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 280.000 photos from 100 countries 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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South Korea / StreetartThe Nambusunhwan Urban Art Alley in Seoul’s Gwanak-gu district is a vibrant example of public urban art. Located at 1563 Nambusunhwan-ro, the alley features colorful murals, graffiti, and creative art installations that transform ordinary walls into an open-air gallery. Reflecting Seoul’s contemporary culture and artistic spirit, it offers visitors unique photo opportunities and an authentic glimpse into the city’s dynamic local art scene. Also in the little streets around you can find several more artworks.
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Israel / StreetartRa?anana is a city in central Israel with approximately 83.000 inhabitants, located between Kfar Saba to the east and Herzlia to the southwest. The municipality was founded on 2nd April in 1922, and recently celebrated its centenary in 2022. Recommended places to visit include Ra’anana Park with its various art installations, as well as the Gan Gamla, Uri Gordon, and Hapamonim gardens. Art lovers will enjoy the HaMishkan Music & Arts House or the Raanana Culture & Leisure Center, while skateboarders can head to the Crazy Roller Skatepark and sports enthusiasts to the Sky Jump Arena. And, of course, you’ll also find great urban art in the streets!
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Nature / OmanThe Bimmah Sinkhole, or in Arabic called „Hawaiyat Najm“, is a water-filled depression, structurally a sinkhole, in the limestone of eastern Muscat Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. A lake of turquoise waters, it is 50m by 70m wide and approximately 20m deep. Also it is only about 600m away from the sea, between the coastal towns of Qibab and Bimmah.
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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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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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Cyprus / StreetartThe large parking garage at Archibishop Makarios III Street number 15 near the Ayia Napa city center has served as a spray-painting site for many years and is home to some great graffiti. Especially during the many events of the Ayia Napa Street Art Festival, interesting works of art have been created here time and again. On September 9th in 2023, part of the building was inaugurated by the municipality as the „House of Youth and Cultural Ensembles“ and has since officially been a meeting place for creative projects with children and young people.
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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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Cyprus / StreetartBetween the Port of Larnaka and the Larnaka Marina is alongside the coast a huge unpaved parking lot. It’s more of a gravel course. The walls around that parking place are completely covered with awesome graffiti artworks. It’s kind of a Hall of Fame with numerous pieces and also an historic archive. You can find great creations from over ten years ago. Here are the collected urban artworks from that spot.
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Germany / PhotographyToday we introduce you to a great photographer from Heilbronn in Germany, who is also a member of the Vagbundler network and has already made a lot of interesting contributions to our archive. Pierre Zornik has been a passionate photographer for many years, and some time ago he set up his own creative photography label called PicZor. Check out the interview we did with the creative artist.
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Germany / StreetartThis page is about an incredibly awesome and superb veritable long masterpiece. It’s consistent of numerous parts made by local, regional and international creators with grandiose works non-stop! You can find this great wall at the Europakanal along the Grundig Park in the city of Fürth, which has around 131,00 inhabitants and is located in the Bavarian region of Middle Franconia near Nuremberg in south-east Germany. In September 2022, the wall along the Europakanal was designed with a colorful collaborative work by more than 28 graffiti artists.
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Italy / StreetartParco Dora is an huge inner-city park in Turin in the Piedmont region in Northern Italy. Until the 1990s the park was an industrial area of ??450,000 square meters and centrally located on the Dora Riparia River. The meanwhile cleared parts were partially greened or rededicated to event areas, which has now 90,000 square meters and is also called the Area Vitali. The entire space is a spray hot spot and great graffiti and streetart get painted every day. It is Turin’s biggest Hall of Fame. Here is a gallery of the fantastic artworks sorted by numerous artist.
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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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Czechia / StreetartThe „Jízdárny Savarin“ or „Savarin Equestrian Centre“ is a former riding school from the mid-18th century, which now offers a space for concerts, exhibitions, performances and site-specific installations organized by the alternative opera and flashmob collective RUN OPERUN. There are several walls full of graffiti and urban art on the surrounding V Cípu street. It is a small hidden hot spot and new works can be found here regularly.
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Canada / Design / StreetartThe Montreal Metro comprises 68 stations and serves approximately 1.4 million bus and train rides daily. The first 20 stations were inaugurated on October 14th in 1966 and since then, the complex has continued to expand, but in addition to providing transportation, the metro network is also a vast art gallery with countless works, including wall paintings, installations, stained glass windows and sculptures. The transport department Société de transport de Montréal, or STM for short, curates and maintains these works.
