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The Anti-Awards

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 54k · 634 venues mapped

Bridgend

Where Bridgend places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 107 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Barry 24 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 239 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Come for everything else Bridgend does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink634 places mapped
11:30–23:00
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13%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands237 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Services109 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
14%
open on Sundays
41h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
191
umbrella days a year
49.1 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
746.4 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:08
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,718
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBridgend RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 12.6% 174 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Omaha 12.7%🇯🇵 Sapporo 12.7%🇵🇹 Almada 12.6%🇺🇸 Atlanta 12.6%Bridgend🇳🇱 Hoofddorp 12.6%🇺🇸 Jacksonville 12.6%🇮🇹 Livorno 12.6%🇪🇸 Motril 12.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Alessandria 63 h🇧🇷 Aracaju 63 h🇯🇵 Asahikawa 63 h🇬🇧 Ashford 63 hBridgend🇲🇽 Cabo San Lucas 63 h🇲🇽 Cholula 63 h🇳🇿 Christchurch 63 h🇮🇪 Cork 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 8.1% 391 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Cardiff 8.2%🇬🇧 Elland 8.2%🇬🇧 Newport 8.2%🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte 8.1%Bridgend🇯🇵 Ise 8.1%🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg 8.1%🇩🇪 Aalen 8%🇬🇭 Accra 8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 4.4% 340 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Royal Tunbridge Wells 4.5%🇻🇳 Thái Nguyên 4.5%🇯🇵 Asahikawa 4.4%🇬🇧 Barnsley 4.4%Bridgend🇺🇸 Fredericksburg 4.4%🇯🇵 Hino 4.4%🇨🇴 Santa Marta 4.4%🇺🇸 Thousand Oaks 4.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.7% 194 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Wakefield 3.8%🇺🇸 Yuma 3.8%🇲🇽 Zapopan 3.8%🇷🇺 Azov 3.7%Bridgend🇰🇷 Cheongju-si 3.7%🇺🇸 Fresno 3.7%🇯🇵 Hiroshima 3.7%🇵🇪 Lima 3.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 88.9% 107 of 1,704 🇸🇪 Umeå 89.1%🇧🇷 Arujá 89%🇺🇸 Grand Rapids 89%🇨🇴 Bogota 88.9%Bridgend🇺🇦 Chernihiv 88.9%🇺🇸 Gainesville 88.9%🇷🇴 Sibiu 88.9%🇿🇦 Somerset West 88.9%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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