"Flaneurs (strollers or saunterers) don't have any practical goals in mind, aren't walking to get something, or to go somewhere. What flaneurs are doing is looking. Opening their eyes and ears to the scene around them, wondering about the lives of those they pass, constructing narratives about the houses, eavesdropping on conversations, studying how people dress and street life in general. Flaneurs relish what they discern and discover."
- Alan Fletcher, from 'The art of looking sideways'