Indeed, one of the reasons I love living in Europe! It's wonderful to be able to walk around a city.
Perhaps lack of planning is what initially enabled artery-like evolution of streets?
Perhaps lack of planning is what initially enabled artery-like evolution of streets?
A Berliner arrives at the Bern train station, and wants to get a haircut and shave. "Make it snappy, I have a transfer to catch," he tells the local barber. "All right sir, of course we can do that, but may I please ask the gnädige Herr ... what is your blood type?"
The Berner would agree with the Geordies that "a gentleman will walk but never run."
AFAIK it's common with students coming to Europe from more car-centric areas, and the reason why Europeans used to be skinny even when relying on fat diets (this is rapidly changing thanks to the standardization of city planning and diets, from what I can guess from obesity graphs)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-29/the-commu...
"From ancient Rome to modern Atlanta, the shape of cities has been defined by the technologies that allow commuters to get to work in about 30 minutes."