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BRITAIN: Bristol Volksfest – Long Ashton – VW Festival at Birches Farm – Urban Art & Creative Automotive

In 1992, the very first BRISTOL VOLKSFEST was held around a soccer pitch in Almondsbury, Bristol. Founder ADRIAN ASHBY’s idea began as a hobby, offering like-minded VDub enthusiasts the opportunity to display their treasures and exchange parts, knowledge and appreciation for the legendary vehicles. From there, it naturally evolved into one of the UK’s largest VW shows, attracting fans from across the country and abroad every year. As well as the cool vehicles, which are often adorned with airbrushed artwork or creative decorations, you’ll also find graffiti sprayers in action, creating awesome pieces on the adjacent walls with the BUNKER CREW.

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THAILAND: Streetart Chiang Rai – Bus Terminal & City Beautifications – CHAWAS CHAMPASAEN

In 2016, after the death of the popular King Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX, the ninth of the Chakri Dynasty, the provincial government of Chiang Rai commissioned a group of young artists led by the painter CHAWAS CHAMPASAEN to decorate the central bus station as part of the annual Flower Festival. Besides the artworks on the terminal there are also beautiful portrait paintings and motifs of history, tradition and local landscapes around the town.

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GREECE: Streetart Loutra Eleftheron – Abandoned Ghost Spa Urbex – Lost Place Graffiti

The former spa town of Loutrá Eleftheró with its thermal springs used to be a popular destination for healing therapies and relaxation. The spa was closed many years ago, the small village is meanwhile almost abandoned and the buildings are half in ruins, but this „ghost spa“ is still well worth a visit. The lost place offers a magical atmosphere in a mysterious valley, just like in enchanted fairyland. And of course there are some great graffiti and urban artworks here.

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THAILAND: Chiang Rai – Nang Lae – Baan Dam Museum – Black House – THAWAN DUCHANEE

The BAAN DAM MUSEUM, also known as the BLACK HOUSE MUSEUM, is a private art museum that consists of a mixture of traditional northern Thai buildings with unconventional and contemporary Lanna architecture. The building complex was designed by local artist THAWAN DUCHANEE, who is also called „Thailand’s Emperor of the Canvas“. There are more than 40 different buildings spread across the site on an area of ​​around 160.000 square meters. Fantastic artworks are presented within the buildings at permanent exhibitions and creative cultural events are held regularly.

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THAILAND: Streetart Surat Thani – Fantastic Concept Walls by SUTIN TANTIPAS and ART FOR DEC

The city of Surat Thani in the province of the same name has around 126,000 inhabitants and is located on the southern east coast of the Gulf of Thailand in Bandon Bay. The town on the Tapi River is a popular starting point for trips to the many idyllic islands. There are countless pieces of streetart in the alleys especially in the fisher and worksmen district and even some large murals. The painter and art teacher SUTIN TANTIPAS in particular has created a large number of fantastic concept walls with his ART FOR DEC project together with his students.

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BULGARIA: Shumen Monument – 1300 Years of Bulgaria – IVAN SLAVOV & KRUM DAMYANOV

The small town of Shumen is located in the north-east of the country and has around 9700 inhabitants. It may be a small town, but an important and artistically impressive memorandum was erected here in 1981. A huge sculputer complex in honor of „1300 years of Bulgaria“ or also titled „Founder of the Bulgarian State“. The oversized monument in a cubic construction was erected on a plateau above the city and designed by the Bulgarian sculptors KRUM DAMYANOV and IVAN SLAVOV.

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ROMANIA: Streetart Slatina – Munetenian Urban Art at the Olt River – School Spray Days

Slatina is located in southern Romania on the eastern bank of the River Olt, which flows from the Carpathians further south into the Danube. The town, which was first mentioned in a document in 1368, is part of the historic Muntenia region, has a population of around 79,000 and is an important industrial center. Naturally graffiti can also be found here, especially the local schools organize painting events and jams.

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DENMARK: Streetart Halsskov – Faergehavn Graffiti – Urban Art at the Ferry Port

Odden Færgehavn, or just Odden, is a ferry port on the south coast of the Danish peninsula Sjællands Odde. The port is part of the Halsskov district, which stretches along an approximately 200 meter long headland or “odde” northwest of the port town of Korsør. There are some old harbor constructions right next to the ferry port and some old buildings and bunkers around it. These have now been taken over by graffiti artists and in addition to free spray actions, great jams have also taken place at the Færgehavn harbor crossing.

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ESTONIA: Urban Art Tallinn – Telliskivi Loomelinnak – MESA JAM – MaEiSaaAru Festival

The art festival “Ma Ei Saa Aru“, which means in English “I Don’t Understand”, is a great multi disciplinary event which is held annually since 2021 at the Telliskivi Loomelinnak, the “Creative City”. In its first edition there was also the MESA graffiti jam included in the festival and numerous urban artworks got sprayed at the graffiti backyard and around the permisses. The festival focuses on one field of art each year and numerous artists contribute with colorful artworks around the area.

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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Street Arts Festival Mostar – SAFMO – Graffiti and Urban Art since 2012

Mostar is the largest city in Herzegovina, the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the sixth largest city in the country with 113,000 inhabitants. Since 2012 great artworks get created throughout the city during the fantastic STREET ARTS FESTIVAL MOSTAR, or SAFMO for short, which is organized annually by the REZON ASSOCIATION. Countless fantastic works have been created since then, from large colorful murals to small filigree works.

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