Street art - Rotterdam

Anna Paulownastraat

53, -West-Kruiskade📷(07-26)

Title: "Zodiac"; artist: Tymon de Laat (The Netherlands); painted in June 2023. A young Chinese woman in traditional clothing is depicted, along with other symbols characteristic of Chinese culture.⏬

53, -West-Kruiskade📷(07-26)

63, -West-Kruiskade📷(07-26)

Title: Manga girl"; artist: Sharon van Dams (The Netherlands); painted in 2018. With her intense gaze, the girl seeks eye contact with passers-by. The posture of her head emphasizes this desire all the more.⏬

Coolsestraat

, -West-Kruiskade 89📷(07-26)

Title: "Feis4Ever"; artist: Telmo Miel (Netherlands); Painted in January 2021. This mural is a tribute to rapper Faysal Msyeh (stage name: Feis). Feis was known for his friendly nature and close relationship with his fans. In 2019, he tragically passed away. The four hands add movement to artwork.⏬

, -West-Kruiskade 89📷(07-26)

Artist: Ox Alien (The Netherlands); Painted in December 2023. Small murals show the artist's typical style.⏬

, -West-Kruiskade 81📷(07-26)

Title: "Helixotherapy"; artist: WD (Wild Drawing) (Indonesia); painted in November 2017. This spiral face of the woman is a tribute to M.C. Escher, a Dutch artist. The inner part is painted in yellow and orange tones, while the outer part is blue, creating a beautiful contrast.⏬

Diergaardesingel

101📷(07-26)

Title: "Philharmonic Orchestra"; artist: Roy Karsky (Netherlands), Paul Watty (Netherlands); painted in September 2024 commissioned by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra's logo is painted on both panels.⏬

10📷(07-26)

Artist: unknown. This small painting is located on the façade of an Urumqi restaurant. The mural shows a Uyghur music festival.⏬

Essenburgsingel

101📷(07-26)

Title: "Beuk 3" (Beech 3); artist: André Smits (aka DREDD),(Netherlands); unveiled in 2012. The artwork is the result of a fight by local residents against the deterioration of their neighborhood and the cutting down of greenery.⏬

Gouvernestraat

📷(07-26)

Artist: unknown. The text on the wall comes from a song by Gé Reinders, written in 2005. This Dutch singer, musician and writer is best known for his songs in Limburgish.⏬

4A📷(07-26)

Title: "Mantelzorg"; artist: I am Eelco (aka Eelco van den Berg) (The Netherlands); painted in January 2024 commissioned by Mantelfoon. Mantelfoon helps informal caregivers to access more support. In the painting, the artist wanted to illustrate the struggle of informal caregivers.⏬

4A📷(07-26)

Henegouwerlaan

85📷(07-26)

Title: "R.I.P Hondekop 501"; artist: Mr. Serious (Netherlands); Painted in October 2016. The "Hondekop 501" train was a type of train that was in service with the Dutch railways for many years.⏬

79📷(07-26)

Artist: Mista Ndek (aka Papito Pierrot) (France); Painted in November 2025. The work shows a unique mix of complex calligraphy and small characters, with expressive eyes.⏬

Jacobusstraat

85📷(07-26)

Artist: unknown. On the two outer windows is a fairytale-like, fantasy-like scene: a mystical, enchanted forest.⏬

39📷(07-26)

From bottom to top: artists: Mul Draws (UK) and Ox Alien (Netherlands), unknown: painted in 2023. The mural at the bottom shows the typical style of the artists. The painting at the top shows a fragment from an animal story.⏬

181📷(07-26)

Artists: perhaps people from the neighborhood. A mosaic of hand-painted tiles is attached to the wall as a large rectangular panel. Plain and painted tiles alternate. The tiles contain childlike drawings and scribbles, names and initials, and texts.⏬

Josephstraat

10📷(07-26)

Artist: Kelsey Montague (aka Kelseymontagueart) (USA). The window of a beauty salon is painted with highly stylized wings.⏬

1📷(07-26)

Artist: Riq (Netherlands); Painted in August 2025. The artist's signature style with geometric shapes in contrasting colors comes to the fore here.⏬

1, -West-Kruiskade 66📷(07-26)

Title: "Pulp Fiction"; artist: Insane 51 (Greece); painted in November 2017. In this mural, the artist creates movement by showing a distorted, layered image. Instead of using overlapping, separate layers of color, the artist uses the same image, creating the perception of multiple images existing at the same time.⏬

