Milan is a generally bustling large city - none of the bucolic slowness that one can find in the smaller towns like Padova, Bologna, Pisa and Firenze. The large piazza that fronts the majestic Duomo, museum, and the Galleria is a consistent flow of people no matter what the time of day. Large Taxi stand on the one side, a huge monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in the middle and a very large space to stroll, meet up with others or just stroll.