The Blue Road "Water Is Leven"

So, you are the Mayor of Drachten in the Northwest of the Netherlands. Many years before a river running through your town was filled in and covered in tarmac. Fast forward to 2007 and you decide you want the river back.

The Mayor of Drachten seems like a friend of art, especially street art, and you can't get more "Street" than this! 1000m long, and 8m wide, its massive, and very, very blue! 4000 litres of blue paint to be exact.

Dutch artist Henk Hofstra is the brains behind the project and had this to say,
"Art has to touch, excite, amaze and surprise you, make you laugh, cry, angry or happy...because art is emotion. A look at all the comments makes clear that this art project has been successful. We look at it, but we don 't understand."

And to me,(see far left) this beats a "Warning, this road will be a canal in a year" sign any day of my week! Its a piece of art in its own rights. I wonder if the locals understand the point?

By the looks of this lot, yes they do! Is it just me, or would this never happen in England? Sad to think it, but its true! Were just not as open to street art as some of our European Brothers and Sisters!