On the second day of our trip, we went on an eight-mile bike tour around the city of Berlin. It ended up raining all day during our tour, but we didn’t mind. We had an amazing time peddling through the city and seeing all of the historic sites.
Sophie, our tour guide, took us to an area of the city where street art is a common theme. Among the paint, there is a club/art gallery called Urban Spree.
The owner, Pascal, has turned the old building into a nightclub and art exhibit where street artists from all over come to decorate the walls with their work. As I talked to Pascal, I was exhilerated by his passion for the artists. He told me that Berlin was the perfect place to open his bar because of the freedom and creativity behind the artists pieces. It was also intriguing that the art is promoted through word of mouth, and only genuinely talented artists are able to show their work there.
He said that street art has been around for as long as cave men beginning with grafitti, and he is amazed at how far along the art world has come. When I asked him to tell me his favorite piece, he said it was too difficult because as each piece developed, so did his relationship with the artist.
At the end of the day, I took a little piece of Pascal’s free spirit and Germanic perspective with me.
A flute player shows off his talents at Urban Spree.
For more information on Urban Spree, you can visit their website at
Berlin 2013 