keep the streets empty for me

one of the best things about running very early is that you get the city all to yourself. minus the few random people you come across every now and then, the streets are pretty much empty, which gives the opportunity to experience the normally crowded public spaces in a whole new way -- alone.


running across the empty charles bridge in prague in a summer morning has to be one of the most beautiful experiences i have had through morning runs; close may come sunrise in kensington gardens in london or the empty banks of danube in budapest. running in places where you during the day  couldn't -- city centers, popular routes, tourist attractions, that kind of things -- gives a very particular feeling; it is almost as if that place, so well-known to people and used by so many, exists then only for you. it also gives you a possibility to create a much more deeper relationship with that location; and when you for some reason or another visit it during the day, when it's dressed in its normal layer of people and action, you know that it is not all there is and you almost feel a sense of mutual secret.