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Street Art in Berlin
N 52°30.3', E 13°26.386'
2019-02-23
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Berlin has become the European capital of street art long time ago. In recent years, many squats have appeared in the city. This is when old plants and buildings are captured or redeemed by artists. We specially came to Berlin for a day to walk in such places, since they appear literally every year.Holzmarkt (Holzmarktstraße 25, https://www2.holzmarkt.com ) You should start with this squat, the nearest u-bahn station is Jannowitzbrücke. This land was purchased from the city by a Swiss foundation in 2012. In addition to the creation of a squat, the goal was to protect this place from speculators who bought good sites along the water. The Artists' Village opened in 2017, but it has problems with the city, which are now being resolved in court. Further fate is not clear, so hurry to visit this place.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Disco booth, the second one can be found on Revalerstraße, 99.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
East Side Gallery (Mühlenstraße, 1) Nearby is the most famous street-art gallery in Berlin, and maybe in the world. The drawings are painted on the section of the Berlin Wall. In 2009, many drawings were restored and original authors were invited.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
The most famous mural is the kiss of Brezhnev and Honecker. It is not easy to approach it, since there is a long line of people who want to take pictures.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Closer to the Oberbaumbrücke bridge, you can cross the road and see the fresh mural on Mühlenstraße 6.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
And the works of Alice Pasquini on Warschauer Straße 47.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Then go over the railway tracks, towards the station Warschauer Straße. From the bridge you can see a picture near the new shopping center.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Urban Spree (Revalerstraße, https://www.urbanspree.com/ ) The goal of the hike is a huge squat, cultural and entertainment center of Urban Spree. Various events, festivals, concerts, exhibitions take place here. And, of course, there is a huge number of street art. The place was founded in 2012 by the French Pascal Feucher and Nicolas Defawe. Artists get studios and in return conduct master classes and paint the territory. In recent years, appeared a store, a recording studio and a publishing house. Even line of vegan drink Winterspree was released. Labels were developed by local artists.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Then we return back to Oberbaumbrücke and cross the river. One of the murals is located immediately behind the bridge.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
A little further on Oppelner Str. 3, is a drawing of the Brazilian duet OSGEMEOS.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
We go further along Skalitzer Str, here in recent years many new drawings have appeared.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
The final goal here is the famous mural Astronaut of the Portuguese Victor Ashe, created in 2007 (Mariannenstraße 8).
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
That's all here and we are moving to another part of the city, metro stations Nollendorfplatz and Bülowstraße. On this street there is a building of the project Urban Nation (Bülowstraße 97, https://urban-nation.com/ ). This is a museum of modern art, opened in 2017. Both the building and the whole street have murals and drawings. Most are painted not on the walls, but on large sheets of paper, therefore they are constantly updated.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
The last place we saw was Tommy Haus (Wilhelmstraße 9, https://www.tommyhaus.org/ ). We did not know about it, just accidentally found.
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
Nearby houses are also painted with murals and drawings, for example, houses on Wilhelmstraße 6 and Wilhelmstraße 7.
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Street Art in Berlin ©Yuriy Buriak
That's all, if you know other places in Berlin, please write to us in the comments.
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
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Our rating - 7.60
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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