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There's street art pretty much everywhere, but the area around U-Bahn station Schles-
isches Tor in Kreuzberg has some house-wall-size classics, including pieces by Blu and the
Brazilian twins Os Gemeos. Skalitzer Strasse is also a fertile hunting ground with Victor
Ash's
Astronaut
and ROA's
Nature Morte
being highlights (look for them on the north side
of the tracks when riding the above-ground U1).
Across the Spree River in Friedrichshain, the RAW Gelände has plenty of great stuff, es-
pecially at the Urban Spree Bar & Gallery. Around Boxhagener Platz you'll find works by
Boxi, Alias and El Bocho. In Mitte, there's plenty of art underneath the S-Bahn arches al-
though the undisputed hub is the courtyard of Haus Schwarzenberg. Prenzlauer Berg has the
Mauerpark, where budding artists may legally polish their skills along a section of the Ber-
lin Wall. In the entryway of the Tuntenhaus at Kastanienallee 86 are nice works by Alias
and El Bocho.
www.atmberlin.de
;
Eylauerstrasse 13; 3-8pm Thu-Sat & by appt; Platz der
Luftbrücke) keeps its finger on the pulse of the scene.
Alternative Berlin Tours
runs a four-
does customised tours for small groups. A good book on the subject is
Urban Illustration
Berlin: Street Art City Guide,
by Benjamin Wolbergs.
Here's a roundup of our street-art faves:
Kottbusser Tor), Kreuzberg; sten-
cilling by Victor Ash.
Görlitzer Bahnhof),
Kreuzberg; large-scale black and white painting by ROA.
Schlesisches Tor), Kreuzberg; pictogram by
Nomad.
Schlesisches Tor), Kreuzberg;
painting by Os Gemeos.
lesische Strasse; Schlesisches Tor), Kreuzberg; two side-by-side paintings by Blu and JR.
Schlesisches Tor),
Kreuzberg; by Blu.
Warschauer
Strasse), Friedrichshain; by Ema.
Warschauer
Strasse), Friedrichshain; by Boxi.
