Street Art: 2015 Year in Review

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Street Art Survey 2015

Our 2015 was filled with opportunities to discover and explore new and interesting places.  We were lucky enough to spend about six months in Europe doing a bit of work, but mostly doing what we enjoy most: wandering in unknown places.  We fully indulged our passion for street art, maybe fueling it even further, seeing new styles, interpretations and perspectives. Our own ideas on what can or should be art were expanded: from the positivity vs. angst of the East Side Gallery of the Berlin Wall to the colorful kaleidoscope of Paseo del Rey Juan Carlos I in Seville, we kept our eyes open and our camera on the ready. In addition to our European street art survey, we also had an opportunity to sample the styles of our neighbors to the north with visits to Montreal and Quebec City over the summer.

Please enjoy our favorites from 2015.  It’s so hard for us to narrow these down, so please let us know which is your favorite.  We would love to hear about it!

England

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Blue Mask Girlsby Fin DAC, London, England

Surfer, St. Agnes, England

Surfer, St. Agnes, England

Sweden

Germany

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Day of the Dead Girl, Munich, Germany

Tsunami Store, Cologne, Germany

Tsunami Store, Cologne, Germany

Cologne, Germany

Cologne, Germany

Sailor Girl, Cologne, Germany

Sailor Girl, Cologne, Germany

Say Cheese, Cologne, Germany

Say Cheese, Cologne, Germany

Stammstraße, Cologne, Germany

Stammstraße, Cologne, Germany

Smiling Soldier, Cologne, GErmany

Smiling Soldier, Cologne, Germany

Saintly, Cologne, Germany

Saintly, Cologne, Germany

street art on the Wall

Thumbs Up, Berlin, Germany

Fantasy Masks, Berlin, Germany

Fantasy Masks, Berlin, Germany

I <3 Berlin

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Belgium

Art Alley, Ghent, Belgium

Art Alley, Ghent, Belgium

Veggie Wall, Ghent, Belgium

Veggie Wall, Ghent, Belgium

Kawaii-style street art in Ghent, Belgium

Kawaii-style street art in Ghent, Belgium

Switzerland

Hear no, see no, speak no... Zurich, Switzerland

Hear no, see no, speak no… Zurich, Switzerland

Vision, Zurich, Switzerland

Vision, Zurich, Switzerland

Canada

Crazy Monkey, Montreal, Canada

Crazy Monkey, Montreal, Canada

Mural Quebec

Mural, Quebec City, Canada

House Mural, Quebec City, Canada

House Mural, Quebec City, Canada

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Storage Container, Quebec City

Different forms of power, Quebec City, Canda

Different forms of power, Quebec City, Canada

United States

Greetings, Portland, Maine

Greetings, Portland, Maine

France

street art Strausbourg

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Spain

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“Because I dream, I am not crazy.” Street art in Zaragoza, Spain

Blue Girl, Red Hair, Zaragoza, Spain

Blue Girl, Red Hair, Zaragoza, Spain

Colorful Bollards line the Carrer de Comte (Calle de los Pilones) in Old Town, Tarragona, Spain

Colorful Bollards line the Carrer de Comte (Calle de los Pilones) in Old Town, Tarragona, Spain

Green girl, Tarragona, Spain

Green girl, Tarragona, Spain

Panda Girl, Seville, Spain

Panda Girl, Seville, Spain

Domino, Tarragona, Spain

Domino, Tarragona, Spain

Gandolf, Tarragona, Spain

Gandolf, Tarragona, Spain

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Wooly Mammoth, Seville, Spain

Iberian Pigs, Seville, Spain

Iberian Pigs, Seville, Spain

Discover the diamond inside, Seville, Spain

Discover the diamond inside, Seville, Spain

Doodling Child, Seville, Spain

Doodling Child, Seville, Spain

Showering boy, Girona, Spain

Showering boy, Girona, Spain

Selfie Spot, Girona, Spain

Selfie Spot, Girona, Spain

Colorful Corner, Madrid, Spain

Colorful Corner, Madrid, Spain

About the author

A 30 something traveler with insatiable wanderlust. Veteran of 2 RTW trips now focusing on slow travel.