Innsbruck - Street Art?

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Innsbruck has to be one of the cleanest cities in Europe.  Most of the murals are historical and while I've seen tagging and ugly graffiti, it's been limited and looks like it's painted over quickly. Wanting to see something besides the usual sights led me to wander in search of likely spots. The train station - nope. Place was fairly clean. Bus depot - nope. Also clean. Slightly looking like the bad side of town bar area that was really pretty darn clean - nope. Finally a tunnel. One tunnel. So here you are!

Impressive? Eye of the beholder. Feeling like I hit the jackpot after 45 minutes of walking in the hot sun? Absolutely!


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