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Cultural Moment

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.

Parameters

city required

City name (e.g. oslo, paris, tokyo)

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/mashup/cultural/moment?city=paris"

Live Response 

{
  "artwork_of_the_moment": {
    "artist": "Judy Fiskin\nAmerican, born 1945",
    "date": "2001",
    "department": "Contemporary Art",
    "id": 252012,
    "image_url": "https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a246c1b5-77cb-f1f3-7cd0-0a4ee4665788/full/843,/0/default.jpg",
    "medium": "Single-channel video, color, sound; 3 min. 22 sec.",
    "title": "What We Think About When We Think About Ships"
  },
  "city": "paris",
  "country": "FR",
  "elevation": {
    "dataset": "srtm90m",
    "elevation": 44.0,
    "latitude": 48.8566,
    "longitude": 2.3522
  },
  "generated_at": "2026-06-26T14:03:46.891759Z",
  "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": "warm",
  "poem_of_the_moment": {
    "author": "Percy Bysshe Shelley",
    "line_count": "9",
    "lines": [
      "FROM THE GREEK.",
      "",
      "A man who was about to hang himself,",
      "Finding a purse, then threw away his rope;",
      "The owner, coming to reclaim his pelf,",
      "The halter found; and used it. So is Hope",
      "Changed for Despair--one laid upon the shelf,",
      "We take the other. Under Heaven's high cope",
      "Fortune is God--all you endure and do",
      "Depends on circumstance as much as you."
    ],
    "title": "Circumstance"
  },
  "success": true,
  "sun": {
    "astronomical_twilight_begin": "1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00",
    "astronomical_twilight_end": "1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00",
    "civil_twilight_begin": "2026-06-26T03:06:08+00:00",
    "civil_twilight_end": "2026-06-26T20:40:50+00:00",
    "day_length": 58422,
    "nautical_twilight_begin": "2026-06-26T02:05:42+00:00",
    "nautical_twilight_end": "2026-06-26T21:41:16+00:00",
    "solar_noon": "2026-06-26T11:53:29+00:00",
    "sunrise": "2026-06-26T03:46:38+00:00",
    "sunset": "2026-06-26T20:00:20+00:00"
  },
  "weather": {
    "humidity": 27,
    "temperature_c": 34.9,
    "wind_speed_kmh": 11.0
  }
}
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