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Street art in Penang

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Street art in Penang

Interactive murals and painted lanes across George Town's UNESCO old quarter.

Country
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Region
Asia
Destination type
Cultural
Best months
January–April

George Town turned its back lanes into an open-air gallery — murals that spill off the wall and into the street, using real bicycles, swings and motorbikes as props. Ernest Zacharevic’s interactive pieces anchor the circuit, but the hunt through the old quarter rewards you with cats, children and peeling walls at every turn.

A swing set bolted to a peeling wall — painted siblings on one seat, a visitor on the other, a single child's shoe left behind.
Brother and Sister on a Swing
Two painted children lean through barred shutters, reaching toward a real rusted bicycle stacked with steamer baskets below.
Children on a Window
A boy whispers into a girl's ear as they sit atop a bright blue dog-shaped slide, its orange tongue curling down the chute.
Dog slide
Painted children grip the handlebars of a real vintage bicycle fixed to the wall — the most photographed mural in George Town.
Children on a Bicycle
A tabby cat painted in greyscale looks up from a ledge, framed by a triangle of terracotta lucky-cat stamps on weathered stucco.
Skippy
Two children painted mid-leap on a crumbling yellow wall, arms stretched upward against patches of exposed concrete.
Reaching up
A real vintage motorcycle parked before red wooden doors, a painted boy in a helmet seated on the tank as if ready to ride off.
Boy on a Motorbike

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