Graffiti

When somebody says "graffiti", all the people only think about vandalism and ugly pictures on the walls which ruin the image of old and sometimes historical buldings... But what about legal graffiti?

It is a phenomenon more and more popular in Poland. I was very happy when I heard that the authority in Poznań pointed some places in the city where you can freely paint what you want. They said that Poznań promotes art, not vandalism ("Poznań promuje sztukę, nie wandalizm"). The walls are the most often under flyovers or in the abandoned buldings.

For me the most beautiful graffiti is a crow in Lutycka/Dąbrowskiego Street. You can see it when you are going to Poznań from, for example, Tarnowo Podgórne (in direction to centre of Poznań).

But also there are some more graffitis:

The most popular city in Poland, known by their graffiti is Łódź. There are also one of the biggest mural in the Europe - a painting with 600m²:

Some others: