Wall poems in Leiden

Wall Poems
Muurgedichten, Gedichten op muren
A 1912 wall poem in Russian by Alexander Blok. "Ночь, улица, фонарь, аптека," (translation: "The night. The street. Street-lamp. Drugstore,"). Leiden, corner of Roodenburgerstraat and Thorbeckestraat, 2013
Artist
  • Ben Walenkamp
  • Jan Willem Bruins
Year1992 (1992)
MovementStreet art
SubjectPoetry
LocationLeiden, The Netherlands
Followed byWall physics formulas in Leiden

Wall Poems (Dutch: Muurgedichten, alternatively Gedichten op muren or Dicht op de Muur) is a project in which more than 110 poems in many different languages were painted on the exterior walls of buildings in the city of Leiden, The Netherlands.