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Asia / Laos / Photography / SocialDuring our Laos tour we had a stop in the idylic little city Luang Prabang next to the Mekong River and found by accident the Big Tree Café of the Dutch photographer Adri Berger and his wife Mija Son. The place is a café and a restaurant, but as well a gallery and a cultural meeting place at the same time. If you are around one day, you should have a visit, it´s worth it….
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Poland / StreetartThe underground passage beneath the square at Plac Spoleczny is a hot spot for urban art and a place where streetart takes on a life of its own. The place is quite busy and frequently new projects happen, graffiti and murals change dynamically here, with artists constantly adding new layers. If you are around Wroclaw, don’t miss this spot. This is a place where you can get some of the pulse of the city’s graffiti scene, from fast bombings to awesome portraits or style writing masterpieces.
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South Africa / StreetartThe district, or more precisely the “township” of Maboneng, was a run-down area of the city for many decades, but recently a lot of artists and galleries have settled down, also alternative bars and clubs opened and unconventional art projects are happening. The neighborhood has gentrified from a ghetto district to an attractive place where interesting urban art gets created.
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Architecture / History / VenezuelaMaracaibo is a port city on the Lago de Maracaibo in the northwest of Venezuela. It is the capital of the state of Zulia, with more than two million inhabitants after Caracas, the second largest metropolitan area in the country and is one of the largest cities in the Caribbean. Besides the interesting lively city the nature around is also astonishing. Lake Maracaibo is the largest lake in South America and one of the oldest lakes in the world at over 30 million years old.
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France / StreetartIn the north of the Nice suburb Carros, there is a concrete water canal in the industrial area along the street Rue 14ème that leads to the river Var. The walls on both sides are covered with great graffiti, a fantastic hall of fame. When the water is low, people are busy spraying here and you can find everything from high quality pieces and bombings to characters and colorful abstract works. Included are Droopy from Hanna Barbera, legendary manga figure Princess Mononoke, the Simpsons, Dragonball, Ducktales or the Terminator.
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Argentina / Sports / StreetartIn 2007 a group of local skaters started a movement to have their own space to practice their passion. They presented a project to the local municipality, and in 2011, a mega skate park was inaugurated in the Mataderos neighborhood of Buenos Aires! The design was created by specialized architects, and the construction was supervised by the Argentine Skateboarding Association. Besides the sports fun there are numerous fantastic graffiti and urban artworks around the area.
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Painter / SwedenThe artist FILIP REM paints an abstract world that develops piece by piece during his painting process. The atmosphere has to be right and it is all about a certain expression. Sometimes he paints over a work numerous times in different ways, adds appliqués or even parts he found in an old paint can. In the end, it just has to fit, and if it does, that’s what his feeling tells him. We spoke with the interesting artist in an interview.
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Albania / StreetartShkodër or Shkodra is a city with approximately 61,000 inhabitants in northern Albania between Lake Skadar and the rivers Kir, Drin, and Buna. Many historical buildings from the Illyrians, Romans, and Ottomans bear witness to the long history of this cultural center. Worth seeing are the Rozafa Castle, the Mesi Bridge and the Ebu Bekr Mosque, as well as more modern sights such as the Venice Art Mask Factory and the Site of Witness and Memory. The first photographs of the country were taken in Shkodër, so a visit to the Marubi National Museum of Photography, is also recommended. Of course, you will also find urban art and large murals in the streets.
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Germany / StreetartThe YAAM or „Young African Art Market“ was founded in 1994 and is run by the non profit organization “KULT – Verein für Jugendkultur e.V.”. The focus is on the Afro-Caribbean culture. The multicultural backgrounds of the contributors and friends are reflected in the music, sports program and food stalls as well as the art and atmosphere of the premises. It is a social place where the most diverse people have the opportunity to meet, express themselves artistically, work and celebrate together. Around the whole place you can find awesome works of urban art. Check out the collection of the great creations!
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Russia / StreetartThe creative urban artist ALEX G. has been a graffiti sprayer in the Russian capital Moscow for more than ten years now. Under his artist name GARICK, he is a member of the fabulous CREW TEAM and has also participated in a variety of festivals and jams such as the „Clean Energy“, the „Rhythm of my City“ or the „Gamma Art Weekend“. In an interview he told us about his art and how it is to spray graffiti in Moscow.
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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 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.
