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Chaotic beauty: Tunnel graffiti in France

It's an elaborate and very chaotic yet beautiful execution of graffiti on tunnel walls
It’s an elaborate and very chaotic yet beautiful execution of graffiti on tunnel walls

I was enroute from Barcelona in Spain to Perpignan in southern France and, as I wasn’t able to get on the high speed TGV, I instead opted to ride the TER which made the longer route. However, the train was only up to Cerbère, the border town of France and we had to get on the bus to Perpignan instead.

But whoa! As we went from Gare de Cerbère, the train station to the beach front for the awaiting bus, we passed by an underground tunnel that was full of graffiti! But it was such a chaotic yet wonderful and colorful work of art covering the entire tunnel wall from end to end.

There were bright red strokes, blue lines and shades, black dashes and letters as well as splashes of pink. I just can’t help but stop, gaze in awe and take photographs and at the same time, hurrying up for the bus.

It was an amazing discovery!

Detail of one section of tunnel wall
Detail of one section of tunnel wall
It's one huge mural from end to end as passengers from the train station pass
It’s one huge mural from end to end as passengers from the train station pass
Colorful graffiti has taken over all the surface of the tunnel walls
Colorful graffiti has taken over all the surface of the tunnel walls

2 thoughts on “Chaotic beauty: Tunnel graffiti in France”

  1. estancabigas

    beautifully done graffiti no?

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