Portugal has a vivid and spontaneous street art scene; it’s one that doesn’t seem sponsored, except in a few cases. It has a certain gritty quality to it; often it is mostly graffiti that is sloppily applied to decrepit and derelict surfaces. Here’s some of the street art I found in Portugal in October and November of 2018.
Porto
Porto
Porto
Porto
Aveiro
Aveiro
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon
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Great feature of Lisbon’s street art subculture, need to visit the vivid Portuguese capital sometime again indeed!
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Thanks so much, Ulli. I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😊
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And also a short photo feature born in the varied countryside outside Berlin. A bit ‘dark noir’ indeed, a visit to the shadowy world of modern life:
https://urbansimulator.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/the-modern-underworlds/
Cheers and happy travels for you Cathy! 🙂
Ulli
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That is a very dark underworld indeed. Thanks for your good travel wishes. 😊Did you want me to add it to my photo invitation? I can try although it’s difficult with the often poor WiFi. Let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Also, I wasn’t able to comment on the post. Maybe it’s the way my phone displays it!
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These are the shadowy realities of our contempirary civilization! I could also show dead trees now, because the actual drought since April 2018 is very harmful to nature and agriculture especially here in Eastern Germany. Please include the link whenever convenient for you. I am now also on a blogging pause till mid of October. Have a nice day whereever!
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Thanks Ulli. It is certainly frightening what is happening to the earth. We humans are not good stewards. Enjoy your blogging break. 😊
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Wow you saw way more than I did in Lisbon!
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We walked a lot!! 😊
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And that, sadly, is whatI can no longer do…..
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I’m sorry, Sue. It must be frustrating, but you still seem to find other ways to enjoy what the world has to offer. 😊
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I do try!
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I do love how artists brighten up the more derelict areas of a city. More of it needs more imagination from the viewer to work out what they are trying to portray!
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I love it too, but more when it’s an organized effort and artists are paid. I have no idea what many of these graffiti artists were portraying!
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There is so much work in these pieces.
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Yes, and some are much nicer than others! 😊
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Yes, the street art in Portugal is amazing, isn’t it – it even extends to the Azores. You managed to see a lot more than I did and I’m glad that you did because I get to enjoy the fruits of your travels while sitting at home. I especially liked the ones fro Aveiro.
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I loved those Aveiro ones, Mari. You must have enjoyed Jo’s posts about the Azores. 😊
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There’s so much variety, isn’t there? I love it when you turn a corner and come upon a really great piece. The lady with the watering can made me smile back at her, and the face beneath is incredible. 🙂 🙂
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It’s interesting and especially on Portugal’s decrepit buildings. 😊
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Love this! The cactus on the abandoned, half-gone adobe structure is my favorite.
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Thanks Marsi. It is certainly an interesting array of art!
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Some of these pictures in Lisbon must have been from your pre-Camino stop in Lisbon. Or I just forgot seeing them as we strolled around for miles and miles!
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I think these are all from our trip. 😊
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Some of these are incredible, like that rabbit in Porto, but others are too grungy for me and I hated seeing the lovely tiles and the trams in Lisbon randomly graffitied. There is a distinct line between street art and sheer vandalism. Or at least to me.
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Much of the graffiti in Portugal, especially Lisbon, is too grungy for me as well, Jude. I think the city could benefit from an artworks program. I agree, for sure – some is art but much is messy vandalism, However, it is interesting, even if I don’t understand the messages!
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