hong kong is pretty amazing at night too--altho i think i would have to vote paris or rome for beauty....but for sheer lights...hong kong- especially from victoria peak...

Give me a sidewalk cafe and a glass of Gruner Veltliner in Vienna during May.

Au Quai all you Paris at Night lovers. I love Paris but tell me where in Paris I can sit at night and be mesmerized - there are few if any places in Paris not within earshot of boisterous traffic-plagued roads, with ubiquitous boisterous mopeds always disrupting the tranquility. In Venice or Amsterdam I can sit without any such noise pollution and be dazzled by the canals. Tell me, where in Paris should I sit and be dazzled by the city in relative silence! Even along the Seine there is a busy near-freeway, the one Princess Di died on.

Tough question. I think Venice on Christmas Eve with a snowfall was the most beautiful cityscape I ever experienced - I wanted to melt into the pavement and cry it was so lovely. Apart from that, I would have to say Paris because it illuminates itself so beautifully and has arranged itself so nicely along the banks of the Seine. But I do remember thinking Prague was gorgoeus (this was in 1983, before the fall of the wall, etc.) and would look incredible illuminated at night.

Hong Kong was it for me. Our room at the REgent had huge windows right out to the water and I thought I'd never go to bed. I pulled up a chair and spend almost every night just staring at the activity and the lights across the harbor.

Yea, hard to beat Paris otherwise.

Chicago is big-time, jaw-dropping, magnificent, a string of jewels alongside the lake and diamonds spread like a giant spider's web as far as the eye can see.

Standing on the Charles Bridge at night in Prague is beautiful and romantic. Florence from Fiesole and I have to agree with jsmith, DC is awe inspiring.

A nighttime gondola ride from the Rialto followed by dueling orchestras in San Marcos Plaza... Venice, hands down.

Venice,a boat ride through canals.

London, a stroll on Hungerford
footbridge,then to Thamas Path.

Kyoto, a walk in Giorg area.

Prague, with the Charles Bridge, the Castle and Petrin Hill!!!

Prague.

Prague, Edinburgh, Venice.

Paris? Naah.