Welcome to Vagabundler!
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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Serbia / StreetartOn the Urban Art Map of Belgrade we show you various works, from big to small, from good to bad. But we want to show everything and this page is especially about the stencil works. From interesting art creations to protest calls or promos. Here are all the stencils from Belgrade spread across the city.
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Nepal / StreetartAlong Bangalamukhi Road in the Chakupat district of Lalitpur, there is a magnificent graffiti wall featuring fantastic works in various styles. Especially the KAALO collective carried out two remarkable projects in 2018 and 2021 to support the organizations DIGNITY WITHOUT DANGER and DALIT LIVES MATTER. The SHADES collective also left behind a fantastic piece as a tribute to the movie Qala. In between are writing pieces, bombings, tags and streetart. Check out this great open air urban art gallery!
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Nicaragua / StreetartLas Peñitas is a coastal fisher town on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast with a population of around 1050 inhabitants. Famous for its long sandy beaches and excellent surfing spots, it attracts beach lovers and nature enthusiasts. Popular activities include boat tours through the mangroves on the Río Chiquito or excursions to the nearby Cerro Negro Volcano. Small restaurants, chilled bars, and cozy accommodations right by the sea are a charming addition, and the urban art on the streets rounds off the relaxed atmosphere, from Popeye and Lettering to Pirates.
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Atelier / Events / GermanyFrom 9th till 30th of April 2022 the exhibition ENERGETIC ART takes place at the MINIMALISTIX GALLERY in Bülow Street 11. It is the second exhibition at the new wonderful art space in the premises of CENGIZ TATAR‘s allaround shop where the project started with an first vernissage on February 10th, 2022. This second event shows works from the ten artists BLUE THINGS, CAROLINE O, CREN, FAWN, INDIEM, JPS, PZY, MERLIN 007, RABEA SENFTENBERG and WORLD COW. Check out the photo collection from the exhibition.
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Guatemala / StreetartSan Pedro La Laguna is a small town of about 9.000 inhabitants located on the southwest shore of Lake Atitlán and below the San Pedro volcano, whose 3019 meter peak is a popular hiking destination. Also recommended for a visit are the Church of St. Peter, the hot Termales and the idyllic hiking trails along the lake. San Pedro La Laguna and the region have been home to the Tz’utujil people for centuries, and you can find expressions of their culture and art everywhere in the streets, including fantastic urban artworks of course.
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Atelier / Events / Germany / StreetartThe STADTPIRATEN curated an exhibition in the gallery of the social fund of the Berlin construction industry which is located in the Lück Street 72 in the district Lichtenberg. The event took place from 19th March till 28th March in 2021. Here are the several fantastic creations sorted by artists. “Stadtpiraten” would mean in English “City Pirates”. During this great event visitors could admire the artworks from Anne Baerlin, Autark, Bibo, Caz.l, Coky One, Ducks Between Chucks, Gomez, Hoya, JMS, Kiezmiez, Lacuna, Niko, Opiemme, Textile Street Art, Wake Yakuza and Zonenkinder.
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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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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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Ghana / SocialThe Christ the King of Kings School is located in the harbor community of Jamestown in Accra. It´s one of two schools which is trying to support the children and to give them with education more perspectives for the future. Principal Emmanuel Ashie founded the school in 1996 as a chréche mainly for the children of the fishermen in the neighborhood. Most of them cannot afford to pay these or any other school bills, so Ashie established a facility with free admission for these children. For his work he doesn´t get any governmental support. He started with only three children, first with a nursing part up till to a kindergarten school. It started growing, and first they sent the children to another school. Meanwhile he built up the school to primary sixth grade in 2005 and is hosting now about 150 students, two of them are disabled.
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Culturists / Germany / Music / Painter / Photography / SocialA map is used to get an overview of a region or a country. Thus, then a culture map would be a cultural map. Something that gives you an overview of local art and its history. That’s exactly what the initial idea of DJ Daniel Vargas and visual artist Sam Khayari from Rüsselsheim in Germany was. Meanwhile, a creative website has emerged on which the two Culture Map founders introduce artists from a growing regional and cross-genre network into interview videos and portraits.
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Poland / StreetartUsing the bicycle path over the Vistula River in Warsaw, leading along the access roads to the Siekierkowski Bridge, or running to the bus or tram on the left-hand side of the Poniatowski Bridge, you can encounter fascinating images created by great artist ANDY BLACK. Pictures that cannot be ignored, full of emotions that everyone can read differently. Sometimes it is anger, sometimes fear or surprise. Or maybe you will see a smile there? In fact, it is up to the viewer to read these feelings. They are images that replace many words that could be used to describe them.
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Events / New Zealand / StreetartWhangarei is a city on the North Island of New Zealand, the Northland or Te Ika-a-Maui in the original language. The city has around 45.000 inhabitants and is the administrative headquarters of the district. You can find fantastic artworks in the urban space and especially in January 2019 some of the world’s best urban artists took part in the international art festival Street Prints Manaia. Another great streetart project is the Te Oranga jam.
