Hi,
My name is Uri Noy. I'm a years old family man, I work in the software industry, and I always liked to walk a lot and to explore places, to know the map and to visit it.
I walk daily on my way back from work as my excercise routine, and I use the stairs instead of elevators where possible. I do long walks during weekends, usually on a route that roughy follows the circumference of the city where I live. I usually walk up to 11 miles, but walked up to 20 miles (32km) in one hike. And I also enjoy urban hiking when I travel to interesting cities in other states and countries worldwide.
I sometimes do urban hiking with friends or family, but mostly I walk alone, in my individual natural pace.
My wonderful wife is the more athletic of us, she prefers more intensive sports than long walks. When we're abroad together, I usually do my urban hiking while she goes shopping, taking a break to eat together. It makes shopping much better for both of us, a time well spent. When I walk alone, I usually listen to audio books or audio courses, mostly history, fiction, science fiction.
I thought of this website for a long time, until one rainy weekend in January 2023 I finally stayed at home and started writing it.
Thank you for visiting urban-hiking.net, tell your friends about it.
Uri Noy
E-mail: uri@urban-hiking.net