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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Streetart Prijedor – City of Murals & Paola de Manincor Award

Prijedor or in Serbian Cyrillic “Приједор” has about 80,000 inhabitants and belongs to the entity Republika Srpska in the northwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Places of interest are the Kozara mountain museum, the city library “Cyril and Methodius”, the city theater and the cultural-artistic Mladen Stojanović Association. Prijedor also has a larger number of fantastic murals in its streets and is aiming to get the name “Town of Murals” which they flourish with the annual “Paola de Manincor Award“.

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GREECE: Streetart Athens – Exarchia District – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection

Exarchia is a district of the Greek capital Athens and famous for it’s avant-garde and alternative scene. This page here is specifically about graffiti and great urban art in this neighbourhood, whose alleys are filled from top to bottom with magnificent works. The murals are often marked by political messages, interspersed with anarchist bookshops or stores for rare records and vintage stuff. The bars and clubs regularly host live concerts of all kinds of music and there is a fun and lively nightlife.

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MALAYSIA: Streetart George Town – Urban Art Collection from Penang Island

George Town is the colorful and multicultural capital of the Malaysian island of Penang and was once an important trading center. Therefore the city is characterized by buildings from the British colonial period, Chinese commercial and residential buildings and mosques. In the streets you can also find interesting streetart, sometimes with large murals or small filigree stencils. Often there are impressive works that creatively integrate the environment or objects into the setting of the painting.

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POLAND: Streetart Bydgoszcz – Astonishing Murals and Graffiti in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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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AUSTRIA: Hundertwasser House in Vienna – Austria’s Antoni Gaudi – Modern Abstract Architecture

An 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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MALAYSIA: Streetart Malacca – Urban Art in the UNESCO World Heritage City

Malacca is a coastal city in southwestern Malaysia with a population of approximately 579,000 inhabitants. Special attractions are the 17th century Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, the Kampung Kling Mosque or Jonker Street in Chinatown with interesting antique stores and the famous night market. Malacca is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2008 and meanwhile also with interesting urban art in our archive.

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NEW ZEALAND: Streetart Napier – Artists for Oceans – PANGEA SEED and SEA WALLS

Napier, or in Maori “Ahuiri”, is a coastal city on the North Island of New Zealand with around 65,000 inhabitants. The city hosts probably the highest number (52) of mural works from the fantastic globalwide project SEA WALLS – ARTISTS FOR OCEANS of the PANGEA SEED FOUNDATION. With over 450 murals in 18 countries across the world this project unites and engages communities on a global scale, inspiring them to become better ocean stewards.

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