaw.
Food
This month’s culinary spree includes a Tokyo carpenter-turned-roaster, a French grocer with a literary history and a Japanese deli backed by a fashion label. It’s a world of creative crossovers.
Food
We sample seafood at a one-time grocery store and try mezze at a former 1950s beauty salon that’s now a Turkish taverna. We also wet our whistle with some lively Italian aperitivos.
