Suggested locations by Kassel locals:

Weinberg-KrugView Map

Weinberg-Krug

www.weinbergkrug.de

This is a club where local artists gather and discuss art and culture.

BürgerstolzaView Map

Burgerstolz 1 of 7 Photos

www.armaberokay.de

Bürgerstolz includes a collection of bars, clubs, and galleries, a youth hostel, as well as a rooftop video-screening lounge. Great crowd!! Lots of great graffiti and a couple of art installations to surprise the unsuspecting visitor.

TRA.FOView Map

TRA.FO

trafohaus.wordpress.com & bbva.irational.org

TRA.FO is housed in a makeshift concrete building for art and music performances. The building was originally an electric station, hence the German name trafo (transformer in English).

Hall Of FameView Map

Hall of Fame 1 of 2 Photos

www.kinderjugendkassel.de

“Hall of Fame” is located below a large bridge that crosses the river "Fulda". The location is used by street bikers and skaters, and includes fantastic graffiti art. A recent event called “Mai Jam” is organized around internationally celebrated graffiti artists and musicians who travel to this location to showcase their talents annually.

Unofficial ParkView Map

Unofficial Park 1 of 2 Photos

Located at top of the Weinbergterrassen (vineyard terraces)

There has been a dispute over the development of this spot between wealthy investors and the local residents who have been using this ‘undeveloped land’ as part of their walk through the terraces. An activist group in the city is currently fighting to include the land as part of the terraces and off limits to investors. We feel that since the organizers of documenta(13) exhibited sculptures on the terraces as part of the exhibition, there should have been some support from the curator/organizers of the fight to retain this lot as an extension of the park.

Lego-person Graffiti

Blog entry by anonymous person:

“There is a lego-graffiti at the wall of the bridge near the location of the 'bunker' entry."

KarlsAue ParkView Map

Karlsaue

(Not off the beaten path but mentioned by many locals)

The park has been around since the 16th century, and was finished in 1730. Botanical gardens with rare and exotic plant, a palace called Orangerie, and the occasional artwork along miles of pathways.

Mountain-park “Wilhelmshöhe"View Map

(Not off the beaten path but mentioned by many locals)

The Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a unique park considered to be "the most grandiose combination of landscape and architecture that the Baroque dared anywhere." The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometers (590 acres), making it the largest European hillside park. Construction began in 1696 and took about 150 years.