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A wonderful ragbag for alternative travelers and fans of creativity, especially urban art. On this platform you can find interesting reportages, detailed country or city maps and coverages on awesome artists. There is a whole section about interviews with unique people and their amazing work, as well about crazy events and interesting sustaining projects from all around the world. Meanwhile we have more than 275.000 photos in our archive and we try to preserve some of this creativity with our documentation. All respect to the artists! As well to all the numerous people involved in this non profit project. We do this voluntarily because we love it and we want to support the art scene in general and socio-cultural understanding between us on this planet. If you find any mistakes or missing information, just send us a message. We are creating, building and changing on this website all the time – but – of course! If there is free time…. we travel and explore!!!
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Germany / PainterEverybody in his or hers environment has annoying and stress-inducing people and everyone is determined to deal with these individuals in different strategies and in their own way, which sometimes makes life difficult. One ignores, the next argues, others react in sport. Jessica Marquardt aka Jay Gnomenfrau (=Gnome Woman) has discovered a very creative way of dealing with these so-called “Ass Angels” (=”Arschengel”) and turning that into her passion for painting. Art acts as a valve and serves as a personal exploration of one’s own emotions.
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Streetart / SwedenThere is a lot of construction going on in Gothenburg’s Olivedal district and large building complexes and bypasses are being built, especially in areas close to the Göta älv river. Along a construction area on Emigrantvägen road a long barrier wall to the building site has been set up and this space is declared an open graffiti wall. You can officially paint and spray there legally. New works are constantly being created here and graffiti jams are regularly organized. Check out the great pieces!
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Greece / History / StreetartThe abandoned Myloi train station is located in the Argolis region of the Peloponnese, not far from the city of Nafplio. It was opened around 1886 as part of the expansion of the Peloponnesian narrow-gauge railway network. With the progressive decline of regional rail traffic from the 1970s onwards, the station increasingly lost its importance and the operations were finally discontinued in the early 2000s. Since then, the site has been considered a “lost place”. Particularly striking are the stationary, partly heavily weathered carriages and locomotives that still stand on the tracks, also numerous graffiti cover the walls and parked vehicles.
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Portugal / StreetartOlhão is located in southern Portugal on the Algarve coast and has approximately 14.000 inhabitants. Worth seeing are the impressive 17th-century Baroque church, Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, and the replica of the historic fishing boat Caíque Bom Sucesso in the harbor, which undertook a legendary voyage from Portugal to Brazil in 1808. Urban art enthusiasts will also find plenty to enjoy, as the entire town is covered in graffiti, portraits and murals, especially by the fantastic artist DARIO SILVA aka SEN, who has almost single-handedly painted the streets with countless works and even a whole old church. This is why it is often nicknamed „SEN CITY“.
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Events / Germany / StreetartMoabit shows flag! With cool music, graffiti and creative standing together against racism and discrimination heaps of artists participated at the „Anti Racism Jam 2022“, which took place from March 25th to 27th around the „Center for Art and Urbanism“ (ZK/U). The event was organized by the 21ER GALLERY and magnificent works of art were created over the three days on the large concept wall and on the facades of the Union Sports Hall. Check out the huge collection with the fantastic graffiti artworks!
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Albania / Architecture / HistoryAfter we had left Tirana our first stop was the big city Durrës at the Adriatic coast of Central Albania. Durrës is the most important port city in the country and therefore an economic centre. In terms of population, Durrës is the second largest city in the country after the capital Tirana, 30 km away, and the official seat of the Qark of the same name. Durrës and Tirana together form a metropolitan region. We could find a lot of nice street art here, but the historic buildings from antiquity and the Middle Ages, mixed with modern architecture, are also quite astonishing.
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Germany / StreetartThe HEIMFELD HALL on Bostelbeker Deich in the Hamburg district of Harburg is the largest and most important Hall of Fame in Northern Germany, with almost 1,150 meters of wall facade. The space is curated by the GroßStadtRaum association, which also regularly organizes urban art events. Countless fantastic graffiti is constantly being created here, but the real standouts are the Kings‘ large concept walls like „Avengers“, „Poseidon“ or „Neptun“. We’ve created an extensive archive, which continously gets filled with photos of these awesome works.
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Serbia / StreetartIn Belgrade under the block of houses and parking lots between Bulevar Despota Stefana and Takovska streets is an underground area with various stores, hairdressers, restaurants, bars and a shooting range. The several corridors are decorated with great works of art, some of which date back to 2013 and are still there. Most of the works were created by the artist METOD and you can clearly see his preference for cult films and comics, whose heroes he often uses as his mural motifs.
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History / Italy / StreetartIn the mountains of Sardinia is the small picturesque village of Orgosolo. And it is indeed picturesque that it resembles a small art gallery. The streets and houses are completely decorated with fascinating wall paintings, with the so-called “Murales”. The works are often interspersed with the content of the protest or with paroles and slogans, the motifs also often show political or historically important scenes. But of course there are also a lot of other themes and motifs involved and time by time some new artwork is getting added.
