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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Czechia / Events / StreetartThe Těšnov Hall of Fame is located in the Florenc district along the park of the same name and on the bridge to Wilsonova Street. It is a spacious area with several walls and bridge pillars, doing art here is allowed and legal. You can always find people painting, there are spray sessions and graffiti jams. On August 31st in 2024, the great UNYFEST also took place around the area with numerous urban artists and a fantastic line-up of various musicians from the hip hop scene.
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South Korea / StreetartNorth of Hongik University, a small, inconspicuous alley leads eastward from the main street Wausan-ro into Wausan-ro 24-gil. Looking down the rather narrow street, you would think it enters to a residential area and would hardly guess that there is a beautiful open-air urban art gallery here with almost 30 magnificent murals. In 2012 and 2013, more than 70 students created fantastic works here as part of a streetart project. Check out the great artworks!
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Events / Germany / StreetartOn May 26th 2022, more than 40 urban artists redesigned parts of the North Side Gallery during the FATHER’S DAY JAM. Regardless of origin, socio-economic status and gender, the walls of the North Side Gallery, legalized by the GRAFFITI LOBBY BERLIN, were painted, glued and colourfully decorated together. Additionally the artist OLA from the STADTPIRATEN together with the artist DYSM diligently glued two large paste-up walls. Check out the huge photo gallery from the event!
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Laos / StreetartOf course, you’ll also find typical graffiti and lettering in the Laotian capital Vientiane, especially on abandoned buildings, at the many walls along the Mekong River, and in lost places. Here’s a collection featuring only style writing pieces, bombings, tags, and everything else that falls under this category. Check out as well the individual page for streetart, characters and murals around the city.
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Events / Germany / StreetartMoabit shows flag! With cool music, graffiti and creative standing together against racism and discrimination heaps of artists participated at the “Anti Racism Jam 2023”, which took place on 31st March, April 1st and 2nd around the “Center for Art and Urbanism” (ZK/U). The event was organized by MARE, PHET and STEREOHEAT from the 21ER GALLERY and magnificent works of art were created on the three days at several spots.
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Argentina / StreetartThe highway construction in low level, “El Paso Bajo”, carried out on Francisco Beiró Avenue and the Urquiza railroad tracks in Buenos Aires, has four traffic lanes, two by hand, and a pedestrian crossing. This traffic complex was baptized Gustavo Cerati and therefore painted by artist MARCO HEIS with wonderful images of the famous singer. After a vote in which 177,594 residents participated, 68,438 chose to honor Gustavo Cerati, the late leader of Soda Stereo, while that 60,247 favored Carlitos Balá, and 48,909 did so for Julio Cortázar.
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Events / Spain / StreetartThose great artworks were created close to the Spanish town of Mojácar during the fantastic jam TRAVELGRAFF in 2018. It is a national contest with numerous Spanish artists from the Almeria region and also from other parts of the country. The motto of the jam was „Nuestro medioambiente y el suyo“, which means in English „Our environment and yours“. You can find the graffiti spot at the propane and butan gas station on the A-370 highway northwest of the town in the direction to Garrucha.
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Laos / StreetartVientiane is the capital of Laos, lies on the Mekong River and has a population of approximately 1.1 million. Founded in the 13th century, the city developed into an important commercial and administrative center under the Lan Xang Kingdom. Today, Vientiane is known for its Buddhist temples, such as Pha That Luang, which is considered a national symbol, as well as for its colonial architecture and Laotian tradition. Of course, you’ll also find urban art in the streets, especially in the neighborhoods around the Mekong and near the universities.
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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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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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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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Architecture / History / ItalyVenice is the capital of the Veneto region and the metropolitan historic centro storico located on 118 islands in the lagoon of Venice. The city was until 1797 capital of the Republic of Venice and with over 180,000 inhabitants one of the largest European cities.
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Architecture / History / Sri LankaGalle is a city with around 93,000 inhabitants on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka and is known for its large fort complex and the colonial old town, which were classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. The fort was built by the Portuguese in 1588 and conquered and extended by the Dutch in 1649. The old town, enclosed by the fortification walls and cannon stands, is an interesting sight with cafés, stores, museums and hotels in the architectural style of the 16th century. On the south-eastern coastal tip of the fort is the Galle Lighthouse, built in 1938.
