It is not a good time for the price of electricity, but there are cities that do not seem to care too much as long as the streets are decorated and illuminated for the occasion. How much energy is used in Europe? We know!
Inspired by the Christmas spirit, the experts at Uswitch.com/gas-electricity reveal to us in a study which are the European cities that are most obsessed with Christmas lights.
After investigating the light increase for each location during the months of October and December 2020, using satellite data from the Nighttime Lights Dataset NASA Black Marble (VNP46A2), extracted the increase in illumination of 46 cities in Europe . This is the result…
THE MOST ILLUMINATED CITIES
The most illuminated city at Christmas is Milan. If we compare its data from October to December, we can see that the increase is significant since it grows by 69.25%. Although, during the rest of the year it has a lower average than other cities, such as, Athens that throughout the year has an electricity cost of 108,021.
Behind Milan, we find Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, with a huge increase of 69.14%. In third place is the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, with an increase in energy consumption of 67.57% during the Christmas period. Even with the city's energy use increasing for the holiday season, Ljubljana's average brightness in October is among the lowest in Europe.
The city of Stockholm, famous for its gingerbread and the glögg drink, experiences an increase of 49.33% during the month of December, although it already turns on the lights in November when more than 40 streets and squares around the city center are lit up with a million LED lights . While in Oslo energy consumption also increases exponentially in December, with 48.53% more than other non-holiday nights of the year. It is normal considering the amount of activities that take place in the city.
The financial center of Germany, Frankfurt , dotted with towering skyscrapers, is also home to the annual Christmas Garden Frankfurt. The German city lights up the Deutsche Bank Park between mid-November and early January, increasing its output of light energy by 42.37%. The illumination continues at the Frankfurt Christmas Market, one of the oldest German Christmas festivals, dating back to the late 14th century, and a sight not to be missed.
The case of Amsterdam is curious, whose city council had recent plans to reduce Christmas lighting, and even so the growth is 40.73%.
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For its part, Athens grows with 33.65% during the festive season, despite the fact that Christmas is not as important an event as it is in other European countries. In fact, with 108.01 nanowatts of light, it generates the most light energy in December of all the top 10 European cities.
At the bottom of the table we find Andorra la Vella with an increase of 32.52% in lighting in December. Interestingly, the city produces the least amount of light energy in both October (6.04) and December (8.01) compared to all other cities in the top 10. It is logical to think that Andorra lives from trade and tourism, the greater the light, the greater the attraction of people.
The map of Christmas lights in Europe.
THE LEAST ILLUMINATED CITIES
maybe christmas in Luxembourg be more restrained, but what is clear is that It is the most efficient in all of Europe. . Its spending on electricity is minimal compared to Milan, in fact it decreased by 9.58% from October to December.
follow him hamburg , possibly this generates more energy in the Oktoberfest celebration, and Bratislava , which even with the Christmas markets and illuminated outdoor ice skating held in Hviezdoslav Square, which uses slightly less (-1.15%) light energy in December compared to October.
For its part, Vienna uses low consumption LED lighting, hence its data. It is surprising to see London and Paris in this ranking . Despite London's widespread lighting, the city only expends 5.09% more light energy in December than in October. While Paris lights up only 7.54% more in December than the rest of the months.