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Strolling is walking along or through at a leisurely pace. Strolling is a pastime and activity enjoyed worldwide as a leisure activity. 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.
Before the American Revolution, a stroller was the British word for a vagabond. (2025). 9780670025121, Viking. ISBN 9780670025121
The noun stroll came from the verb in 1814. The term "stroller" was coined in the 1920s as a "child’s push-chair". The modern-day usage of the word "stroll" does not differ greatly from its older derivatives.
Researchers investigating the cognitive benefits to exercise have also concluded that strolling results in no significant gains to cognitive health as people age. 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.Butler, R., Foreete, F., and Greengross, B.S. (2004) Maintaining Cognitive Health in an Aging Society. The Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. Vol 124 No3. 119-121.
Other researchers at the Mayo Clinic posit that all activity that is not sleeping, eating, or sports activity still contributes to overall health. This has been named "Non-exercise activity thermogenesis" (NEAT) and includes everything from strolling to fidgeting in the analysis of energy consumption. Utilizing NEAT research has generated many ideas about social design of offices, schools, and living spaces to promote any physical activity, such as removing places to sit to promote standing and pacing.James A. Levine, Mark W. Vander Weg, James O. Hill, Robert C. Klesges. (2006) Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis The Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon of Societal Weight Gain. Arterioscler Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 26:729-736. The body operates at a more balanced level when strolling. The heart beat is more balanced. The blood pressure is well balanced.
The similar, and widespread custom in Italy for an evening walk is called la passeggiata.
Strolling or walking (Russian language: гулять, gulyat
The 19th-century Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky described St. Petersburg as the center of urban strolling in that country, by contrast with Moscow. Rural strolls have long been a staple of Russian fiction and songs; Tchaikovsky composed a musical accompaniment to the Nikolay Grekov poem “We haven’t long to stroll”.
(2025). 9780876044827, A.R.E Press. ISBN 9780876044827
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