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North Macedonia / StreetartThe comedy theatre TEATAR KOMEDIJA as a national institution was established in November 2011, and its official opening was marked by the premiere of the play „Ah, My Love“, directed by Kole Angelovski, on World Theatre Day at March 27th in 2012. Fantastic plays and creative projects are constantly being performed in this culture space. The building complex also serves as an urban art gallery and features countless beautiful murals on its facades. Additionally there are ateliers and studios around the permises, and also a bar and a cocktail lounge to have a relaxed break.
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North Macedonia / StreetartLocated in the south of Skopje on the slopes of Vodno Mountain at the beginning of Todor Aleksandrov Street is the Kočo Racin Primary School. This place not only educates children, it is also a real treasure trove of urban art. Many spray sessions have taken place here and the pupils enjoy the colorful walls. Countless graffiti, portraits, and characters can be found around the building. Check out the great artworks!
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Architecture / Chile / HistoryThe photographer Salvador Seda has been working on the Angol Streetart Map in Chile since quite a while and fills it with interesting stories and great photographs. His focus is often on the history of the urban art and the spot. In that case obviously it makes sense to explore abandoned places and Salvador is a big fan of Urbex. During an adventurous tour of discovery, the streetart hunter visited the Ilabaca Hospital, which had been out of order for decades. The dilapidated buildings and half-collapsed rooms have something eerie but at the same time also something attractive, which arouses curiosity. In such places you can usually find interesting graffiti art as well.
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Culturists / Germany / Netherlands / Social / StreetartTravelling the world, doing helpful things and admire the beauty of exploring, this of course also includes coming across wonderful graffiti. Would be a dream! The two world explorers Thomas Adventurer and Diana Beekvelt aka NOMADS ON WHEELS live this idea to the fullest and also show others how to do it. It is possible to travel the world and also to save the planet, as well to document the wonderful nature, to meet interesting people and to encounter grandiose urban art!
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Nigeria / PainterToday we introduce you to a fantastically talented and motivated young artist from Nigeria. ISHAYA AYUBA has a special fable for drawing and under the artist name of BIGSHOW PENCIL ART, he creates wonderful portraits of people around him. He manages to capture the person and then put them on paper using simple instruments. It’s not just about copying the image, he also manages to express emotions and personality.
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Events / Italy / StreetartThe Torino Stura Railway Station, or in Italian Stazione di Torino Stura, is located on the Corso Romania and besides the public transportation it is also a fantastic urban art gallery. Especially in 2015, on the weekends of 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th July, the MONKEYS EVOLUTION collective organized the great graffiti jam MISTURA, where 60 artists from all over Italy plus foreign visitors covered the area of the railroad station with fantastic works of art.
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Poland / StreetartWith a population of approximately 320.000, Katowice is the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship and the center of the Upper Silesian metropolitan region. Among its most famous landmarks are the striking Spodek arena, the Silesian Museum, the International Congress Center, and the former mining site that is now a cultural zone. The streets feature numerous large-scale murals depicting the city’s history, famous figures, and local culture. In addition, there is, of course, plenty of graffiti and a wide variety of urban art works.
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Germany / StreetartThe Graffiti Zone at the Berlin Mauerpark is an open spray area on the former east-west border in the district Prenzlauer Berg. The spot is very busy and fantastic pieces get painted here every day. They are often only visible for a short time because continously new artworks appear on top of the older ones. We have therefore considered a categorization by creators with chronological updates for the archive. Check out the artist gallery with meanwhile already 500 artists and more than 7000 photos.
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Italy / StreetartCorso Bramante is a wide, busy road that runs through Turin from the river Po in the east to Corso Unione Sovietica in the west. In the San Salvario district, at the height of Parco Muratori, the street complex runs over a large bridge over many railway lines. There is a long slope with large concrete walls on both sides, and the underpass of Via Zino Zini to the west and the underpass of Via Bartolomeo Bona to the east till its end and then the graffiti walls continue along the train track walls. The entire area is a spray oasis and full of grandiose works. Also in 2021 the great MURARTE jam took place around those walls and on several occasions WE LOVE ENAK spray sessions.
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Culturists / France / StreetartMilau Lutumba aka Delutu is a passionate reporter, photographer and réalisateur from Paris, the wonderful capital of France. On his Instagram channel he provides nearly daily new super amazing artworks, mostly from his city, but also from other exciting places in France. As well he runs an interesting Facebook account and a recommendable Youtube channel with heaps of interviews and reportages. This guy is excitingly busy and provides really good stuff! Definitely worth to look at! Here on the Vagabundler website Milau is building up the Streetart Map of Paris with wonderful creations from the city of the Eiffel Tower on the river Seine.
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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.
