WHY?
Elderly British tourists like to visit Malta to walk by historic buildings, enjoying the sun. The locals tend to go to bed early, but offshore casinos working with call centres here will help those still awake around the world through the long night.
WHAT?
The Battery. Gun salutes are fired every day at noon. An old tradition that used to welcome ships, now photographed with mobile phones. Malta has one of the highest concentration of people per square km in the world.