Standing in front of a famous landmark with thousands of other tourists all holding selfie sticks feels like being at a concert for mediocrity.

A closer look

Tourist hotspots are less about the landmarks and more about the sea of people crowding around them, phones lifted high like digital torches. Standing shoulder to shoulder, everyone tries to capture the same photo—slightly tilted smiles, slightly different filters, and yet somehow all identical. It feels like attending a silent concert where the star performer is a building that hasn’t moved for centuries. The real spectacle isn’t the monument itself, but the surreal realization that the world’s wonders are now backdrops for identical Instagram grids and awkward selfie-stick choreography.