FINLANDUrban Art Sompasaari – Old Graffiti Ships and Harbour Urbex
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Tampere – Hiedanranta – Spraycankontrol & Meeting Of Styles
Hiedanranta is an old factory area west of Tampere and a real oasis of urban art. Countless great works can be found on the walls and huge murals on the old warehouse buildings. In 2018 the event SPRAYCANKONTROL took place in combination with the legendary jam series MEETING OF STYLES and some works from this event are still there, but of course new graffiti are also being created regularly.
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Jyväskylä – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
Jyväskylä is a university and school town on the northern shore of Lake Päijänne and with around 145,000 inhabitants it is the seventh largest city in the country. Of course there is streetart and graffiti around the town.
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Tornio – Pullo Eki Tribute – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
The Finnish border town of Tornio is basically part of a twin city that is closely connected to its Swedish counterpart Haparanda. The Swedish-Finnish border runs right through the middle of the town. This article is about urban art on the Finnish side of Tornio. The whole area is very famous for salmon fishing, because it is a major breeding and passing ground for these animals. But it is also a place of creative „breeding“ and development of art and paint on the walls. Especially the HORIZONT collective has done its best with many artworks to make the streets more colorful.
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Porvoo – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
Porvoo is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland with around 50.000 inhabitants. It is located on the southern coast to the Baltic Sea and is famous for its historic old town, the cathedral or the lighthouse Söderskär Majakka.
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Oulu – Northern Finnish Urban Creations – Reformi Art Space
Oulu has around 210,000 inhabitants and is the largest city in northern Finland, as well as a student center. The city is famous for the annual air guitar world championship Mieskuoro Huutajat, the Qstock rock festival has taken place every July since 2003 and Oulu has been chosen as European Capital of Culture for 2026. Of course you can find great urban creations in the streets, especially the REFORMI art space.
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Porosalmi – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
Porosalmi is a northern part of the municipality Rantasalmi on the coast of Lake Haukivesi, which is part of the Saimaa lake system, also adjacent is the Linnansaari National Park. In the small idyllic place there are some beautiful urban works of art with nature motifs painted and sprayed on electricity boxes.
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Imatra – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
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Rantasalmi – Sculptures and Wooden Statues
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Helsinki Delicacy Markets & Old Market Halls
When you visit another country and want to dive into the culture and society of course you have to taste and explore the local cuisine. Usually you find throughout the cities markets and trading posts, but normally there are some few big main halls where you can get all kind of fresh food and as well handcrafts, cloth or artworks. Of course Helsinki has some interesting and beautiful markets, not to forget the city is located at the seaside, so the harbor and fishing sector is quite big.
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Streetart Hanasaari Hanaholmen – Urban Art Collection
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Helsinki – Uusima Capital on the Baltic Sea
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Streetart Punavouri – Urban Art Collection
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Streetart Katajanokka – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
Katajanokka is the harbor district of Helsinki and is located on an island tongue in front of the city. Interesting are the Art Nouveau buildings, the many fish restaurants and the overall harbor atmosphere with the many ships and icebreakers. Also worth a visit is the brick-built Uspenski Cathedral with its golden domes, the 19th century warehouses, some of which have been converted into galleries and art spaces, and above all the Wanha Satama exhibition center, which regularly hosts markets and events.
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Streetart Kallio – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
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Suomenlinna – Sea Fortress – The Submarine Museum
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Sompasauna – Sumparn – Art & Chill
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Megastar Ferry and Helsinki Port – Transfer Landscape
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