Walls can Dance

In Hamburg, the walls are dancing. Yes, you read that right – they’re dancing. With ‘Walls Can Dance’, northern Germany’s largest contiguous open-air gallery for urban art is taking shape in Hamburg. ‘Walls Can Dance’ brings colour to the city and invites visitors, art lovers and local residents to rediscover the city! So far, 25 large-scale murals have been created, with more to follow!

Walls Can Dance in Hamburg is northern Germany’s largest open-air gallery for contemporary urban art. Since 2017, national and international mural artists have created more than 25 large-scale façade artworks, known as ‘murals’, in Hamburg. In addition to huge murals in HafenCity or the Portugieser Quarter, most of the murals are located in the south of Hamburg, in Hamburg-Harburg. Here, a contiguous open-air gallery has emerged that can be easily explored on foot (17 murals within a radius of approx. 2 km) and showcases a wide range of diverse urban art styles.

Harburg offers a regular programme of free guided tours. On the ‘Mural Walks’, participants join the organisers from Walls Can Dance on a journey from Harburg town centre to the inland harbour, following the artworks along the way. Against the stunning backdrop of the harbour, the organisers share the stories behind the artworks and interesting facts about the individual pieces and artists.
You can find the latest dates and register for the Mural Walks here.  

Walls Can Dance began in Hamburg-Harburg with the idea of using art interventions to bring two neighbourhoods – separated by a wide road – closer together. Today, with over 25 works of façade art, Walls Can Dance builds a symbolic bridge from Hamburg city centre via Rothenburgsort and Wilhelmsburg to the south of Hamburg in Harburg, and from there on via Neugraben to Neu Wulmstorf in Lower Saxony.  Walls Can Dance forms a unique art route that can be explored in its entirety by bike, public transport or car.

Here is a map showing all the current artworks!