Exploring a new city at night is always fascinating. The same road you wandered down in the morning often looks significantly different in the evening, and most of the time much more beautiful when lit up. Take a look at some of the most stunning cities at night in pictures. Plus, our backpacker community on Facebook also sent in some travel photos of their favourite cities at night. Check them out…
PARIS
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” Ernest Hemingway
BERLIN
‘Berlin, the greatest cultural extravaganza that one could imagine.’ David Bowie
BRUGES
“It’s a fairytale town, isn’t it? How’s a fairytale town not somebody’s fu***** thing? How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful fu*****fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody’s fucking thing, eh?" In Bruges, 2008, the movie
LONDON
‘In London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.’ Paddington Bear
“The view of Edinburgh from the road before you enter Leith is quite enchanting: it is, as Albert said, fairy-like and what you would only imagine as a thing to dream of, or to see in a picture.” Queen Victoria
LISBON
'People don't take trips… trips take people.' John Steinbeck
BARCELONA
"Barcelona is one of the best cities in the world. I love it there." Meghan Markle
PRAGUE
"Eastern Europe has been really trendy. Prague is the best-preserved city in the region…and the best beer in Europe lands on your table there for 50 cents." Rick Steves