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Graz–March 2026

Various photos taken in Graz during March.

Trees painted on walls separated by a door.

These were on a building on Annenstraße.

Relief sculpture of woman with pigtails.

Ornate semi-circular reliefwork with geometric motif at bottom. On top a face with a beard.

Reliefwork of cherub. Beneath it, flowers

It’s Easter time. Here are some photos at a chocolate shop in Franziskanerplatz. The second one has a clever wordplay; „Neingang“ is a combination of the German words for “no” and “entrance”.

Display case at a chocolate shop. On shelves are rabbits with their paws folded under their chins.

Sign with a person drawn in a crayon-abstract style. Text: NEINGANG! Der Eingang ist etwas weiter links!

No entrance! The entrance is a bit further to the left.

Niche with a statue of a woman in a flowing white, red, and blue dress. Her hands are folded in prayer.

Not part of the chocolate shop, but at Franziskanerplatz.

Reliefwork of woman with halo. Fancy scrollwork at left and right

I went to a used bicycle sale at the exhibition hall.

LED display with picture of bicycle tires. Text: Radbörse Graz 2026

AK is Arbeiterkammer (Chamber of Labor), the event sponsor.

The stairs to the Uhrturm were re-opened after being closed for the winter.

Clock tower and Castle Mountain; view from Hauptplatz

Stairway up to clock tower; picture is taken at a steep angle close to the stairs to make it look higher.

Small red and green bean-shaped plants

Some plants are starting to bloom.

Plants with round cobalt-blue “berries”.

Flower with reddish-orange petals and yellow center

Red flower bud starting to open

Modern building with a circular roof surrounded by old buildings with ordinary reddish-tiled roofs.

View from the Uhrturm.

Filled-in stone arch surrounded by green leaves

Brown tabby cat lying atop a wooden shelter; its paws are folded under its chest

Apparently there’s a cat colony with several wooden shelters on the south side of Schloßberg.

Old circular shield with carved cherubs; beneath it, the word BELVEDERE

This isn’t on Schloßberg; it’s on a building on Sporgasse.

Stickers/Graffiti

Cigarette Package. Text: Rauchen schädigt Ihre Lunge. Photo shows a woman spitting up bood into a handkerchief.

They’re really serious about warning people not to smoke.

Created with GIMP

Wild, sassy, wonderful / We are all Antifa. (combined two photos to save horizontal space)

Cartoon of chicken with dotted lines; each part of the chicken is labeled „nicht deins“. Caption: „Ihr Körper gehört nur ihnen!“

Each part of the chicken is labeled “not yours”. Caption: Her body belongs only to her.

Graffiti: Was is mit du ; beneath it, “checkboxes” labeled NIX and WAS

Text on top: What’s with you? Checkbox labels: NOTHING and WHAT

whitebread Jesus; in lower right, a woman recording on a cell phone

Jesus would be an influencer today. (Seen on the cover of a weekend magazine)

Stick figure of a man climbing up a steep wall.

Drawn on a wall on the stairway to the top of Schloßberg/Uhrturm.

Badly aged wall painting of Venus Ascending from the Waters

This is on a building on Eggenbergergürtel, nowhere near any of these other places, but it was a part of the building I hadn’t seen before.

Fight the Epstein Class with Revolution! Sticker has people holding Palestinian flag and a hammer and sickle.

Chocolate Easter Bunny with surprised expression.

Text reads: Saving can be so easy! No discount stickers. / No app. / No customer card. / Always inexpensive for everyone!

Smiling Jesus giving “thumbs up”. He is surrounded by Ganesh, Horus, Buddha, and other religious figures. Text: There are almost 5,000 gods being worshiped by humanity. But don’t worry...Only yours is right.