1, -West-Kruiskade 66📷(07-26)

Title: "Teapot"; artist: Anne Mercedes Langhorst (Peru - The Netherlands); painted in 2023. The mural radiates a sense of inclusion and connection between the many existing cultures.⏬

1, -West-Kruiskade 66📷(07-26)

Title: "Teapot"; artist: Anne Mercedes Langhorst (Peru - The Netherlands); painted in 2023. The mural radiates a sense of inclusion and connection between the many existing cultures.⏬

1, -West-Kruiskade 66📷(07-26)

From left to right: title: "Teapot", artist: Anne Mercedes Langhorst (Peru - The Netherlands), painted in 2023; title: "Pulp Fiction", artist: Insane 51 (Greece), painted in November 2017.⏬

Kolkmanstraat

8📷(07-26)

Title: "Margriet"; artist: Chris Versteeg (The Netherlands); painted in 2020. The painting adorns the façade of the building of the school "Margriet" and includes objects related to education and upbringing.⏬

Korte Bajonetstraat

📷(07-26)

Title: "Organic shape"; artist: Antoine M. de Froideville (Netherlands); painted in January 2018. Subdued shades are used in an intricate pattern, making the white and yellow lines stand prominently.⏬

13📷(07-26)

Title: "Anamorphic"; artist: Peeta (aka Manuel di Rita) (Italy - Netherlands); painted in January 2018. This mural makes the windows seem to move out of the building, creating an optical illusion. The primary colours in the work enter into a dynamic interplay with brown, white and black contrasts.⏬

Kruiskade

38📷(07-26)

Title: "Horizonte"; artist: Tymon de Laat (The Netherlands); Painted in April 2017. An indigenous woman looks forward to daily life in the Western world, to get a bigger picture of Western society.⏬

55, Club Villa Thalia📷(07-26)

Title: "Bloeiende feestvreugde" ("Blooming revelry); artist: Carel Kneulman (The Netherlands); Made in 1955. The façade relief depicts Thalia, the muse of comedy and comedy in Greek mythology.⏬

Kruisplein

📷(07-26)

Artist: unknown. Graffiti in throw-up style stands out because of the bizarre color combinations.⏬

105, -Diergaardesingel📷(07-26)

Title: "symmetric square"; artist: Astro (France); painted in January 2018. Elegant calligraphy and optical effects accentuate the building. A palette of blue tones contrast harmoniously with the gray curls, creating an illusion of depth.⏬

33📷(07-26)

Title: "West-Kruiskade, Echt Rotterdam (version II)"; artist: Noel Deelen (Netherlands); Painted in July 2025. This painting replaces an earlier version, which was made 10 years ago, and shows the many faces of Rotterdam. Friends of the artist and well-known Rotterdammers can be found in this version.⏬

33📷(07-26)

Title: "Winne"; artist: JDL (aka Judith de Leeuw) (Netherlands); painted in January 2018. In this artwork, the Dutch rapper Winne is portrayed.⏬

Lijnbaan

30📷(07-26)

Artist: Eveline Schram (Netherlands); Painted in August 2024. The municipality of Rotterdam asked the artist to make the bicycle storage more exciting.⏬

Mauritsplaats

24📷(07-26)

Artists: Telmo Miel (Netherlands); Painted in December 2023. The mural was created at the request of local residents who want to see more nature in the area. The painting consists only of natural elements.⏬

24📷(07-26)

2📷(07-26)

Artist: Onio (Brazil); painted in the summer of 2009 on the occasion of the Reflexo on Urban Art (RUA) festival. This black and white mural depicts the urban chaos. The lower part has been painted over.⏬

2📷(07-26)

Mauritsstraat

10📷(07-26)

Artist: Han Rehm (Netherlands); placed in 1988. These three reliefs adorn the wall of a theatre and depict laughter, looking and crying, being feelings that are evoked in the theatre.⏬

10📷(07-26)

Artist: Amela Koric (aka Amela Koric-Begic) (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Concrete reliefs were bricked into the façade in 2019. Abstract shapes and figures reflect river and water violence in the rivers in the area. Moreover, they are in line with the neighbourhood's desire to have more greenery in the streets.⏬

33📷(07-26)

105📷(07-26)

Artist: Risk Wodas (The Netherlands); Painted in November 2025. Black and white stylized face of a girl.⏬

175A📷(07-26)

