Street Art

When someone talks about street art and graffiti, many probably think of big names like Banksy and Basquiat, or of the great metropolises like London, New York, Sao Paulo and Berlin. In fact, graffiti is now a reason many people choose to travel and there are increasingly more tours dedicated to street art. Some cities …

Photos from the annual street art iBug Festival in Saxony – a celebration of international diversity in urban art with 120 artists from 17 countries

Ehrenfeld in Cologne is a great place to discover Cologne street art. This mural by Belgian artist ROA is one of the highlights

One of Shoreditch’s newest street art murals is a piece by Alexis Diaz – an hybrid Elephant Octopus – beautifully detailed & depicted

A truly alternative tour of Berlin’s street art and sustainability projects

While plenty of graffiti in Jerusalem can be negative, not all of it is. Some street art in Jerusalem spreads a messages of hope, peace & love.

The Bethlehem wall, built by Israel & covered in graffiti by Palestinians and international supporters, is a symbol of nonviolent protest in the West Bank.

Berlin and Tel Aviv share many similarities — they’re both über cool cities for the cultural and creative. Here’s what makes both Berlin & Tel Aviv so cool.

While in Rimini, Italy, I took a short break from lounging on the beach and eating piatini (flatbread sandwiches which reminded me a lot of quesadillas) and spent a day in the Emilia-Romagna hinterland—the land behind the sea. A nearby city, Pennabili, was hosing an International Festival of Street Art called “Artisti in Piazza.” The …

When most people think of Vienna, opera houses and dead classical composers probably come to mind. At least, that’s what I expected before I visited the city over the summer. Vienna has a big reputation for being a “pretty” European capital. Each European city seems to have it’s charming adjective: romantic Paris, sprawling London, cheap …