Street Art in Bavaria: 18 Places to See

From the high banks of the Isar river in the Bogenhausen district, the Friedensengel statue, or Angel of Peace, looks out over the river towards Prinzregentenstrasse. The monument commemorates the peace treaty of 1871, which ended the Franco-Prussian War. It was inaugurated in 1899.

Below the Angel of Peace statue, a tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians runs parallel to the Isar river under Prinzregentenstrasse. Its walls were painted in 2014 by the renowned Munich street art pioneer Loomit and his fellow artists. Light pillars divide the walls into around fifty individual sections, each designed by a different artist.

The entrance to the north is blue and the entrance to the south is orange. There was no predefined theme, but the many large depictions of heads are striking.

Nine years later, Loomit, together with the street artists Flin and Miriam Frank, decorated the tunnel under the Ludwigsbrücke bridge at the Müllersche Volksbad swimming pool.

Where? Prinzregentenstrasse, bus 100, museum line, stop Friedensengel.
Ludwigsbrücke bridge: City bus 132 or tram 16, 17 to Isartor

Street art tour through Munich

The 2019 “Artding” street art festival has made a lasting impression in the old Bavarian ducal town: painted house façades in the Klettham district. Five street artists each designed the façade of a block of flats, using spray cans or paintbrushes. Boring building façades were turned into exciting eye-catchers.

Although the murals met with great approval, the festival remained a one-off event. The spray event was initiated by street artist Daniel Westermeier, aka Mr Woodland, who is also represented with a work of art himself (Dr.-Ulrich-Weg 1). His style is a mixture of realistically painted figures combined with graphic elements and fragments. His pictures always tell a story

The other XXL pictures can be seen at Franzensbaderstrasse 6 (Duo Telmo-Miel, Netherlands), Stefanstrasse 15 (Ate Crew, Würzburg), Giessereistrasse 1 (Zoer, France) and Riverastrasse 4 (Georgia Hill, Australia).

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The “Betonliebe” (Love of Concrete) street art festival is three years old and has already become an institution in Langwasser. The district in the south-east of Nuremberg was created in 1950s. With its large façades, it is the ideal spot for graffiti or murals. Since 2019, the “Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser” cultural centre and the Street Art working group have been inviting artists to design walls here every summer. Graffiti workshops are also held regularly.

There is a map showing all the murals and providing information on the artists and their works. It takes about 75 minutes on foot and 45 minutes by bike to complete a tour. The outdoor gallery is constantly being expanded. The map can be found in the foyer of the Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser cultural centre or in the “Esskultur” restaurant inside. You can also download it as a PDF. A free Komoot tour also leads to the murals. The Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser can be easily reached by underground line U1.

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In 2022, 28 international and local graffiti artists created a unique work of art along the street 'Am Europakanal' in Fürth. Ever since, the 250 metre long retaining wall at Grundigpark has been lit up in pink, blue, green, yellow and orange. It features images of Clint Eastwood and the computer game character Sonic the Hedgehog, among others.

Another large-scale street art project was the painting of the 260 square metre rear of the new fire station as a youth project, supported by well-known graffiti artists. Alongside a firefighter, personalities from Fürth's city history are depicted. The “Frei Luft Galerie” (Open Air Gallery) is a definite highlight in the city’s art calendar (2024: from 30 June). The gallery features various types of street art, inviting you to take a walk or cycle tour through the city of artists.

Where? Graffiti at Grundigpark: street by the Europakanal; graffiti at the new fire station: between Kapellenstrasse and Käppnersteg

You can find a map with all of the works of art at senf.xyz

The organisation Handicap International e. V. campaigns worldwide for people with disabilities and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 as co-winner for the fight against landmines. The city of Würzburg and the artists Simon Schacht and Christian Palace (Ate Crew) are supporting their “Stop Bombing Civilians” campaign with graffiti. The project draws attention to the terrible consequences of bombing raids on the civilian population. The graffiti was inaugurated on 16 March 2023, exactly 78 years after the bombing and destruction of Würzburg.

The graffiti on the wall of a house in Grombühlstrasse depicts an oversized fist smashing into a residential neighbourhood. Other graffiti can be found in Würzburg, for example on Zeppelinstrasse in the underpass beneath the B19. Most of them were created as part of the Street Meet festivals of recent years. The artist duo Ate Crew also painted a large wall at Siebold-Gymnasium secondary school and at Dag Hammarskjöld-Gymnasium secondary school in Würzburg.

Where? Grombühlstrasse 18a, tram 1 or 5, stop Brücknerstrasse

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Graffiti artist Robert Wilhelm, born in Heidelberg, has his studio in Füssen. He is known far beyond the Allgäu. One of his trademarks are his smurf heads called „Smurfnobs“ which are abstracted heads from a line, which he often incorporates into his works. He has jazzed up his adopted hometown of Füssen with numerous works of art. A portrait puzzle of King Ludwig II welcomes travellers in the train station’s waiting hall.

To draw attention to the “painting”, the artist has opted for the so-called lenticular technique, a kind of alternating or wobbling image. As you walk past, you can see individual picture elements appear and disappear again.

The large-format puzzle with graffiti elements, which was created in collaboration with photographer Simon Toplak, depicts the young king in front of the Allgäu landscape with the iconic eye-catchers of Neuschwanstein Palace, Hohes Schloss Palace, Lake Forggensee and more. The large ceiling painting in the foyer of the “König Ludwig Spa & Wellness Resort” in Schwangau was also created by the two artists.

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Mural artist Andre Maier is making Regensburg more colourful – with façade paint, brushes and wall rollers. Sometimes on behalf of private customers, sometimes on a mission for the city. Maier has created fantasy worlds on all four façades of the “Kontrast” youth centre, he has artistically designed the “Palletti” bar as well as the entrance to the cultural and creative centre “Das Degginger”.

His “masterpiece”, however, is the inner courtyard of the “Münchner Hof” hotel, where he painted a fantasy portrait of a woman on the wall of a house that spans five storeys! The veritable grande dame represents the city of Regensburg. She is wearing lots of dark wine red, has knight’s armour and is petting a lap dog. “The little dog stands for us residents who are being cared for by the city,” says the artist about his mural.

Where? Youth Centre, Vilshofener Strasse 14; “Paletti” bar, Pustetpassage in Gesandtenstrasse 6; Degginger, Wahlenstrasse/Tändlergasse 18; “Münchner Hof”, Tändlergasse 9.

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A boring concrete wall in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz has been transformed into a work of art that is causing quite a stir! Inspired by the East Side Gallery in Berlin - the longest outdoor gallery in the world with over a hundred paintings – artists from around the region, the “Jura e. V.” art collective, have transformed the rear wall of a Kaufhof building into a colourful gallery.

The wall provides the transition to the park of the Landesgartenschau, or the State Garden Show, where the “Garden of Life” can also be found. With its various stations, it retraces the course of life – from birth to death. “Stations of life” is also the title and motto for the art wall. The twelve murals of the Life Side Gallery are dedicated to this topic, each on a space measuring two by four metres and sometimes abstract, sometimes naturalistic.

The Life Side Gallery is part of the “Innehalten Region” (Region of Contemplation), as Neumarkt and the surrounding area see themselves. Serenity trails, oasis of strength, cycle paths or gardens, such as the Garden of Life, and a Contemplation Academy invite you to escape from everyday life and recharge your batteries.

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