Dutch artist Henk Hofstra turned a 1000 m (0.6 mi) stretch of road in Drachten, the Netherlands into an "urban river" by painting it blue!
Link | Henk’s website [in Dutch] – via Stunned
Jon
Artist Florentijn Hofman has done similar things in the past, including painting roads yellow
http://www.florentijnhofman.nl/index.php?page=projects&id=12
Chris
Mmmm… NL… it’s usually raining there.
ever tried to brake on a wet and painted road?
Ole
Looking at Google Maps, the end of the “river” is at the end of a brook: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=53.105896,6.081952&spn=0.004689 ,0.009377&t=h&z=17&om=1 – the roundabout is also seen on the top Wooster Collective photo.
K!P
the road used to be a canal, and will be dug up in the near future,this is done to get used to it.
Sid Morrison
“urban river”, huh? You should have put “artist” in quotes as well.
I think that 2 year old ketchup-smearer is a better artist.
tlh
That road is set to be turned into a canal sometime in the near future, so the city thought it would be clever to paint the road blue to get everybody excited about the project. There’s also a sculpture of a sinking car somewhere along that stretch of road.
heather
Interesting, though that street is going to be BLINDING when it gets really sunny.
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