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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Design / Streetart / USAThe decommissioned Beech-18 adorned Davis Road in Fairbanks, Alaska, for years in its original paint scheme. In June 2024, it was transformed into a work of art that artistically captures Alaska’s natural forces in two different designs by the artist AKG (ANN-KRISTIN GÖTZ). The graffiti and fine-line elements are inspired by the Nordic-Arctic winter night and the hot summer days in the interior. Check out this great airplane artwork!
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Ireland / StylistSometimes if you don´t like what’s available, you have to create something new by yourself. This can happen in many different areas of course, in this article it will be about fashion and clothing. The Dublin designer Ashley Byrne always wanted more color, more intense styles, more creativity, but the products you can get in the average stores are just too boring, mostly unified standards, mass production and without specialty. So Ashley started to create her own fantastic cloth and built up the label called AB Design.
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Canada / StreetartThe „Mur légal de Rouen“ is an awesome legal wall located in the district Hochelaga-Maisonneuve which is a very popular hood in Montréal. Magnificent urban artworks and graffiti get regularly created at this interesting place. You can find it at the corner of Rue Rouen and Rue Lespérance. Here we have a collection of the great artworks.
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South Korea / StreetartToday we introduce you to a fantastic creative space in Busan, South Korea that functions as a spray can store, but also as art bar, graffiti gallery, vintage figurine museum and music space. Welcome to ENIGMA13, which is run by the eponymous artist ENIGMA13 from BURNING PLAYGROUND. Here you can get everything the graffiti heart desires, and like-minded people can meet up, design projects, be creative and have fun together. Check out the interview with the great artist!
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Ghana / SocialThe Lekma Hospital is a governmental health facility built by the Chinese Government in 2010 as a friendship hospital between these two countries. The remarkable financial support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China was about 7.280.00 US Dollar. Within 16 month the construction was completed and the hospital was inaugurated by the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana H.E John Dramani Mahama on the 21st of December 2010.
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Nepal / StreetartHere we have a collection of streetart pieces from the Thamel district in Kathmandu. These include graphic murals, characters, and calligraphy, which is often found here in beautiful, intricate detail. Traditional wall paintings depicting gods and cultural themes are also a common sight in the alleys, and schools and kindergartens frequently feature painted facades. Especially the unfortunately now defunct collective ART LAB carried out several projects here, as did a number of foreign artists passing through. Also the SATTYA MEDIA ARTS COLLECTIVE created one of its works here as part of the KOLOR KATHMANDU project.
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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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Chile / StreetartThis historic site, emblematic of the human rights struggle, is located in what is now the Nueva Las Condes financial district. During the administration of Salvador Allende, the Villa San Luis housing complex was built on the grounds of the former San Luis estate. In the 1990s, most of the land was sold to private real estate developers, and meanwhile the housing blocks were demolished to make way for the construction of office towers, leaving behind only two completely abandoned blocks, with graffiti, stencil and tags covered every floor, staircase, and wall.
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Germany / StreetartWe visited the city Hannover in the north of Germany and brought nice photo material from the known streetart spots and the ones we found by accident. Of course the city has a lot more to offer, here is a little selection.
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France / StreetartBelow the south side bridge over the river Paillon at Place des Abattoirs is a graffiti hot spot, which can be painted at low tide or viewed from the outside at high tide. To the north, the canalized river runs underground through the city and the secondary school Lycée Guillaume Apollinaire is located above it. The graffiti pieces extend through the entire tunnel to the exit on the other side, you can see it if you walk around. Check out the archive with numerous graffiti pieces and urban artworks.
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Argentina / NatureMar de Cobo is a town within the Partido de Mar Chiquita, in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires. The Mar de Cobo cluster includes the districts of La Caleta, Parque Lago, and La Baliza. It is a destination that is located 25 kilometers from Mar del Plata, the largest coastal city on the Atlantic Coast of the province of Buenos Aires. This article focuses on the beautiful architecture and nature.
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Canada / StreetartThe Castle is a fascinating lost place graffiti spot about 50 minutes from Montréal by car. Actually it is a former military NORAD surveillance base which is meanwhile decommissioned. The area is located on top of a hill at the end of a small road in the woods. A perfect place to go to spend a beautiful day in the countryside while practicing art.
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Design / Sri LankaThe buses and large vehicles for public transportation in Sri Lanka look more or less similar as in other countries in terms of size and construction, but the exterior design is simply unique. Most countries tend to use conservative designs for their public transport buses, like single-colored vehicles with a discreet logo. Things are completely different in Sri Lanka, where the buses are awesome true works of art. Those mostly Indian Ashok Leyland are colorfully upgraded and shine bright in every corner, not only on the outside but also on the inside. The more color, the better.
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Argentina / StreetartSan Nicolás de los Arroyos is a city on the Rio Paraná in the northeast of the greater Buenos Aires province close to Rosario. The well known port and industrial town was founded on 14th April 1748 by Rafael de Aguiar and has meanwhile around 133,000 inhabitants. The cathedral dedicated to St. Nicholas of Bari and the surrounding Pampa Ondulada are famous places of pilgrimage and popular for hiking. Of course there is also beautiful urban art and graffiti in the streets, you can even find awesome large murals on skyscrapers.
