As the name suggests, nightlife is any form of after-dark entertainment. Normally, this extends to bars and clubs, but can also include pubs, live music venues, concerts, cabarets, theaters and cinemas, and even restaurants. Usually, nightlife gets going around 8 or 9 p.m., hits its peak after midnight and then, depending on where you live, peters out around 2 or 3 a.m.. That said, hardcore partiers will rave well into the wee hours of the morning when most of the rest of the world heads off to work.

It’s worth mentioning that nightlife extends to red-light districts. And while this normally encompasses adult entertainment venues such as strip clubs, it can extend to other facets of the sex industry, such as adult theaters, sex shops and prostitution.