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Old Oct 4th, 2010, 01:34 PM
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Missed the Nuit Blanche again?

Not to worry -- I went to see some of it myself again and made my usual photo report. Some of you should really schedule your trips not to miss it, especially you return visitors who are becoming jaded with the same old stuff.

Here is what I saw Saturday night: http://tinyurl.com/29bonmm
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Thanks for sharing, it looks amazing and certainly different from the usual tourist sights.

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Was there transportation at night? I think the events are all through the night, aren't they?
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I was there for Nuit Blanche a couple years ago, but didn't go to any of the things as they weren't convenient to where I wanted to be. Some weren't of any interest to me, either, some are really arcane or avant garde stuff you have to be interested in. Your photos are good, though, you do a good job getting a sense of place.

The metro is open later than usual, until about 2 as I recall. There there is some limited opening of certain lines between 2 and 5 which are free.
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Old Oct 5th, 2010, 10:12 AM
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This year line 14 (the totally automatic line) ran all night and line 9 ran all night for a certain number of stations.

In any case, on Saturday night (when the Nuit Blanche takes place), the metro runs until past 2 a.m. on all of the lines.

(The Nuit Blanche itself continues until 7 a.m. for most of the installations.)
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Kerouac suggests <i>"Some of you should really schedule your trips not to miss it..."</i> and another reason would be it usually coincides with "Free Museum Sunday."

This worked out well for us last year, altho we were too weary to see much of the late night adventures.
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Old Oct 5th, 2010, 11:19 AM
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It's true that it seems to be scheduled for the first Saturday in October, so it would almost always be followed by "free museum Sunday". Nevertheless, I would recommend the Nuit Blanche as the more important event, because all of the presentations are unique (if not always comprehensible).
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