
STREET ART 2
There's brilliant street art and graffiti all over the world, with festivals popping up in more and more places. Here's just some of what I've come across in my travels... MORE STREET ART
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There's so much street art in the city and this was my first glimpse - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Hidden between Sahat Tepe hill and a back street are several excellent street murals - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
There's art galleries aplenty in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, so I guess it's just spillling outside
If you're into street art definitely seek these out - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Cupid about to fire an arrow - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
A colourful and fun pub wall in the Kapana neighbourhood - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Not sure what this shop sells.. - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
This one makes my eyes go funny - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bulgaria certainly likes its street art - Sofia, Bulgaria
Street art on the walk down from Sammy's Bar to Ulitsa General Gurko - Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Along the same road - Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
I did read of a city in Bulgaria wanting to brighten up utility boxes, and the idea has obviously spread to here - Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
I made do with these murals on the Buzludzha Monument, which include a 'Fuck USSR' scrawl - Buzludzha, Bulgaria
Well thanks very much - Bourgas, Bulgaria
..I'm sure Jimi Hendrix would listen - Bourgas, Bulgaria
And of course we have to have some Bulgarian street art - Bourgas, Bulgaria
I love this cute little sculpture outside a shop on Leninsky pr - Kaliningrad, Russia
A little bit of street art near the market in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad, Russia
A striking shop shutter on Mira Street - Kaliningrad, Russia
Walk along the east side towards the Upper Pond and take in some street art - Kaliningrad, Russia
Lower Pond street art - Kaliningrad, Russia
The tag 'Kartoon' pops up a few times around the city - Kaliningrad, Russia
Another quality sculpture (not a real door!) - Kaliningrad, Russia
A Fish Village mural - Kaliningrad, Russia
A random statue between Hotel Kaliningrad and the bridge to Kant Island. Love the cat! Kaliningrad, Russia
Close by is another work tagged by Kartoon - Kaliningrad, Russia
Clever use of shapes in this street art - Kaliningrad, Russia
Welcome to Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad, Russia!
A street-art advertisement on the walk down to the beach - Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad, Russia
Along the promenade is the Nymph statue - Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad, Russia
Is that Che Guevara on the right? I might be completely wrong! Street art on a garage wall - Pogradec, Albania
A very cute bunker disguised as a ladybird - Pogradec, Albania
All the electricity boxes in Tirana are brightly painted with cartoon characters. Nice touch! Tirana, Albania
.. though this guy looks straight from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Tirana, Albania
The street art I saw tagged Franko were all of children - Tirana, Albania
Mr & Mrs Plantpot outside a florist near Boulevard Republika - Berat, Albania
Bright street art along Ismail Qemali - Vlora, Albania
Graffiti on the banks of the Valira River near La Caldea - Andorra la Vella, Andorra
A painted gate in Sant Julia de Loria, Andorra
A subway mural near Sakhov Square - Yerevan, Armenia
Cycling street art on a derelict building - Yerevan, Armenia
A little bit of street art along the Danube Canal - Vienna, Austria
A lion engraved into a restaurant wall, apparently a symbol of the Old Town - Baku, Azerbaijan
A Soviet painting on a wall on Independence Boulevard (formerly praspekt Francyska Skaryny), the main street in Minsk, Belarus
Like it! Outside a bar opposite the Galeries St Hubert - Brussels, Belgium
To many, Belgium is synonymous with chocolate, beer and Tintin. Plus Jean-Claude van Damme of course - Brussels, Belgium
I can't say I know the comic books but I love street art and murals. This impressive mural is inside Stockel metro station - Brussels, Belgium
It features 140 Tintin characters in two murals created by Studio Hergé, stretching 135m each - Brussels, Belgium
Hergé is the pen-name of cartoonist and Tintin creator, Georges Remi (Hergé are his initials reversed, RG). See his tag here on the Peeping Policeman mural on Rue Haute. See that the wall is now just a facade as the building behind has been demolished. Luckily the mural must be protected! Brussels, Belgium
A few metres from the policeman, on Rue des Capucins, 'Life Scene' is one of the murals that comprise the capital's Comic Strip Walk - Brussels, Belgium
..Plus this one on the same road, with the dome of the Palais de Justice behind - Brussels, Belgium
Sleeping Pigs is an excellent piece of street art somewhere on/near Rue de Marche au Charbon. It's tagged by Roa who also has a few works in London - Brussels, Belgium
Sexy mural or just a shop shutter? I typed in the website name and nothing comes back but cool advertising anyway (or it would be if the website worked!) - Brussels, Belgium
Another Hergé mural is on Rue de l'Etuve featuring Tintin, Snowy the dog and Captain Haddock - Brussels, Belgium
'Tibet & Duchateau' is a clever and entertaining mural on Rue de Bon Secours - Brussels, Belgium
Some very imaginative and colourful bars between the old harbour and the church - Ostend, Belgium
Chef checks out the scene - Ostend, Belgium
Frankenstein and his castle stand above, erm.. a werewolf? Blankenberge, Belgium
Houndossou, a vodou god, painted on Hwemu Temple in Abomey, Benin
Abomey was the capital of the Dahomey kingdom, which existed from the 17th century until 1894.
Ganyehessou was the first Dahomey king, his symbol here painted on
Hwemu Temple, Abomey, Benin
This colourful cat popped up in several places in Sarajevo, Bosnia
The first thing I did was take a half-day Sarajevo Siege Tour which covered the Bosnian War - Sarajevo, Bosnia
The bobsleigh track was built for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Bosnia
Graffiti artists get the chance to put their enviable talents to use - Mostar, Bosnia
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