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Japan / MusicToday we have some more insight into the Japanese music scene and here is an article about a cool record store in Osaka. I wrote already about the Drum & Bass events in the land of the rising sun. In that previous article is an interview with the UNSALTED founder and organisator Munetoshi Maruyama or just Maru. For recording that interview we needed a place to meet with Maru and DJ Fetus, they suggested the place G.R. Café Terrace. First I thought I would be just a small café or a bar. Actually it is, but as well much more. The place is the homebase of the labels Grind Records and Undergrind. There is a record store included, a lounge where you can get several cocktails and craft beers and as well delicious food. They have cloths and streetwear, magazines and dj equipment and a room where you can get a bit louder and use this dj equipment, make sounds and dance. And of course there are heaps of vinyls and records.
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Nepal / StreetartIn 2024 the KATHMANDU METROPOLITAN CITY launched an official mural program in collaboration with the NEPAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. Artists were selected and commissioned by the city to paint these murals and a fantastic concept wall has also been created along Sundhara Road near the Dharahara Tower, featuring cultural motifs depicting the city’s people and historic landmarks. Additional works can be found at Saraswati Park or in the neighborhoods of Maitighar, Babar Mahal, Min Bhawan, Baneshwor and Lainchour.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina / StreetartThe Hotel Igman is a lost place building complex located on Mount Igman near Sarajevo. It was designed by architect and painter Ahmed Džuvić for the 1984 Winter Olympics in late-modern Yugoslav architecture with strong Brutalist elements and influences from Scandinavian and traditional Dinaric architecture. During the Bosnian War, the hotel was heavily damaged and subsequently abandoned. Today, the ruins have become a significant lost place and a spray destination for graffiti writers.
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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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Architecture / AustriaAn architectural, artistic and historical highlight of the city that you should definitely have seen is the Hundertwasserhaus. The “somewhat different” building is a residential complex in Vienna built from 1983 to 1985 and was designed by the different-thinking artist and architect FRIEDRICH STOWASSER aka FRIENDENSREICH HUNDERTWASSER, who lived from 1928 to 2000.
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Austria / Events / StreetartFrom 14th to 16th June 2023 the international graffiti symposium INDIGO took place in Vienna and we were invited to present our Vagabundler project! In the meantime, the videos of the individual presentations are online, including the one of us. In addition, a book will soon be printed with more papers, essays and contributions from the participants, and we will also be part of it. INDIGO is a graffiti centred academic project funded by the Heritage Science Austria programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Check out the video and the report.
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Events / Streetart / SwedenThe NO LIMIT urban art festival is an awesome event that has brought countless great artists from Sweden and from all over the world to the city of Borås since it’s first edition in 2014. The event was initiated by the artist SHAI DAHAN together with the project HEY BORÅS and the city of Borås. The town with 114.000 inhabitants is filled with countless works of creativity in urban space, whether huge-scale murals, filigree works on street corners or sculptures and monuments. In 2020 they also collaborated with ARTSCAPE and organized an even bigger event. Check out the awesome artworks from the previous years!
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Accommodation / Laos / PhotographyDuring our Laos Trip last year we didn´t only come across the wonderful toilet graffitis, we encountered as well several other mysteries in the jungle and the Mekong scenery. The river island Don Det is only accessable by boat, there are no cars, but therefore bicycles and scooters. And as well there is the Baba Guesthouse. This nice lodge was our accommodation on the idyllic place, a perfect little paradise for relaxing. Above all it turned out that the owner is a French artist who is occupied with poems, pixel photography and ambigrams. And what´s this now again? We didn´t know the word either, but you could describe it as some kind of geometrical writing art.
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Norway / StreetartFlekkefjord is a small but idyllic municipality in the Norwegian Fylke Agder with nearly 9200 inhabitants. The nature and landscape around this place is relaxing and fabulous, but the village itself also has very special streetart to offer. During the years an enthusiastic collective of creative people around the region has developed, which is named StreetART Flekkefjord and they bring continously colorful works of art into urban space.
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Poland / StreetartPhotographer and passionate streetart hunter Agnieszka Pisarska continuously delivers fantastic works of urban art on her Instagram channel Piece of Streetart, not only from her hometown of Wroc?aw, but from all over Poland. There are now more than 1500 photos in her archive, it’s worth taking a look! The eager art lover is constantly on the move and, according to her own words, does “always many things at once.” And when a lot is done, a lot of interesting things are created. Here on the Vagabundler platform, Angnieszka not only works on the Streetart Map Wroc?aw, but also contributes galleries to many Polish cities and countless photos for the maps of Gda?sk, ?ód? and Warsaw. She has several other platforms and accounts about architecture and nature, does interesting collages and designs fabulous selfmade puppets.
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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.
