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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 225.000 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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Cyprus / StreetartOLAK is a graffiti sprayer from Limassol and has been among the first generation of the graffiti community that helped to establish graffiti and urban arts in the streets of Cyprus. He is still active painting in all kind of situations. As one of the old schoolers of the island over the years he has been involved also in many graffiti projects and events such as the jam JUST HIP HOP and the STREET LIFE FESTIVAL. Meanwhile he works as a graphic and multimedia designer based in Spain with regular visits in Cyprus for work and other projects.
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Germany / StreetartThe 21er Gallery‘s spray area includes several close by spots in the Berlin district of Moabit which the collective takes care of. The Union Sport Hall at Siemens Street is one of those creative places and new works are designed there at regular intervals. Projects and festivals take place, such as the annually Anti Racism Jam. Here is an extensive archive of the grandiose works of art on the hall wall sorted by artist.
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Events / Germany / StreetartOn March 8th is the annual International Women’s Day and this year the third edition of the great FLINTA* GRAFFITI JAM will take place again at the Berlin Mauerpark. The acronym FLINTA* stands for women, lesbians, inter, non-binary, trans and agender people. The asterisk at the end is intended to include further variations in gender diversity. According to the meaning, the event is about variety, diversity, respect and equality. In 2022 and 2023 two editions of this fantastic event already happenend with numerous awesome artworks. Check out the galleries from the previous years and be at Mauerpark on Friday!
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Architecture / ThailandThe BAAN DAM MUSEUM, also known as the BLACK HOUSE MUSEUM, is a private art museum that consists of a mixture of traditional northern Thai buildings with unconventional and contemporary Lanna architecture. The building complex was designed by local artist THAWAN DUCHANEE, who is also called „Thailand’s Emperor of the Canvas“. There are more than 40 different buildings spread across the site on an area of around 160.000 square meters. Fantastic artworks are presented within the buildings at permanent exhibitions and creative cultural events are held regularly.
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Architecture / Design / SwedenThe city of Trollhättan has a number of great murals and street art, but urban art also includes creative objects and sculptures, of which there are plenty of very interesting ones throughout the city. The first public artwork by AXEL EMIL EBBE was inaugurated on 23rd June 1936, many more should follow. Especially the installations from CARL-HARRY STÅLHANE became popular landmarks.
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Streetart / SwedenThe Kulturkvarter Snösätra with its Graffiti Wall of Fame was one of the greates open art galleries in Europe, unfortunately it has been torn down in September 2020, but here in our archive are a lot of photos of the great works on this former awesome colorful lost place. The streetart hot spot was located in the remote south of Stockholm in a disused industrial park near Rågsved. This building complex lay fallow for years and gradually fell apart. It was a small deserted ghost town that was avoided. But that should change completely. In 2014, a group was able to convince the landowners that certain walls can be painted. This started a transformation of this area into one of the largest graffiti exhibitions in Europe.
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Streetart / ThailandIn 2016, after the death of the popular King Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX, the ninth of the Chakri Dynasty, the provincial government of Chiang Rai commissioned a group of young artists led by the painter CHAWAS CHAMPASAEN to decorate the central bus station as part of the annual Flower Festival. Besides the artworks on the terminal there are also beautiful portrait paintings and motifs of history, tradition and local landscapes around the town.
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Romania / StreetartTimișoara is one of the most important cities in Romania and it is not without reason that it was chosen as the European Capital of Culture in 2023. The city with around 250,000 inhabitants offers an impressive combination of Byzantine, Baroque and Modernist architecture. Of course there is also a lot of great urban art, above all the UNDERTOWN STREET ART GALLERY under a large bridge to Iulius Town is a highlight with works by national and international artists.
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Design / France / HistoryThe Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel) is a 324-meter-high iron truss tower in Paris. It is located in the 7th arrondissement at the northwestern end of the Champ de Mars, near the banks of the Seine. Built between 1887 and 1889, the building was erected as a monumental entrance portal and observation tower for the World’s Fair to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Named after the builder Gustave Eiffel and at the time of construction still 312 meters high tower was from its construction until the completion of the 1930 Chrysler Building in New York, the tallest structure in the world. With the broadcast of the first public radio program in Europe in 1921 and the first French television program in 1935, the building contributed as a radio tower to the history of radio and television. The television tower is the main transmitter of the metropolitan area of Paris and houses as a tower restaurant, the Michelin-starred restaurant Le Jules Verne.
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Netherlands / StreetartAbout 230,000 people live in Groningen and about 50,000 of them are enrolled students, that´s more than 20% oft the population. The city is accordingly young, multicultural, colourful and just very much filled with a lot of life. Historically this is because Groningen has had a university since 1614. In 2014, the university celebrated its 400th birthday. Really not so bad!
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Events / Germany / StreetartFrom October 16th till November 11th in 2023, the great urban art exhibition KUNSTTAGE took place in the Marktplatzcenter in Berlin’s Hellersdorf district. “Kunsttage” means “Art Days” in English. The event was organized by STEREOHEAT and SKENAR 73 together with the art agency FRAMELESS STUDIO. The location is a mall with many different stores, but there are currently a lot of empty spaces. For this project numerous artists have painted fantastic colorful pieces on the walls.
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Israel / Middle East / StreetartFlorentin is actually a part of Tel Aviv, we wrote already about its street art. But Florentin deserves a special part about the graffiti and the particular surrounding. The walls are covered with nice artwork and the extraordinary mix with the industrial buildings is phenomenal. It is as well a very interesting place if you want to directly observe and study some kind of half-functioning but still developing gentrification. Some streets are in perfect hipster manner, there are chick bars and nice cafes, a lot of alternative and different styles. But just around the corner there is as well the factory quarter, between dirty roads and market streets all over. Its a fantastic mix. There the stylo cafes, on the other side is one car repair shop next to each other with a scrap head in front of the place. Just the architectural commingling is fantastic.
