{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Bristol Weekend-Trip","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/bristol-weekend-trip/Bristol-urban-art.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-03-15T12:53:54Z","description":"The old and small city of Bristol has been my home for the last days. I discovered a lot of nice spots in the city center as well as around the well-known Strokes Croft and found some great urban artworks!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCity Trip\u003c/em\u003e | Hey folks, I’m just back from the nice British west coast city of Bristol! After some sunny days with greasy food and a lot of beer I’m glad about being back in Berlin fuckin’ town!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Bristol is, compared to other cities I visited so far, quite small, it’s good enough for a weekend-trip especially because the routes are short and therefore everything is within walking distance\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy girlfriend and me stayed at the YHA hostel in Bristol, Harbourside (a pretty good one by the way!), explored the entire city center as well as the creative area around the fabulous \u003ca href=\"http://prsc.org.uk/\"\u003eStokes Croft\u003c/a\u003e, went across the Clifton Suspension Bridge, visited the \u003cem\u003e“Wildlife Photographer of the Year”\u003c/em\u003e exhibition at Bristol’s City Museum \u0026amp; Art Gallery, the Arnolfini art space and the CREATE Centre, had a great, sweaty and hot evening at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.gogolbordello.com\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGogol Bordello\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e gig at O2 Academy and for sure discovered some of the well-known Banksy pieces in town\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow it’s going on here! I hope to deliver you some of the latest news about what’s going on in the international urban art scene, until we head over to Madrid to catch up with my friends from the \u003ca href=\"/woollen-art-spider-tags/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Pluma Eléctri*k\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e crew\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_8329081af4d59f40.avif 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_b7840e4160868ba.avif 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_bde0c38d0c9d19e6.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_14cd77dad8821ffa.webp 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_18fabcc5b2a357cf.webp 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_9b1968d230f7c63b.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_3e412373b50e7fe4.jpg\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_44c5045a80d03714.jpg 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_82b2f4cba102c9e8.jpg 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360_hu_3e412373b50e7fe4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"Sweet Toof Mural\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eSweet Toof Mural\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1700\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1700\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1700\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_63d73a8ba96b3797.avif 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_62c5592380fd0951.avif 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_6bd0ea126af6ae29.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_61273a09cd59108c.webp 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_41b2c0f1d961772b.webp 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_c7f740ce9b085464.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_4ae649042ce7b605.jpg\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_bfed816ce15a72c3.jpg 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_d17c602301de8d7d.jpg 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374_hu_4ae649042ce7b605.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"942\" alt=\"Stokes Croft Public Gallery\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eStokes Croft Public Gallery\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_5d2b82daaa2e0977.avif 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_7d1e749f6d3385cd.avif 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_87aa03e97ce6d4e9.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_b37223e2af9ce533.webp 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_b2d995f8305518cb.webp 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_755310bea0fd5c31.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_87ed3416862f2cdb.jpg\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_250c456fdf2e0e4f.jpg 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_7e87aaad3037f50a.jpg 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379_hu_87ed3416862f2cdb.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"Phlegm Mural\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ePhlegm Mural\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1732\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1732\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1732\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_1ce939fd43db81cb.avif 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_932d753afb413ecf.avif 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_9821b0239f5eea58.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_27e1acd7c22eff81.webp 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_de2eff9e7f8ca9a.webp 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_3740908a1a87e518.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_fffab0f8f9d30433.jpg\" srcset=\"/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_f009e6660c23af29.jpg 480w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_2bede621b77e5b6.jpg 960w, /bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381_hu_fffab0f8f9d30433.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"Mural near Stokes Croft\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eMural near Stokes Croft\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*City Trip* | Hey folks, I’m just back from the nice British west coast city of Bristol! After some sunny days with greasy food and a lot of beer I’m glad about being back in Berlin fuckin’ town!\n\nAlthough Bristol is, compared to other cities I visited so far, quite small, it’s good enough for a weekend-trip especially because the routes are short and therefore everything is within walking distance...\n\nMy girlfriend and me stayed at the YHA hostel in Bristol, Harbourside (a pretty good one by the way!), explored the entire city center as well as the creative area around the fabulous [Stokes Croft](http://prsc.org.uk/), went across the Clifton Suspension Bridge, visited the *“Wildlife Photographer of the Year”* exhibition at Bristol’s City Museum \u0026 Art Gallery, the Arnolfini art space and the CREATE Centre, had a great, sweaty and hot evening at the [**Gogol Bordello**](http://www.gogolbordello.com) gig at O2 Academy and for sure discovered some of the well-known Banksy pieces in town...\n\nNow it’s going on here! I hope to deliver you some of the latest news about what’s going on in the international urban art scene, until we head over to Madrid to catch up with my friends from the [**La Pluma Eléctri*k**](/woollen-art-spider-tags/) crew...\n\n![Sweet Toof Mural](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4360.jpg\u003e)\n\nSweet Toof Mural ![Stokes Croft Public Gallery](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4374.jpg\u003e)\n\nStokes Croft Public Gallery ![Phlegm Mural](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4379.jpg\u003e)\n\nPhlegm Mural ![Mural near Stokes Croft](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/bristol-weekend-trip/IMG_4381.jpg\u003e)\n\nMural near Stokes Croft ","tags":["Banksy","La Pluma Eléctri*K","Stokes Croft","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Bristol Weekend-Trip","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/bristol-weekend-trip/"}