Lighting up our parks at night

Dozens of green spaces are to be better lit in a bid to make the city feel safer

The red glow of the street lights in Zuidhoek, the Netherlands. Pic: Philips

The red glow on the pavement seems odd at first to the human eye.

For first-time visitors to Zuidhoek in the Netherlands it comes as a surprise, but for residents it has always been this way. When the idea of building dozens of homes here was first mooted more than 10 years ago, …