Deutsche Bahn
Where taggers used to strike, now we paint.
We've been painting stations for Deutsche Bahn for around 20 years. From the first commission in Frankfurt to 26 buildings in Munich.
- Locations
- Munich, Frankfurt, Aachen, Neuss, Hamburg, Berlin and more
- Timeframe
- for around 20 years
- Technique
- Halftone images with film stencils, protective sealing
01The problem
Cleaned, tagged, cleaned again.
Stations are the railway's calling card. But their entrances, passageways and shelters are exactly the surfaces illegal taggers look for: bare, gray and highly visible.
The railway has the walls cleaned, and the next tag comes along. Every cleaning costs money, and the station still never looks well kept.
02The solution
Art that belongs to the place.
We paint where taggers used to spray illegally. Each station gets motifs from its own city: in Neuss, Saint Quirinus, the city's patron since the 11th century, and in Aachen, the city's landmarks.
In the scene, a well-made piece is off-limits, because you can see how much work went into it. As a final step, we seal every surface. If a tag does appear, it washes off and the mural stays.
A motif from the town
Each station shows a piece of its city instead of just paint on gray concrete.
Previewed at full size
In Munich, a VR preview projected the design onto the buildings at full size in advance.
Sealed
A protective coating makes new tags washable without painting over the mural.
03The result
The first wall in Gallus led to over a dozen stations.
- Frankfurt-GallusThe first wall
- Frankfurt Central StationBusiness Lounge
- Dillenburg
- Aachen Rote Erde
- Neuss
- Wächtersbach
- Berlin-Adlershof
- Hamburg-Sternschanze
- Munich2025: 26 buildings
- around 20
- years of collaboration
- 26
- buildings in Munich, 2025
- ≈1,500 m²
- painted and sealed
The sealed artworks aren't just beautiful, they also protect against vandalism.
Hanno Latko, DB project manager, Deutsche Bahn, 2. Stammstrecke München04The proof
Station by station.
01Berlin, NöldnerplatzS-Bahn station
02Aachen Rote ErdeStation passageway
03Berlin-AdlershofTechnology motif
04NeussLocal history at station
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Send a no-obligation inquiry for your graffiti project.
Tell us briefly about your surface, the location and your timeline. We'll tell you what's possible on your wall and what the next steps are.
A photo and the rough size of the surface are enough for a first assessment. We'll reply within 24 hours, in most cases the same day.