• Graffiti Tunnel (3 of 3)

    October 15 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Under the Waterloo Station, a dismal, disused tunnel has, since 2008, enjoyed a new lease of life as an unofficial art gallery.
    "Graffiti Tunnel underwent the transformation in May 2008 when Banksy chose it as the location for the "Cans" festival that saw street artists - headed by Banksy himself - descend into the twilight world of the tunnel, and in a few days, the dark, grimy brick work had been transformed into a profusion of colour.
    Ever since, street artists from all over the world have been drawn to this gallery of the streets, and each week new "art works" are sprayed over old and the tunnel's brickwork becomes an ever changing canvas that makes the Leake Street Tunnel, the most fun tunnel you could ever walk through."
    After the tunnel, we met up with friends at an amazing Indian restaurant in Covent Gardens (Masala Zone).
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