Moving on towards northern Romania we stopped off in Bistrita, lying at the foot of the Bargau Montains which divide the regions of Transylvania and Bucovina. Arriving too late in the day my explorations were held over until the following morning, although then I was perhaps a little too early as the main pedestrian area wasn’t open for business – or coffee! A flourishing medieval trading post Bistrita met with troubled times and in the early seventeenth century its defensive walls and towers were all but destroyed, only the Coopers Tower remaining. Other than a couple of ancient and heavily restored Churches the town’s main attractions are a row of medieval merchants’ houses and a relaxed atmosphere. Not by any stretch of the imagination qualifying as an ‘attraction’, Bistrita also boasts an unusual line in graffiti that I stumbled across when cutting through an alley. 
A veritable wall of colour, bold design and some interesting one liners – “second hand beard” – “open your foot” – am I missing something or did it get lost in translation?!
(All images are copyright to Noeline Smith)
I think most definitely something lost in translation Noeline. Smashing images.
Makes you think anyway doesn’t it?!
I must admit to quite liking good graffiti and pretty much all we’d seen to this point were a few mindless daubs. This certainly made up for it!
What extraordinary graffiti! It’s certainly bold both in design and colour but it’s not political,not really symbolic or abstract, and not particularly amusing. Why is English used? I can only assume it is intended to brighten up an otherwise bleak urban area.
But full marks for capturing it Noeline!
It’s an interesting one isn’t it?! Maybe someone was just found somewhere to vent their frustrated creative streak ….
It is very bright colourful graffiti, looks fantastic.
It certainly brightened up a dingy alley!