…..on tour….
The Polish city of Lubin has around 74,000 inhabitants and is located on the Zimmica river northwest of Wrocław. It is the district town of the Powiat Lubinski and is the largest industrial location in Lower Silesia. Worth seeing are the Gothic castle ruins of Castellum Lubinum, the old town with various chapels and half-timbered houses and the town wall with the Glogauer Tortur. Of course, you can also find street art, graffiti and beautiful murals around town.
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Rzeszów is the largest city in southeastern Poland and the capital of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. The municipality forms the economic, academic, cultural and recreational center in this part of the country with a high number of interesting annual events, such as “The European Stadium of Culture”, the “Urban Space Festival” or the “Break Out Days”. During such events also many fantastic works of art get created in the urban space, from smaller works to huge murals.
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The independent city of Bydgoszcz in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship has around 350,000 inhabitants, making it the eighth largest city in Poland. Worth seeing is the Cathedral of St. Martin, the Basillica, the Exploseum or the Fontana Potop. But much more interesting are the meanwhile numerous large-scale murals and colorful urban artworks in the streets. Check out the collection!
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Toruń is located in the Polish voivodeship Kujawsko-Pomorskie and has about 200,000 inhabitants. The old town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, worth seeing are also the seat of the Voivodeship Parliament, the University of Toruń, the Roman Catholic Bishopric and overall the buildings in the city held in North German Brick Gothic. Check out what they also have on urban art!
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Dzierżoniów is a mountain town in Poland’s Lower Silesian Voivodeship in the northeastern foothills of the Owl Mountains. The place was created before 1230 and was first mentioned in 1250. Worth seeing are the parish church of St. George, the Augustinian monastery, the historic city wall complex or the imposing town houses on the ring road from the 19th century with creative facade decorations. But not only there, but also on many other walls and buildings around you can also find fantastic modern street art and graffiti.
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Białystok is the capital and only major metropolis of the Polish Podlaskie Voivodeship. Throughout its history it has been a multilingual and culturally diverse city, as evidenced by the bright and colorful urban art on the walls of the houses that combine modern techniques with historical memories. There are various large-scale murals and small artistic gems in the streets. Check out the gallery!
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Leszno is a beautiful, medium-sized town in south-western Greater Poland (Wielkopolska), near the border with Silesia with a multinational and multicultural character. Many open-air events are organized throughout the year like the Glider Picnic, the Baroque Plus music festival or Leszno Delights. The City Theater, which is the first new public theater in Poland in 40 years, has also been operating here since 2016. And of course the city is also peppered with grandiose murals and beautiful street art.
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Photographer 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 Wrocław, 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 Wrocław, but also contributes galleries to many Polish cities and countless photos for the maps of Gdańsk, Łódź 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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