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Germany / History / StreetartIn many underground tunnels and roadways of historic mines, signs of the old surveyors, cryptic gedinge and heading signs, but also pit field boundary and breakthrough signs on the walls can often be discovered in underground mining. Today we show you a photo collection of some of those artworks below the surface from a visit at the mining facility „Grube Wohlfahrt“ in the German Eifel mountains.
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Germany / StreetartMay the Force be with you! STAR WARS is without a doubt one of the greatest space epics of all time. The old films are of course absolute cult, there are also some missteps with the newer ones, but the universe is constantly expanding and the creators behind it keep on writing and inventing diligently new offshoots. The Mandalorian is for sure a super awesome series and the portrait films are also great, not to mention computer games, comics or books, but also urban art! Here is a collection of STAR WARS themed graffiti and street art from Berlin from the previous years.
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BoliviaOn our route from Buenos Aires to the Titicaca lake in Bolivia we passed La Paz. With 750.000 habitants it´s the third biggest city in the country and the domicile of the government, the capital is Sucre. The town is constructed on an altitude between 3200 and 4100 meters into the mountains and you definitly can feel the thin air. But to get a better view you have to climb even higher on the hills and therefore you will get rewarded with a fabulous outlook. The architecture of the squeezed brick buildings extend as far as you can see.
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Netherlands / StreetartUtrecht was really fun. Besides the openness and friendliness of the people living there, there is the vibrant urban culture, the art scene and a quite interesting infrastructure. Utrecht has a lot to offer! The city perfectly combines modernity and antiquity and impresses with some old and futuristic buildings. A symbiosis of construction, architecture and street art raises Utrecht to a high quality level. The city absolutely stands for diversity, openness and connection and has a place in my heart. There are also Brouwers at the Albert Heyn. Brouwers is a fantastic beer brand with cult potential in scene circles. And a way beer for the city tour should always be in it. Drinking in public may be expensive in the Netherlands though. If the cops catch you in public, they charge 50 Euros. That’s why it’s always good to have festivals in the city to get around the problem.
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Architecture / Photography / USAThe artist and photographer CHARLES SAMUEL WAIT is not only represented on our website as a painter with an interview, he has also contributed many articles on graffiti and urban art from the United States. As well he is a passionate photographer and has a preference for street photography and urban life, often industrial landscapes, construction sites or interesting architecture, but also just simple motifs or everyday objects.
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Egypt / StreetartSouth of the city of Aswan on the west bank of the Nile lies the Nubian Village as part of the town of Nagaa Suhayl Gharb. The place is just an astonishing treasure trove of interesting culture and great urban art. Nearly most of the buildings are provided with grandiose works of art or simply completely painted as large complete works. Included are murals by ROMA, RAMY TAG, ROBY, MAHA GAMIL and many more.
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Streetart / USALas Vegas is located in the Mojave Desert of Nevada and is considered the casino Mecca for all gamblers. The city has a population of around 660,000, but attracts more than 40 million betting visitors from all over the world every year. The Boulevard Strip is lined with pompous motto casinos, from an Egyptian pyramid to the Grand Canal from Venice or a replica of the Eiffel Tower. But there are also fantastic urban works of art and large-scale murals around. Many of the great artworks were done during the annual urban art and music festival LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
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Events / Germany / StreetartOn the 6th, 8th and 9th of October 2022 another great jam took place at the North Side Gallery with more than 50 fantastic creators taking part. Local and international urban artists redesigned the walls of the North Side Gallery with the theme “Urban Art for a Better World“. For the protection of the environment, freedom of speech, a life without violence and war, a humanistic attitude and respect for the dignity of each individual!
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France / StreetartThe MAUSA Vauban is a living museum of urban creations and street art on an area of nearly 1200m². This colorful place opened on July 7th, 2018 in the UNESCO walls of the historic fortress Neuf-Brisach, which was built by the Marquise de Vauban between 1698 and 1704. Since the inauguration, internationally renowned urban artists follow one another to paint the walls in front of visitors. Here we have a collection of the amazing artworks.
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Streetart / TurkeyAround the Lola Backpacker’s Hostel, the Spanish artist MANU CRAZY FOR GRAFFITI started a great art project together with the traveller and viajero ACBR during April 2023. “The world is a neighbourhood”. With the support of the hostel, the two painted the entire street and transformed the dreary landscape of houses into a small, colorful wonderland. Great scenarios, stylish graffiti and fantastic characters were created. The hostel is a bit hidden in a small alleyway that runs around the corner several times in the large maze of alleyways around the district.
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Chile / StreetartThe Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU) of Universidad de Chile was founded in 1848 and had several locations throughout its history. In 1976, the FAU moved to its current location. Previously, between 1893 and 1933, this property housed the Barracks of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which left several patrimonial buildings that are now occupied by the FAU. Around the university building complex are numerous urban artworks of different styles, from graffiti to portraits, abstract paintings or political stencil paroles.
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Egypt / HistoryThe ancient Egyptian Bent Pyramid is the southern of the two great pyramids at Dahshur and differs from all other Egyptian pyramids because of its unique shape caused by construction problems. It was built around 2650 BC under Pharaoh Snofru, the first king of the 4th Dynasty.
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>>> INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIVE <<<
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 9100 pages and more than 76.000 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.
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 Wrocław!
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.
Irxnschmoiz is our city ambassador for the Hannover map and contributes continously new material. He also takes photos from other interesting places in Germany.
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.
