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a BOA MISTURA mural covering over 600 square metres, a quote from Jerzy Kosiński's novel, the first in Poland
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a DALeast mural on Łąkowa street, a deer built from thousands of branch-like lines with hidden birds
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an Etam Crew mural on Aleja Politechniki, illustrating Tuwim's poem W aeroplanie, 16 by 12 metres
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VHILS carves the image into plaster down to the brick with a drill, the first such mural in Poland, on Kopernika street
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another ARYZ mural, 'Still Life' on Politechniki avenue, in the artist's pastel palette
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Chilean artist INTI painted a traveller in traditional Andean dress in Polesie
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the mural Czas pożarł nas by LUMP on Wólczańska street, a black-and-white communist-era-style collage critiquing advertising
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Morik's mural 'Po rozmowie' on Więckowskiego street, a woman right after an important call
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a mural by two Polish artists in Stare Polesie, from 2015
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the „Jonah” mural on tenements on Legionów street, referencing Adam Muszka's painting at the Art Museum
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an Egon Fietke mural on a historic former factory wall on Kopernika street, one of his many works in the city
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a GREGOR mural on Wólczańska 44 street, on a former factory wall, a hyper-detailed composition
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a mural by MEISAL461 and OVCA on Pogonowskiego street, referencing a Jerzy Krawczyk painting at the Art Museum
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the mural "Adler's Woman" on Żeligowskiego Street references the work of Jewish painter Jankiel Adler
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„Gentrification” by Robert Proch, known as TONE, a multi-layered composition on Legionów street
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„Madonna of the Astronauts” by Egon Fietke in a courtyard on Pogonowskiego street, based on a Kondek painting
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a mural on the Lodz University of Technology's Campus B, attributed to Mateusz Magrowicz from 2014
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a mural by collective MASSMIX on a school wall on Pogonowskiego street, a collage of children's workshop ideas
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permanently gone, the mural Ptak by French artist REMED disappeared in December 2016
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permanently gone, the mural Detronizacja by SEPE and CHAZME was painted over in February 2024
Stare Polesie is the district where Łódź invited stars of world street art - the Spaniard BOA MISTURA, the Portuguese VHILS and the Chilean INTI painted murals here that are still considered among the most important in the city. The murals of Stare Polesie cluster mainly around aleja Politechniki, Kopernika and Legionów streets, so the route can be walked in a few hours. This page groups them by street and shows the story behind each one.
At Skłodowskiej-Curie 26 stands the mural by the Spanish group BOA MISTURA from 2016 - over six hundred square metres with a quote from a novel by Jerzy Kosiński, the first mural of its kind in Poland. At Kopernika 28 is the mural by the Portuguese artist VHILS, who instead of paint carves the image with a drill into the plaster, down to the brick - the woman's face on Kopernika is the first mural of this kind in Poland. At Łąkowa 10 it is worth seeing the mural by the Chinese artist DALeast from 2014 - a deer made of thousands of thin lines resembling branches, with birds hidden among them. At 28 Pułku Strzelców Kaniowskich 48 the Chilean INTI painted a traveller in traditional Andean dress.
At aleja Politechniki 16, two murals stand side by side: the mural by Etam Cru from 2013, an illustration of a poem by Julian Tuwim, "In an Aeroplane", measuring sixteen by twelve metres, and "Still Life" by the Spaniard ARYZ from 2012, done in the pastel colours characteristic of the artist.
At Wólczańska 109 you will find the mural "Time Has Devoured Us" by LUMP from 2012 - a black-and-white collage in a communist-era style, criticising advertising. At Wólczańska 44, on the wall of the former Lurkentski factory, stands a hyper-detailed composition by GREGOR from 2013. At Więckowskiego 9 is the mural "After the Conversation" by the Russian Morik - a woman right after an important phone call.
At Legionów 49 and 51, on two tenement buildings, the mural "Jonasz" was created in 2015, referencing a painting by Adam Muszko from the Museum of Art. At Legionów 57 hangs "Gentryfikacja" ("Gentrification") by Robert Proch, known as TONE, a multi-layered composition from 2013. At Żeligowskiego 58 is "Kobieta Adlera" ("Adler's Woman") by MEISAL461, referencing the work of the Jewish painter Jankiel Adler, and at Żeromskiego 20 - another mural by Aleksandra Adamczuk and Paulina Nawrot from 2015.
At Pogonowskiego 35 stands the mural by MEISAL461 and OVCA from 2015, referencing a painting by Jerzy Krawczyk from the Museum of Art. In the courtyard at Pogonowskiego 12 is "Madonna Astronautów" ("Madonna of the Astronauts") by Egon Fietke, an interpretation of a painting by Kondek, and at Pogonowskiego 25, on the wall of a school, hangs the mural by the MASSMIX collective - a collage of ideas from children's workshops. At Kopernika 56, an earlier mural by Egon Fietke from 2010 decorates a historic former factory, one of his many works in the city.
On the grounds of Campus B of the Łódź University of Technology is the mural "Jestem PŁ" ("I Am PŁ"), from 2014, attributed to Mateusz Magrowicz - worth keeping in mind when planning a route around the university area, as it lies a little away from the main cluster of murals.
Most of the murals on this list lie within the triangle between aleja Politechniki, Wólczańska and Legionów, so they can all be seen on a single walk of a few hours. All of them are free to view, as they are on the external walls of buildings - the only limitation is the weather and the time of day, since some compositions are better seen in daylight. It is worth remembering that street murals are not eternal: two from the original Urban Forms list in Stare Polesie no longer exist, so it is a good idea to check before a visit whether a given location is still current. The route is best started around aleja Politechniki, where two murals stand side by side on one wall, and finished around Żeligowskiego and Żeromskiego, close to public transport stops.
How many murals are there in Stare Polesie?
This page gathers eighteen murals still in place - the rest come from one
of the first editions of the Urban Forms festival, from 2010-2017.
Which mural in Stare Polesie is the most famous?
Among the most photographed are the BOA MISTURA mural at Skłodowskiej-Curie, the first of its
kind in Poland, and the VHILS mural at Kopernika, carved with a drill into the plaster.
Is visiting the murals in Stare Polesie free?
Yes, all the murals are on the external walls of buildings and are freely
accessible all year round.
The full list of murals across the whole city is on the page murals in Łódź, and murals in another district are on the page murals in Doły. The category of murals for the whole region is gathered at murals.
