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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 270.000 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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Nepal / StreetartThe Rolling Stones Rock Bar is one of the most famous live music venues in Pokhara, located on Lakeside Road. It was founded around 2017 and quickly became a central gathering place for rock music fans as well as for local and international musicians. In addition to nearly daily concerts, the space as well hosts DJ sets and parties. Graffiti enthusiasts will also find plenty to enjoy here, as the small alley leading to the entrance is adorned with several graffiti and streetart pieces. At the start rocking Homer Simpson is welcoming you!
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Serbia / StreetartThis block of flats has been covered in great graffiti all around, and there is also a large-scale mural on one side. The connecting works were created during a bigger spray project by RIZLA SQUAD with an elaborate collaboration work across the facades. It filles the bottom walls of the house, but especially on the south side it goes up nearly to the summit. It’s not only that huge mural, it’s actually the whole connected pieces which go around the walls. Fantastic! Also just imagine how it must have looked before, boring same color, repetitive architecture. Then suddenly there was that colorful upgrade.
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Italy / StreetartIn Turin’s Pozzo Strada district, there’s a large graffiti wall that has hosted numerous jams and spray painting events. It’s located on the south side at the eastern start of Via Chambéry and countless works adorn the facades of industrial buildings. The area encompasses lower and higher walls up to a tall warehouse, where large-scale works are also get created. From smaller graffiti pieces to enormous near-murals and incredible concept walls, you’ll find fantastic works by local artists. Several MURARTE events have also taken place here.
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Sri Lanka / StreetartKandy is a large city with around 160,000 inhabitants on a plateau in the middle of the country surrounded by idyllic tea plantations and species-rich rainforests. There is also a palace complex and various Buddhist holy sites, including the famous temple Sri Dalada Maligawa, where a tooth of Buddha is enshrined. Kandy is therefore also known as the Sacred City. Accordingly, there are also many urban artworks in the streets depicting historical and religious scenes, but also with modern motifs.
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Streetart / ThailandKoh Phangan is an island of approximately 125 km² in the Gulf of Thailand, located about 65 km from the mainland and part of the Samui Archipelago. It has a population of just over 10.000, with about half living in the main town of Thong Sala, the island’s economic and administrative center. Other important towns include Chaloklum in the north, Srithanu in the west, and Haad Rin, known for its legendary Full Moon Parties, which attract thousands of visitors every month. Of course, there’s also plenty of street art and graffiti; much of it was created by vacationers, but some pieces are by local artists as well.
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France / StreetartOn the western foothills in Cantaron in the Nice region, there is an adventurous lost place that not only offers deserted scenery, but also countless graffiti. The Centre Hospitalier Régional at Route de la Lauvette 254 is a former rehabilitation center on the southern slopes of the Alpes Maritimes. The extensive building complex comprises several houses connected by smaller buildings, but nobody has been treated here anymore for decades. So the artists took over the place and you can find numerous graffiti, characters or abstracts.
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Architecture / Norway / StreetartNorway is a rich country where prosperity and quality of life are tangible and visible. The neighbourhood Frogner is the best example of this. Noble and sublime is the central district of Oslo. For us it was the starting point of our ventures in the city and a very good choice. In Frogner we resided and rented for seven days. This had many advantages and good reasons and this choice was really well made in retrospect. Accommodation and flights were in themselves very cheap compared to the cost of living in the city. This was probably a pure stroke of luck in the run-up to the event.
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Italy / StreetartIn Turin’s Borgo San Paolo district, between Via Carso and Corso Trapani, lies Giardino de Valle park with various green spaces. In the northern and southern parts of the park, there are two concrete structures that were designed by various local artists as part of PIC TURIN in November 2011. There were also other works in other parts of the city. It was the second edition of the event after 2010, and a third followed in 2012. The project was organized by MURARTE with support of the collectives IL CERCHIO E LE GOCCE and MONKEYS EVOLUTION. Check out the great artworks!
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Germany / StreetartThe magnificent artist INDIAN from Bad Vilbel has created a wonderful open air gallery on the sound barrier wall along Federal Highway B3 over many years, featuring countless fantastic and thought-provoking murals. His works are mostly a combination of portraits and poetic stories. He himself calls his art “philosophical graffiti,” and the respective works are created as part of the series “Was ist Liebe” or “What is Love” in English. In his works, he deals with life, humanity, and empathy, but also our connection to earth and the problems that arise from our alienation from nature.
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Spain / Sports / StreetartThe “Tres Xemeneies” skate park and graffiti hall of fame, located on the edge of the Sants-Montjuic district, owes its name to these three large buildings that belonged to the old “La Canadenca” power station. Although the skate park area is quite huge, it unfortunately only has a few elements, but the graffiti walls are definitely awesome. That’s why this place is the largest and busiest hall in Barcelona.
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Britain / StreetartWarning! Anyone who despises really good, graphically designed and strongly staged pictures on house facades can stop reading here. Manchester is an open-air gallery of the highest quality. Here the great nationally and internationally renowned street art artists have left their mark. Armed with adjustable lifting platforms and colour cans, they have done their work bravely throughout the city. The high-profile representation in the field of street art is dotted with various visual forms, motifs, colours, techniques, and combinations of artistic diversity. From portraits to animals, figures as well as abstract, critical and contemporary art with a massive message, this urban space offers everything the heart desires. The city invites you to marvel and admire. Magnificent MURALS adorn the city and individualize the red brick factories and street trains.
