Street Door Art. Creative Painted Doors Around The World.

In many countries around the world artists use some ordinary doors as if they were canvases and transform them into beautiful paintings.

Why painted doors? The painted doors turn a city into a vibrant place and attract many tourists. There are some countries in the world were the painted doors are believed to bring luck, happiness and wealth. While some people paint their doors just to impress.

I love the idea of walking on the street and discover public art in an unlikely place. But at the moment I could only discover them on the web. Below is a collection of some creatively painted doors around the world.

Photo credits: Ahrabella Heabe Lewis

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Funchal (Zona Velha) is the capital of Madeira of Portugal. The painted doors project started in 2011 and helped the almost then deserted old city of Madeira to attract tourists. Now there are over 120 painted doors, several cafes and bars, as well as art galleries.

The doors are situated in the old town of Funchal along the little cobbled street, Rua de Santa Maria.

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Hand-painted door in the streets of Funchal, in the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Portugal

photo credits: Bernard Moerman

Akrotiri, Santorini island, Greece

Santorini is known for its breathtaking views but some old and interesting doors can also impress the tourists.

photo credits Stefano Podestà

Painted green door in Valloria, Liguria, Italy

photo credits Jean-Luc Bastin

 Red door in Valloria, Liguria, Italy

All over Valloria 144 doors have been painted  by well-known painters and  young artists.

Photo credits: John C. Hutchins

Colorful door in Burano Italy

photo credits: Haleigh Walsworth

Heart painted door. Where else if not in the world’s most romantic city, Paris.

photo credits: Steven Feather

Painted doorway at Knaresborough, England.

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Italians are known to be romantic but this pink flirting door is in Cantabria, Spain

Flowered door in Barcelona, Spain

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Painted door in Barrio Gótico,Barcelona, Spain

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Beautiful green door in Manresa, Spain

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Street door art in Warsaw, Poland.

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Eye door in Valparaiso, Chile.

photo credits Marc Tavernier

Chili Valparaiso Street Art

Blue painted door in México

Zebra Door – Vinales, Cuba

 

Painted door in Alaçatı, İzmir, Turkey

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Painted old door in Morocco

Folk art painted door, created by Tatiana Kozmina, a painter who actually lives there. Staraya Ladoga, Leningrad.

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Creatively Colorful door

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