German Language Blog
Menu
Search

Tag Archives: street art

Urban German Graffiti: Berlin Posted by on Jun 21, 2015

Berlin has been called the most bombed city in Europe. It has also been called the “graffiti capital of Europe” . Coincidentally (or perhaps not so coincidentally), Berliners have a slang term known as Das Bombing, referring to the act of ‘bombing’ the streets with graffiti. This should be enough to tell you that Berlin…

Continue Reading

Urban German Graffiti Posted by on Jun 10, 2015

I’ve been quite interested in graffiti as of late. I like the way words are used in it, and I like the political, cultural meanings these words take on in their public settings. But I also just like the power of language that is contained in these scribbles. I thought that showing you some German…

Continue Reading