Jardins de le 3 Xemeneies Barcelona

Well it's turn around day today, so, I decided to have a mooch around Barcelona, but not around La Ramblas.
I picked out on the map, a park called Jardins de le 3 Xemeneies. This means Gardens of the 3 Chimneys and is built on the site of an early 20th century power station, and is is one of five official graffiti parks in Barcelona, where graffiti artists can officially display their talents, they just have to book a date and time and away they go.
This means that the artwork is constantly changing.
The idea is great but the reality is slightly different.
Some of the artwork is brilliant, but the park is full of litter and homeless people dossing down.
Which is a shame on many points, firstly that people have nowhere to live and are forced to sleep on park benches, but also a public space that has been put to good use is spoilt.
This should be a pleasant and interesting place to sit and relax. But is rubbish strewn and quite intimidating.
But having said all that it is worth a look all be it a quick one.Lue lisää