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Events / Germany / StreetartThe fantastic graffiti jam SUMMA MADNEZZ took place again at the Fischereihafen quarter in Bremerhaven for the 14th time, and like always an astonishing collab wall got created. The 400-meter-long façade of a former shipbuilding yard gets decorated every year during this happening with awesome masterpieces. More than 50 artists collaborated with several themes at beginning of September, one of them was „Four Elements“. So the four pillars of Hip Hop, which are Rap or MCing, DJing, B-Boying or Breakdance and Graffiti-Writing. Check out the fantastic artworks!
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South Korea / StreetartThe underground shopping center at Gangnam Terminal in Seoul is also known as “Goto Mall” and is directly connected to the subway lines. There are more than 600 shops, restaurants, and boutiques located beneath the surface. Along an around 500-meter-long walkway passage, the magnificent “24 Hours Project” was created at the RAEMIAN ONE BAILEY STREETART GALLERY, in which 24 renowned Korean urban artists each created a work that deals with a specific hour of the day. Pedestrians can experience Seoul’s vibrant rhythm through creative and also amusing artworks.
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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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Britain / StreetartLerwick is the capital of the Shetland Islands, which belong to Scotland, and with around 7,500 inhabitants it is the largest settlement in the archipelago. Urban art lovers can walk the LOCUS LERWICK PUBLIC ART TRAIL, a great project initiated by LIVING LERWICK in collaboration with SHETLAND ARTS. They also provide a free map with audio guide and run projects like the Mareel Arts Centre, the Bonhoga Gallery, and the Garrison Theatre. These institutions deliver an extensive year-round programme of music, dance, theatre, film, literature, visual arts and exhibitions.
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Streetart / TurkeyIn the south of the Istanbul Karaköy district by the water are the neighbourhoods of Bereketzade, Emekyemez and Azapkap?, the Arab quarter with the Arap Cami Mosque. Actually the whole city is a bazaar, but especially here you can find countless handcraft shops, numerous mechanics, little workshops and small technical goods stores. Those neighborhoods are already covered in graffiti from top to bottom, but when the shops close, even more cool works appear on the shutters. Check out the huge graffiti archive!
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Philippines / StreetartThe island of Boracay is located in the Philippines and belongs to the province of Aklan. It has around 37.000 inhabitants and is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. Historically, Boracay was long inhabited only by local communities and remained largely unknown until the 1970s. It gained international attention through travel guides and backpackers. Among the main attractions are the famous White Beach with its fine white sand, Puka Shell Beach known for its shells, and the viewpoint Mount Luho, which offers a wide panoramic view of the island. Of course you can also find great urban artworks along the streets.
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South Korea / StreetartSuseong, or Suseong-gu, is a district in eastern Daegu and is considered one of the city’s most affluent and modern areas and is often referred to as the “Gangnam of Daegu”, with the Suseongmot Lake and the Suseong Valley. For art lovers, Suseong Artpia is highly recommended – a major center for the performing and visual arts. But you’ll also find plenty of urban art in the streets, including entire concept walls and extended open-air galleries. There’s especially much to discover around Muhak-ro Street, which runs through the neighborhoods of Dusan-dong and Jisan-dong.
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Croatia / StreetartSplit is with 159,000 inhabitants the second largest city in Croatia and is popularly known as the inofficial “Capital of Dalmatia”. The port city is famous for the fortress-like palace complex in the center, built in the 4th century by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. The city center and the palace were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Also recommended for a visit are the University, the Saint Dominius Cathedral and the beautiful beaches. Of course, great artworks and graffiti can also be found in the urban space.
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Events / Germany / StreetartFrom August 17th till 23rd in 2025, the neighborhood in Bremen’s Gröpelingen district, around Bromberger, Gnesener, and Rostocker Streets, were transformed into an open air gallery during the MURAL CITY urban art festival. The focus was on our planet Earth and the common theme „Beauty of Nature“. Ten international artists designed ten facades with climate-positive colors. This fantastic project was initiated by PETER STÖCKER aka THE CUT and the theam of his art agency LUCKY WALLS, with the support of the culture association KULTUR VOR ORT.
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Albania / Events / StreetartThe MURALFEST TIRANA is a fantastic urban art festival in the Albanian capital, which has been held annually since 2018 with numerous murals made throughout the city by national and international creators. The event is organized by local multidisciplinary artist and key figure in the art and culture scene HELIDON HALITI, who also designs murals himself from time to time. He is supported in the organization by the agencies and collectives DEKOR and 167/B STREET, as well as VIZART and BASHKIA TIRANË. Check out the numerous artworks!
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Germany / StreetartUrban art in lost places and forgotten worlds, such as an abandoned psychiatric ward. That’s what the ARTBASE festival offered in 2019 on the grounds of the former Domjüch state mental institution in Neustrelitz. More than 150 international artists and five Berlin collectives designed the walls of the asylum from the inside and outside with breathtaking works of art.
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Nature / Sri LankaMirissa is located on the south coast of Sri Lanka and is a small surfing mecca, which is why you will find numerous surfboards in the water here, especially in the morning and evening hours. Due to a number of natural or man-made bays, different beaches have also been created, as well as small points of interest such as Coconut Tree Hill or Parrot Rock. Here is a collection of photos of the beaches and nature, but also of the street life and architecture of the city, from modern houses to ancient temples.
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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.
