STREET ART 3

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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Peace and harmony. A painting on the outside wall of the Rathaus - Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany. The German enclave is surrounded by Switzerland and shares many public services

A great way to recycle - Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany

Tornado is the name given to the supporters of Zadar's basketball and football teams - Zadar, Croatia

A painting outside a bar in Prague, Czech Republic advertises Pilsner Urquell, the original pilsner beer. Of course Pilsner Urquell is a Czech beer.

The John Lennon Wall is dedicated to political graffiti and messages of peace and love - Prague, Czech Republic

There's a few eye-catching designs around Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Freetown Christiania is a commune located in Copenhagen's Christianshavn district, a self-proclaimed autonomous region of the Danish capital

Murals adorn the perimeter walls to Christiania, Denmark

I'm a big fan of street art and this was the first mural I came across, a bright welcome to Christiania, Denmark

A mural full of nature and flower power - Christiania, Denmark

A cool mural dedicated to Benjamin Armstrong. I believe he was shot dead in Christiania, Denmark but please correct me if I'm wrong

Lots of the graffiti is laden with weed smoking connotations - Christiania, Denmark

Psychedelic colours at this art gallery - Christiania, Denmark

A mural honouring the Zapatistas (EZLN), a left-wing miltant group in Chiapas, southern Mexico - Christiania, Denmark

A street mural opposite Brandts, a contemporary arts museum - Odense, Denmark

Being the birthplace of author Hans Christian Andersen puts Odense, Denmark on the tourist map. He wrote novels, plays, poems but he's most loved for his fairytales - do you remember The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor's New Clothes and Thumbelina, to name just a few?

..but there's plenty of colourful murals to brighten the place up, along with several backpacker hostels - Aswan, Egypt

Street art on Elephantine Island - Aswan, Egypt

I think this mural was in a government building or education centre - Aswan, Egypt

A mural of what I presume is the Pharos of Alexandria - Alexandria, Egypt

Interesting military street art on an electricity power box - Alexandria, Egypt

Street art (with a political twist?) just off Tahrir Square - Cairo, Egypt

Sandinista campaign for the 2001 national elections in Leon, Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega for President

War murals in Jinotega, Nicaragua, a Sandinista stronghold

You have been told - Tinganes, Torshavn, Faroe Islands

In my hotel's reception were a few papier-maché figures used in the Nice carnival - Nice, France

Part of a mural above Cannes, France bus station

'Ici pas de pizza au caviar' - a stall shutter in Antibes, France

Pray for Paris became a popular tag after the 2016 Paris bombings - Avignon, France

Street art just off the seafront at Arromanches, France

One of the bigger shops in Lambaréné, Gabon

There's an excellent series of street art on Baratashvili Bridge - Tbilisi, Georgia

A smiling mandrill welcomes you to the pedestrian section of the bridge - Tbilisi, Georgia

Futuristic sci-fi murals - Tbilisi, Georgia

In addition to the street art on Baratashvili Bridge, a series of photos highlighting political issues around the world was also on display in October 2019. Plus there was a DJ playing music to empty tables and chairs. All a bonus I wasn't expecting, so check it out - Tbilisi, Georgia

Waiting for the train to Batumi on the Black Sea coast - Tbilisi, Georgia

The Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument was built in 1983 to celebrate Soviet Russia and Georgia relations, with murals of their history - Gudauri, Georgia

A street mural near the pool - Batumi, Georgia

Street art festivals have made their way to Batumi, Georgia

I read somewhere that street art first appeared in Batumi, Georgia in 2013 and has grown in popularity since then

A rather relgious looking piece of street art - Gori, Georgia

In 1961 the East German goverment constructed the Berlin Wall, cutting off West Berlin from the East German territory surrounding it and dividing the city in two - Berlin, Germany

It was built in order to reduce the huge numbers of Eastern Bloc emigration to West Germany; though officially it was erected to prevent 'fascist elements' interfering with the creation of a socialist state - Berlin, Germany

Only a small length of the Berlin Wall now exists, the main section being the East Side Gallery, home to this controversial painting of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German counterpart Erich Honecker getting cosy - Berlin, Germany

Graffiti in the Stadtgarten - Aachen, Germany

'Love is lie Promise to never love'. Someone's heart has been broken in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

A series of murals lie opposite the Sardam Publishing House on Salim Street - Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

Presumably they depict significant moments in Kurdish history - Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

I wondered if the various graffiti contained political statements, or attacks on Saddam Hussein. I asked Haval what this said; his reply was something like 'For painting and decorating phone this number'. A Saddam Hussein former residences - Amadiya, Iraq

Paintings on a school wall represent traditional Kurdish costume - Zakho, Iraq

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