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Argentina / StreetartWith almost a million inhabitants, Rosario is the third largest city in Argentina after Buenos Aires and Córdoba and an important industrial center. The metropolis has earned its reputation as a cultural center above all in music. Along with Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the city is one of the cradles of tango, which developed in the late 19th century in the milieu of immigrants. The Rosario International Poetry Festival was founded in 1993 and Rosario is also the city with the highest density of theaters in the country. Of course there is also wonderful street art in the urban space!
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Lithuania / StreetartIf you go to Vilnius and you like huge fantastic murals, you have to visit the OPEN GALLERY at the Menu Fabrikas Loftas in the quarter Naujamiestis. This space is a fantastic streetart paradise which is open all around the clock. It is a little industrial quarter, just a small block between some streets with several factories, but over the years a great collection of creations from national and international artists developed. Check out the gallery and the artworks!
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Nicaragua / StreetartSan José del Sur is a small rural village with approximately 1.000 inhabitants in the southeast of Ometepe Island. Historically, the village is one of the many small settlements that developed on Ometepe in pre-Hispanic times. As well San José del Sur offers a picturesque location on the shores of Lake Nicaragua with views of the Maderas volcano and other landscapes on the island. And naturally beautiful art can also be found here in the streets and on the walls of the houses.
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Architecture / Gastro / ThailandMaybe you searched for it already in the internet, but there is not something like “The Floating Market” in Bangkok, actually there are just heaps and numerous ones. It can be observed everywhere along the rivers and water alleys, you can see the daily business all around and it is simply fascinating. Some of these water marktes are more famous and easy to access, therefore you can find more content about it in the internet. But actually there are really numerous places along the river where you can find this kind of floating boat marketing.
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Croatia / StreetartRijeka is a Croatian port city with around 108,000 inhabitants on the Kvarner Bay in the northern Adriatic. It is considered the gateway to Croatia’s islands and was the European Capital of Culture in 2020. Worth seeing are the Korzo promenade with its historic buildings from the Habsburg era, the Ivan Zajc National Theater from the 19th century and the Trsat castle complex. Of course, there are also interesting wall paintings, graffiti and large murals in the city.
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Germany / StreetartThe great writer, painter and digital artist MIND21 creates wicked graffiti on walls in the Rhine-Main area, designs graphics and creates drawings. He describes his technique as zoomorphic bio mech style with 3dimensional lettering, where the letters often merge with creatures or robots. Mostly there are also cool comic-like characters included. He has been a regular participant at the MEETING OF STYLES in Wiesbaden for many years and also at spray sessions with his crew SNC, the STONED NOMADS CREW.
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Nepal / StreetartIn the northern part of Kathmandu’s Thamel district, there is a graffiti wall featuring some impressive pieces. It is a collaboration among several artists, including characters inbetween. The wall runs along the eastern side of Amrit Marg all the way to the intersection with Tridevi Sadak. Those photos were taken during the election day, therefore almost no vehicles were allowed on the streets, which means it was possible to photograph the whole wall without obstacles. Usually there are cars and bikes parked or street sellers around with trolleys and little shops.
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Culturists / KyrgyzstanWe want to present you a new and interessting radio projekt of the Kloop Media Foundation in Kyrgyzstan which you should support. Ilona Pfeffer started with a lot of effort to built up a new online radio which went on air in 2014: Kloop Radio. Meanwhile the radio has about 60.000 listeners monthly and has a 24/7 programm.
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France / PainterThe great artist NICOLAS MARVEL creates fantastic canvases, primarily portraits and meanwhile also surreal abstract works. His paintings are breathtaking in themselves, but they become even more astonishing when you know how he creates them: with a fork! Originally from Tbilisi, Georgia, he now lives in Nice, France, where he regularly exhibits his work. We were fortunate to attend one of these events and admire his magnificent pieces. Check out the interview!
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Serbia / StreetartThe fantastic “Festival Devet” or “Dev9t” which means in English “Festival Nine” is held every year in Belgrade in an abandoned space of the industry quarter Stara Ciglana. This awesome event started in 2014 and shows regularly great participating artists from Serbia and the whole world. Included are many different types of art like music, performance, lectures and of course the colors on the walls.
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Oman / StreetartWith this country we were really faced with a whole new challenge. Find graffiti and street art in Oman? … Hmmm … is there anything like that? First of all, we can say that so much can be found in architectural art and in a beautiful natural landscape. But with murals it looks more difficult. The whole sultanate consists almost entirely of desert and in the cities everything is kept very „uniform“ and regulated. Nevertheless, Oman is one of the more open and liberal countries on the Arabian Peninsula, worth a visit. And we still found some graffiti stuff, but then you have to look very carefully.
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Artisani / Germany / PainterGraphics, shapes and colors represent boundaries and the infinite. The works of the postmodern painter Serkan Goeren from Frankfurt deal with the demolition of their own framework. His art could be described as a philosophical art, the paintings and his writings are an expression of a more comprehensive theory, with which the artist has been engaged since the study time.
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Serbia / StreetartAt the building at Višnji?eva 10 there is a small concrete forecourt with a few benches. Overall, everything is paved over. That’s why a few artists thought about freshening up the color of this square and the surrounding walls in 2018. They painted great works on the facades, also these in turn have special meanings and a relationship to the neighborhood or to local people and locations like the graffiti shop BEO WALLZ.
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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 89.000 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.
