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Tommy-Weisbecker-House

The Tommy-Weisbecker-Haus has existed as a self-goverened residentince in Berlin-Kreuzberg since 1973. Adolescents and young adults are given the opportunity to live there. Also young people who ran away from home are welcome. Since 1990, the well-known Café ‘Linie 1’ is located in the building where concerts often take place. Rage Against The Machine and […]

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Jadore Tong (aka S.Y.R.U.S.) – Elephant Playing With a World Balloon

It took Jadore Tong (aka S.Y.R.U.S. – Save Your Rich Untouchable Soul) and his team around four weeks to paint the house facade with the 24 meter high mural. Tong used very strong colors to generate an immense contrast on the surroundings. The mural became a symbol of the city – a city that can […]

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Victor Ash – Astronaut/Kosmonaut

The mural Graffiti Astronaut/Cosmonaut by French street artist Victor Ash established in 2007 in Oranienstraße 195 in Berlin Kreuzberg. The classic mural in black and white features an oversized astronaut hovering over the city in his space gear. There is no face visible behind the helmet, just a black area. He seems to indicate something […]

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Butterfly Mural by Michelle Tombolini

A very powerful mural in Berlin, Friedrichshain, that I came across on one of my strolls through the city. It delivers a sad message by drawing attention to the sexual exploitation of children. Tombolini created the mural in September 2015 in co-operation with ECPAT, an international Non-Government Organisation network.