Golden hour is not only in late afternoon. Golden hour is also during the sunrise. Currently it's freezing winter in Poland, and there is a lot of smog from coalburning heating stoves in the city, especially on quiet mornings. It diffuses the light of the sun to a large extent.
Here's Wesoła Street in Kielce, a very seedy part of downtown. There's an interesting design of the ground facade of some night club.
A view of the St. Albert Church from Wesoła Street
Ahhh, under the smoky sky... Heavy, heavy smog in the mornin'