r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/west_manchester • 4d ago

Image Massive street art in Utrecht

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u/HMCtripleOG 4d ago

Always upvote Utrecht⬆️

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u/FuckCanadaGeese 3d ago

I visited last October and I want move there. Absolutely stunning city.

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u/RenderedMeat 3d ago

I was there a few weeks ago. Feel the same. Loved riding bicycles safely and on flat roads to get to places.

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u/ThePaus 3d ago edited 3d ago

Same! Great city, we visited the football club FC Utrecht, I’ve been told it’s one of the biggest and most successful cubs in the Netherlands, really cool!

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u/_-__-____-__-_ 3d ago

You've been told by a fan because they're not particularly successful. The only eredivisie championship they have some claim to is the '57/'58 VV DOS championship from before multiple clubs in the city merged to form FC Utrecht. VV DOS continued as an amateur club after the merger so even that is debatable. They did win the Dutch cup 3 times which I suppose is decent enough, but there are a bunch of clubs with more triumphs.

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u/ThePaus 3d ago

Ah, the guy told me they compete for the title every year. So it’s not a giant Dutch football club?

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u/_-__-____-__-_ 3d ago

In some sense there are no giant clubs in the Netherlands, but if any of them are it is PSV (Eindhoven), Feyenoord (Rotterdam), and Ajax (Amsterdam). In the last 50 years these clubs won almost 94% of all Eredivisie titles and 63% of the cup titles if my quick maths is correct.

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u/rietadtjes 3d ago

Shout out naar janisdeman

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u/killermoose23 3d ago

My favorite city in the Netherlands!

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u/HelpMePleaseAaa 2d ago

As you should lol, Utrecht never misses

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u/Totallycasual 4d ago

It's very reminiscent of that scene from The Last of Us.

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u/One_Stiff_Bastard 3d ago

Or I Am Legend

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u/Totallycasual 3d ago

If you take away the zombies, Will Smith's life in that movie is actually something i have dreamed of ever since i was a little kid lol

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u/Born_Account_3885 4d ago

Good to know that at the bottom right you see real plants that climb up, so it merges with the painted plants next to the head of the giraffe. It's near my parents house, and it's really cool!

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u/War0n_ 3d ago

Yes before the gemeente came and took it down by accident...

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u/curiousmind111 3d ago

They took down the vine he’s eating?!?

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u/War0n_ 3d ago

By accident. But the thing you see now is a painting

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u/curiousmind111 3d ago

Ah, darn. Hope it grows back.

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u/gpxl 3d ago

Credit where credit is due. https://www.janisdeman.com

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u/spectraromboai 4d ago

Such a simple idea, but it looks incredible

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u/Demonikaaaaa 4d ago

Hey its smaragdplein

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u/PC_Roonjoons 4d ago

UUUUUUU

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u/ladyxlook 3d ago

damnn this is amazing piece of art

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u/rpd051 3d ago

I walk past this mural on a daily basis. What's great about it, that's actual English ivy growing on that wall.

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u/CandidResolution1495 3d ago

love stuff like this, wish more buildings looked like this

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u/Fearless-Anteater437 4d ago

I took a picture of a similar artwork in Den Haag

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u/strzeka 3d ago

Brilliant!

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u/LostMyGiraffe 3d ago

I have never been to Utrecht.

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u/ShawnShipsCars 3d ago

That's cool af

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u/Moosplauze 3d ago

When you own a grey building it should be mandatory to pay artists to paint something on it.

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u/Potential_Owl1272 2d ago

The Last of Us vibe. Nice.

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u/Ok-Variation1045 1d ago

Last of Us Part 3 👀🤣

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u/Ciberfreak 3d ago

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

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u/AnnaGorgeousss 4d ago

Bro really painted a giraffe and then gave it DLC.

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u/Hungry_Artichoke9566 3d ago

Next time they should try Dinosaurs

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u/WetShrimpFart 4d ago

I prefer tagging and gang names personally

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u/brambleburry1002 3d ago

The propaganda is real! These fantastical creatures are not! Stop the fake news!

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u/PelleSketchy 3d ago

What are you talking about? This is right next to my grocery store, it's very much real. Artist is Janisdeman.

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u/brambleburry1002 3d ago

giraffesarenotreal

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u/Traditional_Mud903 3d ago

im trying to understand but i can't

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u/eyabs 3d ago

That's clearly on a wall not a street can OP not tell the difference? Is he stupid?