Street art heaven in Bielsko-Biala, Poland / Stories behind graffiti

Today I would like to share with you beautiful street art, located in my home town Bielsko-Biala, Poland. I could have noticed there were many people who liked this kind of art, so it encouraged me to share even more photos with you, Local Guides. You can check my other posts about street art I’ve post on Connect Street art heaven in San Francisco, CA and Street art heaven in San Jose, CA , The extraordinary street art heaven in Polish villages

Feel free to visit my Instagram profile with street art collection @streetart.heaven

Street art has got its advantages and disadvantages. One of the “dark sides” is a temporariness of these paintings. The mural with the old man and the bird (you can see above) is already gone. I took this photo some time ago and when I was preparing this post for you, I discovered this wall is completely plain right now. It made me sad, but at the same time, now I really expect another great artwork to be shown in the same place.

Some of the murals tell stories, some were made for a reason. In this post, I would like to share with you examples of a few street arts I know why they look like this.

Some of the murals in Bielsko-Biala present the history of my home town. Below you can imagine yourself in the city streets years ago when we used to have trams here, less car traffic and even “Radio” mural!!! This one is like a postcard from the past. I love it!

Here the artist wanted to present the most famous buildings and monuments as toys, what children can play with. In the first photo on the left, there is our symbol of the city - a small car called “Maluch”/“The Little One”/ “Toddler” (Fiat 126p), which was being produced here till 2000.

Bielsko-Biala used to be an industrial city, especially was famous, because of the textiles craft and you can notice that on this following mural.

When I was a child the most popular TV cartoons in Poland were produced in my city, in the cartoon movies studio. Till now there is a mural with the most famous cartoon characters - “Reksio”, “Bolek and Lolek”, “Pampalini”, and Wawel Dragon.

My home town is located just by the Beskidy mountains and I’m so happy there is a part of street art, which does not forget about our original roots, folk, and tradition.

Have you got any painting you like and you are familiar with the story behind it? I would love to read about it, please share this story with us in the comment section below.

You can find more information, about authors and their concepts, (text in English and in Polish) here: Murale in Bielsko-Biała with the exact location of each mural, marked on the city map.

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@AniaKiser

Good photos.

Keep it up :+1:

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Oh, the next fantastic post about street art @AniaKiser from you!

Thank you.


Please remember, that the amount of photos is limited on Localguidesconnect. It would be good to insert a link to a google photo book :wink:

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Really interesting post @AniaKiser .

Nice photos and nice murales too.

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Wow! that’s impressive! @AniaKiser

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Hello @AniaKiser ,

Thank you for sharing these amazing photos with us. How long did it take you to get all these pictures?

Are these illustrations in the same district or a bit everywhere around the city?

I’m sharing with you a photo of a street art illustration in Sofia.

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@TorM Thank you. Yes, I know I can post only 1000 photos on Connect, it’s sad, but thank to @IshantHP_ig I’m already aware of this restriction :wink:

@BorrisS All these paintings in my post are located around the city and it doesn’t take that much time to see them all if you know the exact location. The more important issue is that as you can find them now, but for example next year they might be gone. :roll_eyes:

@OliverKIWI , @KishorMali , @raffaele_guidolin Thanks a lot for your comments!

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This is a beautiful post @AniaKiser . Loved all these street arts spreading nice feelings.

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Hi** @AniaKiser **

Thanks for the reply :slightly_smiling_face:

Your post is awesome, and i really love the street art, kudos for the artists.

But kindly remember about the limitation of photos, better to upload some of your best shots and remaining photos you can put in the Google photos link.

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@AniaKiser They are wonderful, I like such style of graffiti. One day I will share Minsk graffiti with you, I gather photos now.

It’s really pity when such beauty disappears one day.

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Amazing picture :+1:t3: :heart_eyes:

@AniaKiser

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@OlgaKlimchik I can’t wait for your post! Let me know when it’s ready!

@user_not_found Thank you for your comment!

@Giuseppe75 Thank you for leaving a comment! :blush: Aren’t they beautiful? They cheer me up even more during the current situation :blush: Is the street art popular in Italy?

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Awesome collection of Street Art. Well shared with excellent words helping us to know more about your town. I wonder if your town will ever have trams again @AniaKiser Melbourne kept hers all along, amazing how many cities are bringing them back now to reduce carbon output.

Paul

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Indeed @AniaKiser , and the only way to preserve this form of art, is to take photos of the illustrations.

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Hello @AniaKiser , yes these street arts are so beautiful.

I would love to see more examples in Italy as I believe they make our towns warmer and more friendly.
We hope to may enjoy soon in general the beauties of our cities…and appreciate what we have around.

A big hug, Giuseppe

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So outstanding! Thank you for sharing!

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wow! amazing! I am impressed by these street arts! :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:

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@user_not_found and @ejaearth I’m glad you enjoyed my photos :blush:

@PaulPavlinovich I’m happy to share with you the magic of street art, especially from my home town. When it comes to trams-here is an official group, that wants the trams to be back in the city, however, there is a problem with capacity on the streets to organize traffic - cars and trams together, as well as the issue of profitability. I personally like trams and trains, as you do, because my father used to be a train driver and we used to travel by train a lot during my childhood (we had the rail tickets for free in Poland for the rail workers and their families :smiley: )

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@user_not_found Don’t forget tag a person whom you are speaking with.

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Keep it up :))

@AniaKiser

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