A city earns its nightlife reputation by what happens when most people are heading home. Music thumping from below street level, food spots still serving long after midnight, and streets that feel ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa welcomes the arrival of foreign tourists at the Gold Coast Bengkong Ferry Terminal in Batam, Riau Islands, on Thursday (Jan. 1, 2026). /ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty.

On a chilly Friday night in early October, a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd thronged around the stage at Lucinda’s in Manhattan’s East Village. It was the bar’s weekly “countryoke” show: A four-piece band ...

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