Europe’s best walking cities: Seven wonders of the wandering world
by Chris Moss from World news | The Guardian on (#5QEHY)
From atmospheric Berlin to Joyce's Trieste, via Marseille's markets and a wellbeing walk in Copenhagen, city strolls reward the curious rambler
The art of flaneur-ing might be French and its most famous practitioners Parisians, but other European cultures have walking traditions, from the Italian passeggiata and Spanish paseo - social promenades to take the air as dusk falls - to German wanderlust: hiking with desire. Nothing opens up a city like a long ramble on foot. It's the only way to make a place your own and unearth discoveries not listed in guidebooks or apps.
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