Artist(s): unknown. The work combines an expression of gratitude ("Thank you for your hospitality") with a sitting dog against an orange surface, on an otherwise abstract and weathered turquoise field. The dog acts as the only figurative, warm element – a bit of a symbol of loyalty and welcome, in keeping with the message of hospitality.⏬

📷(07-26)

Artist: Dick Matena (Netherlands); Painted in 2015. Ode to this well-known Rotterdam jazz musician.⏬

Nolensstraat

44📷(07-26)

Artist: Sander Sloots (Netherlands). Sunflowers are painted on this utility box to beautify the wider area. Graffiti overpainting affects the beauty.⏬

44📷(07-26)

Artist: Sander Sloots (Netherlands). Sunflowers are painted on this utility box to beautify the wider area. Graffiti overpainting affects the beauty.⏬

Oude Binnenweg

115📷(07-26)

Artist: Wilbert Plijnaar (The Netherlands); Painted in October 2017. Portrait of and Ode to Rita Reys, a well-known jazz singer.⏬

117📷(07-26)

Artist(s): unknown. The exterior wall of the restaurant is painted with colorful patterns.⏬

109B📷(07-26)

Artist: Joost Swarte (The Netherlands); Painted in October 2017. Portrait of and Ode to one of the founders of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.⏬

128📷(07-26)

Left: artist: Robert van der Kroft (The Netherlands); Painted in April 2014. Portrait of and Ode to Piet Le Blanc, a well-known saxophonist from Rotterdam. Right: artist: Eric Kriek (Netherlands); Painted in May 2018. Portrait of and Ode to a well-known Dutch singer from Rotterdam.⏬

122📷(07-26)

Artist: Joeki Simák (Hungary); unveiled in November 1963. The statue Fikkie symbolizes the comparison with students: young and headstrong. The turd in front of the statue originally did not belong to the statue, but was later added as part of the Rotterdam Clean campaign.⏬

107📷(07-26)

Artist: Mikro One (Italy). The characteristic character of the artist is painted on the façade in the familiar colors. Raw graffiti is painted on the wall below.⏬

132📷(07-26)

Artist: Wouter Tulp (Netherlands); Painted in April 2014. Portrait of and ode to David de Groot, who in 1908 became musical director and solo violinist of the orchestra of the Piccadilly hotel in London.⏬

132📷(07-26)

Artist: Martin Valkhoff (Netherlands) (son of the musician in the portrait); painted in 2013. Portrait of and ode to a well-known Rotterdam jazz musician.⏬

125📷(07-26)

Artist: Peter Pontiac (aka Petrus Pollmann) (Netherlands); Painted in August 2014. Portrait of and Ode to Louis de Vries, in his time one of the most important jazz musicians in the Netherlands.⏬

132📷(07-26)

Artist: Martin Lodewijk (Netherlands); Painted in September 2015. Portrait of and ode to Nico de Rooy, a Dutch jazz pianist.⏬

125📷(07-26)

Title: "Santa Claus" (aka Gnome Buttplug); artist: Paul McCarthy (USA); purchased in 2001; unveiled at this site in 2008. For many people, the image has a sexual connotation.⏬

Pieter de Raadtstraat

72📷(07-26)

Title: "Coupe de Ville"; artist: Nadia van Luijk (Belgium - Netherlands); Painted in June 2023. A tasty ice cream cocoupé contains some of the greatest icons of the city of Rotterdam, but is also an eye-opener for the future: Rotterdam as a desert-like environment.⏬

72📷(07-26)

Artist: Lily Corver (The Netherlands); painted in 2010. A jungle scene with all kinds of animals adorns the façade of this building.⏬

Rien de Otter Passage

📷(07-26)

Artist(s): unknown. Colorful floral motifs are attached to the walls of the buildings in this neighborhood.⏬

Schimmelpennickstraat

31📷(07-26)

Top: artist: Cres (NS3D crew) (Denmark - Netherlands); The graffiti style is typically old-school, with white outline, block-shaped extensions, and arrows. The rest: old layers and weathered graffiti by other artists.⏬

Sint-Mariastraat

📷(07-26)

Title: "Iedereen heeft talent" (Everyone has talent); artist: Marijn Gronert (The Netherlands); Painted in September 2025. Four colourful scenes are painted on the doors and windows of a residential care centre.⏬

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Sommansstraat

97📷(07-26)

Title: "Ode aan de stilte" (Ode to silence); artist: artist: presumably Nysacreative (aka Nysa Hicks Puig) (USA). A green-blue leaf motif is painted on a transformer house. Several odes have been written on one of the walls.⏬