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ParaguayEncarnación is the capital of the department of Itapúa in Paraguay and is one with about 130,000 inhabitants of the largest cities in the country. It is located on the river Paraná on the border with Argentina.
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Artisani / Germany / MusicThe OhOhOhs have made a name for themselves over the years as a live acoustic techno duo in Frankfurt and beyond. Whether through rousing concerts and summer festivals, on dance demonstrations or at funky parties. The show they delivered on stage each time was definitly worth a visit. When observing these two hyperactive music-geniuses while getting crazy on their instruments during a live concert, it´s impossible not to dance along. The trademark of the artists has always been to fabricate the technoid electro sounds completely by hand. So you have to be fast.
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Norway / StreetartThis district is also simply wonderful and offers its own great multicultural diversity! Together with the district of Tøyen, Grønland is a central area for immigrants and migrants in Oslo. The percentage of migration in Grønland is around 40%. That means there’s something going on here! Here the mixture of cultural diversity, choice and possibilities is right. Here, too, real life takes place on the street. From the main station to the north you can stroll along the river AKERSELVA. In summer, the green areas are full. Many people do sports, drink beer, chill out, picnic, barbecue, listen to music and relax around the river. Of course, some finished figures also run around, because they continuously pop it too pure. It’s noticeable. The atmosphere is still very peaceful. Within five minutes, I had four different leaders who offered their services to me.
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Bulgaria / Culturists / History / StreetartOn our last trip we went to the Balkan for some days, more precisely to Bulgaria and it´s beautiful capital Sofia. The weather was kind of unfavorable, from rain to little snow storms, but still we could explore this interesting city extensively and brought you a lot of marvelous streetart fotos and graffiti material. The country and the city looks back over 6000 years of history shaped by a lot of different cultures during the centuries. Everywhere you can find protected monuments and archaeological excavation originated from the Roman Empire, which were found during road work or tunnel bores. The medieval Bulgaria is everywhere integrated in newer buildings, you can see architecture from the Ottoman occupation and everywhere in between there is the distinctive Eastern Bloc design of the communism. All of this commingles in different ways with the modern Bulgaria. Very cool!
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Streetart / USAAnchorage is a coast town located at the Cook Inlet bay and with around 290.000 inhabitants it is the largest city in in the US northernmost state Alaska. Recommended for visiting is the Alaska Native Heritage Center and the surrounding breathtaking nature. The city is the gateway to nearby wilderness areas and mountains such as the Chugach, Kenai and Talkeetna Mountains. Of course, there is also beautiful urban art here, especially the local artist ZIGGY has created countless large murals as well as smaller works of art across the city. These are often designed to match the locality or with images from historical events of the region.
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Brazil / StreetartRecife is a major coastal city in northeastern Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco, with a population of over 1.6 million inhabitants. Founded in 1537, Recife developed as an important colonial port, especially during the period of Dutch rule in the 17th century, which left lasting architectural and cultural influences on the city. Its network of rivers, bridges, and islands has earned it the nickname “Brazilian Venice”. Cultural highlights include the historic district of Recife Antigo, the beautiful Praia de Boa Viagem, and the renowned Instituto Ricardo Brennand, which houses an extensive art collection. As well you can find numerous urban artworks around the streets.
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GermanyThe graffiti hot spot at the garage complex in Dolomiten Street has been used for urban art for several decades, still the location is not a real legal wall, but an art space tolerated by the local neighbors. Behind the row of residential buildings from around number 11 to 39 is a line of garages, their back wall serve as a spray facade around 200 meters long and 2 meters high, with a main part of around 50 meters. The wall is located along the railroad tracks and is also called Bornholmer Garagen, in reference to the nearby Bornholmer Straße S-Bahn station. Check out the huge archive with great artworks!
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Malta / Nature / SocialManoel Island in the bay of G?ira is not the highlight of the city, but worth a visit for a short walk. There is a small fort, a bathing spot popular with locals and otherwise closed ruins or construction sites. The excursion was really nothing special and in absolutely hot heat we also missed the bathing spot. For a short inbetween visit you can pass by the spot, but you should not necessarily do this at noon time because there´s no shade at all. But you will get a nice view of Valletta and Sliema over the water. In addition shortly after the bridge to the island, there is the lovingly and creatively assembled Duck’s Village, which now houses not only ducks, but many other bird species and even hares and guinea pigs. Just like the motto: All Animals in Harmony.
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Germany / StreetartBielefeld has a Hall of Fame since spring 2025 with eight walls of different widths, consisting of L-shaped stone elements in the finest exposed concrete, each around three meters high. A total of 276 square meters are available for spraying and the space is managed in cooperation between the City of Bielefeld’s Department of Culture and the association hoch2 e.V., which has already designed many other public spaces around town. Check out the meanwhile huge gallery with great pieces.
