…..on tour….
Mostar is the largest city in Herzegovina, the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the sixth largest city in the country with 113,000 inhabitants. Since 2012 great artworks get created throughout the city during the fantastic STREET ARTS FESTIVAL MOSTAR, or SAFMO for short, which is organized annually by the REZON ASSOCIATION. Countless fantastic works have been created since then, from large colorful murals to small filigree works.
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The whole city of Miami is covered with awesome graffiti and streetart. One of the main hot spots is the Wynwood district which we already showed you, but there are a lot more magnificent artworks throughout town. Here is a collection of urban creations and wonderful murals at the Downtown district of Miami.
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Doel is part of the municipality of Beveren in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. Plans to expand the huge closeby Antwerp Port to Doel and demolish the village have been in place since 1965. However, continuous protests by the villagers have prevented this so far. In the meantime, graffiti has been used as a helpful tool and the village declared itself as kind of an open urban art gallery. Of course this attracts a lot of artists from all around and also art loving visitors. Also since 2022 the fantastic DOEL FESTIVAL organized by PARADISE CITY and KLUB DRAMATIK takes place regularly with international djs, musicians and urban creators.
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Strasbourg is the capital of the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region in north-eastern France and is also the official seat of the European Parliament. Located on the border with Germany, Strasbourg combines German and French influences in its culture, architecture and art scene. Especially during the annual editions of the fantastic COLORS streetart festival numerous local and international urban artists created works throughout the city.
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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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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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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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Athens is the capital of Greece and a treasure trove of culture and art in all its forms. Acropolis, ancient buildings, history, protest and paintings on the walls. This article is especially about the graffiti and streetart in the neighborhood Metaxourgeio. The alleys are just filled from top to bottom with magnificent works.
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Wellington, or in Maori “Te Whanganui-a-Tara” is the capital of New Zealand and is located at the southernmost end of the North Island on the Cook Strait. Worth seeing are the waterfront, Lambton Quay, the city cable car or the Wellington Botanic Gardens. Here we have a collection with magnificent urban art creations.
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Chaves is the second largest city in the district of Vila Real, with approximately 41,000 inhabitants, and is located on the northern border of Portugal, 22 kilometers from Spain. Like everywhere also here you can find interesting streetart obvious or hidden in the alleys. Check out the collection of what we found.
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