97📷(07-26)

Statenweg

185📷(07-26)

Title: Pegasus; artist: A.V.D.Plas (aka Adriaan van der Plas) (The Netherlands); made in 1939. A ceramic tableau consisting of 24 tiles has been installed above a porch of a housing complex.⏬

181📷(07-26)

Title: "speerwerper in boot" (javelin thrower in boat); artist: A.V.D.Plas (aka Adriaan van der Plas) (The Netherlands); made in 1939. A ceramic tableau consisting of 24 tiles has been installed above a porch of a housing complex.⏬

177📷(07-26)

Title: "Allegorie op de wetenschap" (Allegory of Science); artist: A.V.D.Plas (aka Adriaan van der Plas) (The Netherlands); made in 1939.A ceramic tableau consisting of 24 tiles has been installed above a portico of a housing complex.⏬

173📷(07-26)

Title: "Allegorie op de schilderkunst" (Allegory of Painting); artist: A.V.D.Plas (aka Adriaan van der Plas) (The Netherlands); made in 1939.A ceramic tableau consisting of 24 tiles has been installed above a portico of a housing complex.⏬

169📷(07-26)

Title: "Toneelmaskers" (Stage Masks); artist: A.V.D.Plas (aka Adriaan van der Plas) (The Netherlands); made in 1939.A ceramic tableau consisting of 24 tiles has been installed above a portico of a housing complex.⏬

van der Sluysstraat

74📷(07-26)

Title: "Bumblebee 2.0"; Artist: Nina Valkhoff (Netherlands); Painted in June 2025. An ode to nature of 200 m² in Rotterdam.⏬

74📷(07-26)

Title: "Bumblebee 2.0"; Artist: Nina Valkhoff (Netherlands); Painted in June 2025. An ode to nature of 200 m² in Rotterdam.⏬

📷(07-26)

Artist(s): unknown. The floral motif on this wall is very similar to the "sunflower" work of Vincent van Gogh that he painted in Arles (France) in January 1889.⏬

van Ghentstraat

4📷(07-26)

Title: "Outsider/street art wall part 2"; artists: Edward Teeuw (The Netherlands), Marijn Gronert (The Netherlands); Painted in May 2017. This contemporary urban mural reflects alternative/outsider visual aesthetics.⏬

2📷(07-26)

Van Speykstraat

📷(07-26)

From right to left: artists: Ox Alien (The Netherlands), unknown; painted in 2025. The artist's distinctive style is recognizable in the figures painted in the niches. The graffiti stands out because of the bright color combinations.⏬

📷(07-26)

Artist: unknown; painted in 2025. This graffiti work stands out for its dark color combinations against a greenish background.⏬

15📷(07-26)

Title: "great tit"; artist: Danny Rumbl (aka Ready@Rumbl) (Netherlands); painted in January 2015. The chickadee stands out against the green background, accurately drawn and adorned with vibrant hues, amidst an arrangement of pop culture elements. The painting refers to a restaurant in the area⏬

Van Vlooswijckstraat

- Nobelstraat📷(07-26)

Artists: Gwenst (aka Gwen Stok)(The Netherlands), Diana Kusuma (The Netherlands); Painted in October 2025. The painting along the entire length of the wall contains images of various activities that take place in the area: sports, games, relaxation. Furthermore, the stylized characters of the artists appear in the painting (e.g. dead rabbit).⏬

- Nobelstraat📷(07-26)

Walenburgerweg

71📷(07-26)

Artist: Marloes de Kiewit (The Netherlands); Painted in June 2024. Two of the artist's girlfriends are depicted in the painting. The choice of colours was limited given the monumental status of the building.⏬

Weena

336📷(07-26)

Title: "Seoul to Rotterdam"; artist: Royyal Dog (aka John0329) (South-Korea); painted in December 2020, commissioned by the Korean restaurant Seoul Sista. The artwork features a hyper-realistic style that combines cultural elements and messages of respect.⏬

West-Kruiskade

10📷(07-26)

Artists: Karkski (Netherlands), Tim Rodermans (Netherlands); Painted in February 2026. This mural was created in honor of the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese calendar.⏬

📷(07-26)

Title: "Ode to Salvador Allende"; artist: Jorge Kata Nünez (Chile - The Netherlands). The work is a tribute to the Chilean president who was killed during the military coup of September 11, 1973.⏬