(via) Most urban-focused time-lapse videos are bereft of any flavour of humanity, focusing instead on a city’s architecture, traffic, complimentary natural elements, and how it all looks through the artificially accelerated passage of time. This new and rather stunning one detailing Vancouver – mostly at night – comes from photographer Joel Schat. Though it exudes said soullessness, it’s just too pretty to be subject to such considerations (just ask the Economist Intelligence Unit). It tells us that we live in a lovely, farsighted place serenaded by synthesizers and drum machines, a city made for the evenings at a distance and the people who can afford it. And just for a few, fleeting minutes, that’s OK.