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BULGARIA: Streetart Sofia – Old Knyazhevo Cable Car Station – Vitosha Mountain – Lost Place Graffiti

The old Kopitoto TV Tower is a 186 meter high broadcasting tower located on Vitosha Mountain, south of Sofia, and was built in 1985 to replace the older television tower in the city. Right next to it lies the abandoned ruins of the old Knyazhevo cable car station, which was permanently shut down following an accident in 1992. Over the decades, the skeletal concrete structure has become a true mecca for urban explorers and a fascinating open-air gallery for the local graffiti scene. Today the ruins are covered with colorful pieces, giving the place a raw, industrial charm.

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CYPRUS: Streetart Bellapais – Beylerbeyi – Urban Art Collection – Benche Hasretche Open Air Gallery

Bellapais, or in Turkish called Beylerbeyi, is a small mountain village in northern Cyprus. It is located on the northern slopes of the Kyrenia Mountains, around 350 metres above sea level. The village is best known for Bellapais Abbey, a Gothic monastery built in the 13th century during the Lusignan period. Even if it is small, you can still find urban artworks around the streets. Especially the artist HASRET ATAGÖREN has created a little open air gallery with her project BENCHE HASRETCHE.

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MONTENEGRO: Budva – Stari Grad – Historic Old Town – Architecture, Buildings & Alley Views

Budva’s Old Town, known locally as Stari Grad, is situated on a small peninsula along Montenegro’s Adriatic coast. Its history dates back more than 2.500 years. Archaeological findings indicate that an important settlement existed here as early as antiquity. Today, the townscape is characterised by narrow streets, stone houses, small squares and medieval defensive walls. Significant parts of the visible architecture date from the period of Venetian rule, which lasted from 1442 to 1797.

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Urbex Gornja Presjenica – Abandoned Hotel Igman – Lost Place Graffiti

The Hotel Igman is a lost place building complex located on Mount Igman near Sarajevo. It was designed by architect and painter Ahmed Džuvić for the 1984 Winter Olympics in late-modern Yugoslav architecture with strong Brutalist elements and influences from Scandinavian and traditional Dinaric architecture. During the Bosnian War, the hotel was heavily damaged and subsequently abandoned. Today, the ruins have become a significant lost place and a spray destination for graffiti writers.

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SPAIN: Streetart Tenerife – San Cristóbal de La Laguna – Calle Malpei Urban Art Festival

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, or just La Laguna, has a population of around 155.000 and has a large student population and young culture due to its large university. But also ancient culture, the old town is a registered UNESCO World Heritage. A visit is also worthwhile at the beautiful church Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, the historic Casa Salazar, the Teatro Leal or a mountain excursion to the nearby Mirador Pico del Inglés. As well as beautiful volcanic sand by the water, this place also has of course great urban art. Especially during the streetart festival CALLE MALPEI organized by local artist FEOFLIP in 2017, 2018 and 2020 several large scale murals got greated throughout the city.

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SOUTH KOREA: Streetart Paju – Graffiti & Urban Art near the Demilitarized Zone

Paju is a city in Gyeonggi Province in northwestern South Korea with around 530.000 inhabitants. The city is especially well known for its location near the border with North Korea and parts are located close to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Paju is an important cultural and artistic center and the Heyri Art Village is home to artists, writers, and designers and features galleries, museums, studios, bookstores, cafés, and unusual architecture. Another famous place is Paju Book City, a large center for Korea’s publishing industry with publishing houses, bookstores, and cultural facilities. As well there are interesting works of urban art around the city.

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AUSTRALIA: Streetart Brisbane – Queensland Murals, Graffiti and Urban Art

Brisbane is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland and, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is Australia’s third-largest city. Brisbane was founded in 1824 as a British penal colony on the Brisbane River, named after the then-governor, Sir Thomas Brisbane. Among the most famous attractions are the man-made lagoon at South Bank Parklands, the Story Bridge, the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, and the Queensland Cultural Centre district with its museums, galleries, and theaters or the Sciencentre with the SparkLab. And there are countless urban artworks around the streets!

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GERMANY: Streetart Berlin – Kreuzberg – Club Gretchen Art Wall – Gretl Wand – Artist Gallery

The CLUB GRETCHEN is a fantastic discotheque with regular music highlights, DJ events and cool parties. There is a wall on the building, on which colorful works of art are getting created time by time since March 2021. The place and the art sessions  are curated and organized by the collective GRETL WAND, which is also the name of the art wall. These are two former windows, that have now been transformed into poster-like exhibition spaces; at various intervals, two new works are displayed here in a duo collaboration, mostly by female artists.

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Streetart Sarajevo – Mojmilo Roundabout Wall – Graffiti Hall of Fame

In the Nedžarići neighborhood in the southwestern part of Sarajevo, there is a large roundabout with a fantastic graffiti hall featuring a colorful collection of high-quality pieces. It’s called the MOJMILO ROUNDABOUT HALL OF FAME. The talented artists gather here frequently; new works and concept walls are constantly being created, and jams are also held. These walls are also used time by time in the graffiti sessions of the FASADA FESTIVAL or the GARBAGE ON TOUR when Croatian artist colleagues are visiting town.

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BULGARIA: Streetart Sofia – Iztok – Aleksandar Zhendov Underpass Graffiti Hall

In the Iztok neighborhood of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, an underpass runs beneath Tsarigradsko Shose Boulevard. The entrances and exits are right next to the Aleksandar Zhendov bus stop. And this tunnel under the main road is a veritable urban art gallery with numerous works on its walls. New projects and jams take place there regularly, resulting in official works, and in between writers are also constantly spraying and creating new graffiti. In particular, the awesome local duo ARSEK & ERASE time by time paint fantastic pieces there.

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