And to make things worse - it will be dark outside most time.

But as you´re talking about the landing - sorry to disappoint you - most landings will be from east to west and I can´t remember anything spectacular during my approaches.

Takeoff is a little bit better - if you´re lucky (no clouds) you might have a look over the city by sitting on the left side but it is of course not as cool as a landing from west to east might be. These are rare as winds from the east are very uncommon in these region.