GET /mashup/cultural/moment
Generate a unique cultural snapshot for any city: combines current weather, a random museum artwork, a random classic poem, elevation data, light pollution levels, and sunrise/sunset times into an atmospheric moment. Perfect for creative apps, daily inspiration features, and cultural tourism tools.
city
required
City name (e.g. oslo, paris, tokyo)
| Name | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
city |
Yes | - | City name (e.g. oslo, paris, tokyo) |
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/mashup/cultural/moment?city=paris"
{
"artwork_of_the_moment": {
"artist": "Iran\npossibly Shiraz",
"date": "Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), mid–15th century",
"department": "Arts of Asia",
"id": 70593,
"image_url": "https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/85309ed9-b889-16fb-2fc7-57f1c97c3820/full/843,/0/default.jpg",
"medium": "Opaque watercolor and gold on paper",
"title": "Garden Scene"
},
"city": "paris",
"country": "FR",
"elevation": {
"dataset": "srtm90m",
"elevation": 44.0,
"latitude": 48.8566,
"longitude": 2.3522
},
"generated_at": "2026-04-09T08:54:31.215977Z",
"light_pollution": {
"aurora_suitability": "poor",
"bortle_class": 9,
"bortle_description": "Inner-city sky. Only the moon, planets, and a few bright stars visible.",
"disclaimer": "This is an estimate based on nearby population density, not satellite measurements. Actual light pollution may vary due to terrain, local lighting, and atmospheric conditions.",
"latitude": 48.8566,
"longitude": 2.3522,
"methodology": "Bortle class estimated from weighted population within 100km. Closer cities contribute more. Accurate for major cities and remote areas; less precise for suburbs and small towns.",
"naked_eye_stars": "<20",
"nearby_population": {
"nearby_cities": [
{
"country": "",
"distance_km": 0.0,
"name": "nearby city",
"population": 11000000
}
],
"nearest_city": "nearby city",
"nearest_distance_km": 0.0,
"total_population": 11000000,
"weighted_population": 11000000
},
"recommendations": [
"Drive 30-60 minutes away from the city for significantly darker skies",
"Urban light pollution makes stargazing very difficult from this location"
],
"sky_quality": "very_bad",
"sqm_estimate": 17.0
},
"mood": "pleasant",
"poem_of_the_moment": {
"author": "Walt Whitman",
"line_count": "40",
"lines": [
"THESE, I, singing in spring, collect for lovers,",
"(For who but I should understand lovers, and all their sorrow and joy?",
"And who but I should be the poet of comrades?)",
"Collecting, I traverse the garden, the world—but soon I pass the gates,",
"Now along the pond-side—now wading in a little, fearing not the wet,",
"Now by the post-and-rail fences, where the old stones thrown there, pick’d from the",
" fields,",
" have accumulated,",
"(Wild-flowers and vines and weeds come up through the stones, and partly cover",
" them—Beyond",
" these I pass,)",
"Far, far in the forest, before I think where I go,",
"Solitary, smelling the earthy smell, stopping now and then in the silence,",
"Alone I had thought—yet soon a troop gathers around me,",
"Some walk by my side, and some behind, and some embrace my arms or neck,",
"They, the spirits of dear friends, dead or alive—thicker they come, a great crowd,",
" and I",
" in the",
" middle,",
"Collecting, dispensing, singing in spring, there I wander with them,",
"Plucking something for tokens—tossing toward whoever is near me;",
"Here! lilac, with a branch of pine,",
"Here, out of my pocket, some moss which I pull’d off a live-oak in Florida, as it",
" hung",
" trailing",
" down,",
"Here, some pinks and laurel leaves, and a handful of sage,",
"And here what I now draw from the water, wading in the pondside,",
"(O here I last saw him that tenderly loves me—and returns again, never to separate",
" from",
" me,",
"And this, O this shall henceforth be the token of comrades—this Calamus-root shall,",
"Interchange it, youths, with each other! Let none render it back!)",
"And twigs of maple, and a bunch of wild orange, and chestnut,",
"And stems of currants, and plum-blows, and the aromatic cedar:",
"These, I, compass’d around by a thick cloud of spirits,",
"Wandering, point to, or touch as I pass, or throw them loosely from me,",
"Indicating to each one what he shall have—giving something to each;",
"But what I drew from the water by the pond-side, that I reserve,",
"I will give of it—but only to them that love, as I myself am capable of loving."
],
"title": "These, I, Singing in Spring."
},
"success": true,
"sun": {
"astronomical_twilight_begin": "2026-04-09T03:16:26+00:00",
"astronomical_twilight_end": "2026-04-09T20:27:53+00:00",
"civil_twilight_begin": "2026-04-09T04:38:46+00:00",
"civil_twilight_end": "2026-04-09T19:05:33+00:00",
"day_length": 48287,
"nautical_twilight_begin": "2026-04-09T03:59:09+00:00",
"nautical_twilight_end": "2026-04-09T19:45:10+00:00",
"solar_noon": "2026-04-09T11:52:10+00:00",
"sunrise": "2026-04-09T05:09:46+00:00",
"sunset": "2026-04-09T18:34:33+00:00"
},
"weather": {
"humidity": 68,
"temperature_c": 17.2,
"wind_speed_kmh": 2.3
}
}