Santiago-Iglesias, EnriqueRomanillos, GustavoCarpio-Pinedo, JoseSun, WenzheGarcía-Palomares, Juan CarlosRomanillos Arroyo, GustavoCarpio Pinedo, JoséGarcía Palomares, Juan Carlos2025-05-282025-05-282024-06-14Santiago-Iglesias, E., Romanillos, G., Carpio-Pinedo, J., Sun, W., & García-Palomares, J. C. (2024). Recovering urban nightlife: COVID-19 insights from Google Places activity trends in Madrid. Journal of Maps, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.237192710.1080/17445647.2024.2371927https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120535Nightlife in urban areas is gaining interest due to its role as a stimulus of the local economy, tourism, safety, and public services. However, most studies analyse nighttime activity from a qualitative perspective and at a general urban scale, without going into a detailed spatial analysis. In this paper, we have used the spatio-temporal details of Google Places data, and the activity trends at a variety of facilities that provide Google Popular Times. We studied and mapped the recovery of nighttime activity in the city of Madrid after the pandemic restrictions. The results reveal that there was a significant decrease of over 80% in the activity levels of open premises, which also led to a decrease in their average occupancy rate. These reductions were particularly noticeable in the city center and during the late-night hours.engAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/journal articlehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2024.2371927https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2371927open access004.6-022.59004.738.5Urban NightlifeSpatio-temporal analysisLocation-based big dataPoints of Interest (POIs)Google Popular TimesGeografía humanaSistemas de información geográficaGeografía económica5401.02 Geografía de las Actividades54 Geografía