World of Art Global Vintage London Underground 'Brightest London is Reached by Underground', 1924, Horace Taylor, Reproduction 200gsm A3 Vintage Travel Poster

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From a list of cities by sunshine duration, the annual number of sunlight hours for each city was taken and divided by 365 to reveal the average daily number of sunlight hours. Courgette with basil and burrata curds turns out to be a breathtaking, pond-like puddle of cold courgette soup with balm-like milky swirlings. Kermit-coloured gazpacho, if you will. Delicious, and I’m generally strictly against the concept of cold soup and have doubled down on this ever since Sid Owen from EastEnders served a gazpacho on Celebrity MasterChef that was cold plum tomatoes with chopped red onion served at the temperature of street vomit. At Bright, I found a new way of looking at things. It is fascinating to see how design has changed over the last 150 years – we have many engineers who are passionate about design, maybe Poster Art 150 has given them some new ideas,” said Steve Scrimshaw, Siemens Rail Systems UK Managing Director. Although Moscow only gets five hours of daylight on average, the city is lit by masses of man-made light. With a light pollution level of just over 20mcd/m², it is the highest on our list in this category. The Middle Eastern city faces long, hot and bright summers, contrasting the short winter season. Averaging over eight hours of sunlight per day, Riyadh is naturally one of the brightest cities on the planet.

You can see plenty more posters, plus vintage maps and photos, on London Transport Museum's online collection. Does your fave not feature in this article? Let us know in the comments. An original poster depicting people dining at a restaurant. One of a series of four posters by Virginie Morgand celebrating the very best of London after dark. The artist uses hand drawn shapes and bright colours to create a vibrant image full of life and energy. Luxembourg’s capital gets on average just under five hours of sunlight per day - a result of short winter days. The natural brightness level is astonishingly low at 3.5, showing how little daylight falls on Luxembourg. Botogá’s light pollution level is just under 3mcd/m², placing it towards the bottom of the ranking. It also has one of the lowest levels of artificial brightness at just under 3,000μcd/m². Buenos Aires gets just under seven hours of sunlight per day on average and has the fourth-highest natural light pollution level.This organized Observing Guide is designed to provide key information for planning observing sessions of Solar System Objects Washington D. C, ranks in third place - averaging at almost seven hours of sunlight per day the city is naturally luminous. The brightest city in the world is Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. The country’s brightest and most populated city is located in the middle of the An Nafud desert - an open sandy plane covering 103,600km². London is an unlikely contender for the brightest city in the world, with England so often associated with gloomy skies, rain and short summers.

However, Saudi Arabia tops the list - since it was largely an open desert until the recent growth of urban cities, it receives unmatched levels of sunlight. During the rest of the year, the 75,000 streetlights around D.C. keep the city bright. Washington D.C.’s light pollution level is nearly 18mcd/m², the third-highest of the world’s capital cities! However, it’s not all dark across the country. Barranquilla in the north of Colombia averages seven hours of sunlight per day, while near the southern hemisphere in Bogotá the figure is just over 3.5 hours. A list of 50 capital cities across all continents of the world was taken and Lightpolutionmap.com revealed the light pollution level and artificial brightness level of each city. Iceland also has some of the lowest levels of artificial light, likely a result of its low population and natural desert landscape. Reykjavík’s artificial brightness score is just over 4,000μcd/m².

Underground — the way for all by Alfred France, 1911

In comparison, over 12% of Saudi Arabia’s population faced the same fate while the figure is over 14% for Russia. Another unfussy design that gets to the point. Inspired by Edward Johnston's famous 'Underground: Proportions of Standard Bullseye' design'? Surely. London’s light pollution level is just over 11, yet its light festivals secure its place in the world’s top five brightest. If you’ve heard of the famous ‘midnight sun’ season where days can last up to 22 hours and the sun never fully sets, you might be surprised to see Reykjavík so far down the list.