I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps And find I'm a number one, top of the list ...[1]
List of other cities
Although New York City is the most prominently recognized city termed "The City That Never Sleeps",[2][3] and the
city's subway system never closes,[4]
the term has been applied to other cities. Below is a list of cities that have also been called "the city that never sleeps":[5][4]
In many "24-hour" cities, plenty of eateries are open until 3 am, some clubs are open until 6 am,[3] and bars close at 2 am[4] or a few hours later.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, many 24-hour and late-night establishments began closing earlier. Coffee shops in
lower Manhattan, in particular, began to close at 9:30 pm, whereas before the pandemic they had frequently closed at 12:30 am.[34]
The people who make use of these facilities, studies have found, are nevertheless affected by
sunrise and
sunset.[35][36]
In other words: "that most humans aren’t as influenced by Earth’s light-dark cycle as we used to be" is not fully supported; there is an observed annual shift for "a stretch of three or four months" and "then, the process reversed direction".[37]
I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps And find I'm a number one, top of the list ...[1]
List of other cities
Although New York City is the most prominently recognized city termed "The City That Never Sleeps",[2][3] and the
city's subway system never closes,[4]
the term has been applied to other cities. Below is a list of cities that have also been called "the city that never sleeps":[5][4]
In many "24-hour" cities, plenty of eateries are open until 3 am, some clubs are open until 6 am,[3] and bars close at 2 am[4] or a few hours later.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, many 24-hour and late-night establishments began closing earlier. Coffee shops in
lower Manhattan, in particular, began to close at 9:30 pm, whereas before the pandemic they had frequently closed at 12:30 am.[34]
The people who make use of these facilities, studies have found, are nevertheless affected by
sunrise and
sunset.[35][36]
In other words: "that most humans aren’t as influenced by Earth’s light-dark cycle as we used to be" is not fully supported; there is an observed annual shift for "a stretch of three or four months" and "then, the process reversed direction".[37]