Amsterdam Street Art

Canal city creativity where legal walls meet Dutch urban expression

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🗺️ Explore 855+ Art Locations

Navigate Amsterdam's street art from NDSM's industrial halls to Jordaan's canal-side murals and legal graffiti zones.

  • Real-time artwork location data
  • Legal wall locations marked
  • Artist profiles and mural stories
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Amsterdam Art Map

855
Artworks
328
Artists

Amsterdam's Street Art Districts

Each neighborhood tells its own story through murals, graffiti, and public art

NDSM Wharf

Europe's Largest Art City

Former shipyard turned creative hub with massive halls of graffiti, artist studios, and legal walls.

  • • Graffiti Hall of Fame
  • • Street Art Museum
  • • Artist workshops
  • • Legal painting zones
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Jordaan

Historic Charm

Traditional neighborhood with hidden courtyard murals, canal-side art, and charming paste-ups.

  • • Noordermarkt murals
  • • Westerstraat art
  • • Hidden hofjes artwork
  • • Anne Frank area pieces
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Spuistraat

Gallery District

Central street with concentrated street art galleries, legal walls, and rotating exhibitions.

  • • Legal graffiti alley
  • • Gallery exhibitions
  • • Paste-up hotspots
  • • Artist meetups
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Amsterdam Noord

Creative Quarter

Emerging district across the IJ with warehouse murals, industrial art spaces, and experimental projects.

  • • Buikslotermeerplein walls
  • • Overhoeks development art
  • • Tolhuistuin murals
  • • Industrial estate pieces
Explore Noord →

Flevopark

Legal Wall Paradise

Amsterdam's most famous legal graffiti zone with constantly changing artwork and active painting scene.

  • • Legal graffiti tunnel
  • • Weekend painting sessions
  • • Community events
  • • Beginner-friendly walls
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Featured Trail: Amsterdam Art Bike Tour

A 2-hour cycling tour through Amsterdam's street art hotspots

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1. Central Station

Start with ferry to NDSM

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2. NDSM Wharf

Explore graffiti halls

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3. Jordaan

Canal-side murals

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4. Spuistraat

End at gallery district

🎯 Amsterdam Legal Walls

Amsterdam pioneered legal graffiti spaces in Europe - paint freely at these locations!

Major Legal Zones

  • • NDSM Wharf (largest)
  • • Flevopark tunnel
  • • Spuistraat alley
  • • Zuidoost walls

Painting Rules

  • • Respect other artists
  • • No painting over fresh work
  • • Bring your own supplies
  • • Clean up after yourself

Best Times

  • • Weekend afternoons
  • • Summer evenings
  • • Festival periods
  • • Dry weather days

Featured Amsterdam Artists

From Dutch masters to international artists making Amsterdam their canvas

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Laser 3.14

Poetry & Calligraphy

Amsterdam artist combining poetry with street art calligraphy

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Niels Shoe Meulman

Calligraffiti

Pioneer of calligraffiti movement blending graffiti with calligraphy

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Hugo Kaagman

Stencil Pioneer

One of Europe's first stencil artists, active since the 1970s

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Museums & Contemporary Spaces

Major Institutions

  • • Stedelijk Museum
  • • Street Art Museum Amsterdam
  • • Moco Museum
  • • Rijksmuseum
  • • Van Gogh Museum

Street Art Spaces

  • • Unruly Gallery
  • • GO Gallery
  • • Mediamatic
  • • De Verfdokter
  • • STRAAT Museum

Annual Events & Festivals

Street Art Today

Annual festival with live painting, exhibitions, and workshops

Kings Day Street Art

April 27th celebration with city-wide street art activities

NDSM Summer

Summer festival at NDSM wharf with graffiti battles

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