Long live Urban Spree!
This hippie/punk/skater/poets/artists haven of graffiti, street, urban and postmodern all splayed across a complex of buildings that are seemingly abandoned but teaming with life, food, music, and free thought. Also, a sense of community.
Bordalo II, Two One and 1UP Crew at Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
There are opportunities for rock climbing, biergartening, dancing, tattoo shops, outdoor mix sessions, a furniture restoration shop, a mini- beach, the famed outstanding art gallery with a solid array of graffiti and urban art books, and if you know where the switch is, you can blow 6 foot torches of fire into the night sky from atop a tiki bar.
Icy & Sot. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
On the day we were there recently there was even a wedding party in one of the secreted outdoor spaces with two spinning turntables, a basement bar, a bonfire, and, naturally, cake.
Also, naturally, you can go and paint, wheatpaste, slap stickers, spray a stencil, or in the case of Bordalo II, collect together enough local garbage to create a sculptural installation of a long-billed aviary friend.
Scenes like these are always transitory so visit Berlin-Friedrichshain and Urban Spree before the moment passes.
Two One. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Low Bros. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Low Bros . Mr. Penfold. Iggy . Billy . Berlin Bandits. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
1UP Crew. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
1UP Crew . Viva La Resolucion. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Zero Cents. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ZOLA. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Rallitox. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified Artist. Bader . Blate, Maoro, Komt. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
OBEY. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Cranio. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Iron Chola. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Christiaan Nagel. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
E. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
KA feeling a certain kind of blue. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
E. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Aloha. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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