Strolling

The object of strolling is to walk at a slightly slower pace in an attempt to absorb the surroundings.

Works featuring the flâneur, French for a “strolling urban observer”, have appeared in European and American literature since the late 18th century.

Brisk walking and other everyday activities, such as house work or gardening, have demonstrated significant benefits to prevention of cognitive decline as the population ages.

This has been named "Non-exercise activity thermogenesis" (NEAT) and includes everything from strolling to fidgeting in the analysis of energy consumption.

The similar, and widespread custom in Italy for an evening walk is called la passeggiata.

[11][12] Besides the verb, the experience itself, which describes the time span of the walk, is called progulka (Russian: прогулка).

[14][15] The 19th-century Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky described St. Petersburg as the center of urban strolling in that country, by contrast with Moscow.