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Bolivia / History / South AmericaWhile we drove through the salt desert of Bolivia during our South America trip we made a little stop at an old train cementary. The „Cementerio de trenes“. The scene is just fantastic and a cinematic playground, the perfect place for a new Mad Max movie or a zombie apocalypse. The train cementary is located near the desert town Uyuni at around 3600 meters altitude. And you notice the height with every step for sure. In the big salt desert – the Salar de Uyuni – there is annually the famous Dakar Race on the route between Argentina over Chile to Bolivia with Uyuni as one of the main headquarters.
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Events / Italy / South America / StreetartAfter its major success at the Milan Central Station, the awesome exhibition „The World of Banksy – The Immersive Experience“ went to Turin’s Porta Nuova and can be visited till 29th of May 2022. The exhibition highlights influential pieces from Banksy and can be perceived as the framework of his career. Art lover and photographer Luigi Savoia visited this fantastic place and documented the critical creative artworks, as well the shown short clips and the documentary movie “The Untold Truth Of Banksy” by Grunge magazine.
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Streetart / TurkeyIn Istanbul between the main street Tersane Caddesi and the parallel side street Yemeniciler Caddesi, there is a parking lot that connects the two streets. The alley is called Kürekçiler Kapisi and you can find a large amount of graffiti on the walls on both sides of the surrounding buildings, including really well-crafted collaborations and beautiful portraits mixed with elegant graffiti writing.
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Eswatini / StreetartThe small town of Malkerns is located in the Middleveld in the Manzini region on the Lusutfu River and has a population of around 9700 inhabitants. In addition to the breathtaking nature and wildlife scenery, a visit to the Mahlanya Market and the Swazi Candles Factory is highly recommended. And also here, as like everywhere else in the world, you will find beautiful works of art in urban space.
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Atelier / Culturists / Estonia / StreetartWe visited this fantastic artful place even twice and each time there was something completely new about it. First there is the long streetart mural of course which you can see while just passing by. It was made during the Mextonia Festival organized by the Mexican private platform Nueve Arte Urbano and the Estonian private company Todoes uno Eesti in 2017. Artists collaborated and left some awesome graffitis and color on the town walls. We did as well an interview with the Andres Mesner, the ownder of the inside existing art gallery called “Kalaranna Kultuurikuur” or in short form just „KaKu“.
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Cyprus / StreetartGrigori Afxentiou is a bigger street going from west to east leading from Larnaka center to the beach. It is an urban area with many multi-storey residential buildings and accordingly there are also several parking areas, and there you can find lots of graffiti and artworks on the walls. On the main street are some stores that have been decorated by artists and there are also beautiful works of art at a nearby school. The artist PAPARAZZI in particular, whose studio is just around the corner, has left behind a number of creations and continues to create new ones.
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Many more awesome urban art loving photographers, documentors, creatives and Vagabundlers joined, we have every day heaps of new articles and photos. Still non-profit, still non-commercial, just because we like to do it. All the people involved in this project are listed on our Vagabundler Collective Map
Frank Hofmann is working on the enourmous Hamburg Streetart Map with meanwhile 1200 spots and more than 8000 photos!
Salvador Seda (GraffiPreBicentenario) from Chile joined and keeps on creating the Streetart Map of Angol and the Santiago Map
Patrice Loranger (PLoranger4417) from Canada joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Montreal.
Holger Peter (PeterEatAndArt) from Berlin joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Berlin with extensive infos about the artists and meanwhile with over 10.000 pages and more than 91.000 photos. He is also doing the map for Rheine and the Island Poel
Analiá Pertusi aka Perts Jam joined and is building up a fantastic archive for the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires and as well for the Chascomus Map.
World traveller Mazzanti from Sweden contributes great photos for the Stockholm Map and for numerous places from all around the world.
Irxnschmoiz is our city ambassador for the maps of Hannover, Bremerhaven, Dortmund, Braunschweig and Hildesheim and contributes continously new material. He also takes photos from other interesting places in Germany.
Bart Hagel aka Street Art Damsko and Killer Leentje contribute awesome material for the Amsterdam Map.
Gail Lochner from Ecuador joined and is building up the map of Cuenca with fantastic artworks.
Agnieszka Pisarska (Piece of Streetart) contributes great galleries of cities in Poland and is building up the Streetart Map of Wroclaw!
The Nomads on Wheels are travelling around the world in their van and sending awesome photos. Meanwhile we have great collections from 72 places.
Fiona Lu (City.Features) from Canada joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Vancouver.
Caley Costley (BobBleu) from California, USA joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Los Angeles.
Matthias Busch joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Austin in Texas, USA.
Luigi Savoia from Italy joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Turin.
Milau Lutumba (Delutu) from France joined and is building up the Streetart Map of Paris
Julien Canadas from France joined and contributes great photos and also videos for the Toulouse Map.
Natalie Pomeroy aka Street Art Wombler is part of the team and contributes awesome material from Australia and especially Melbourne.
Mike Hennessey aka See Some Streetart joines our collective and works on the map for Almaty in Kazakhstan.
Frankfurt Map reached 2000 spots and offers more than 27.000 photos to explore! As well there are lots of new updates to several places.
