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keas - paris	robit - bruxells	sag - zurich	taxi - norway

The article feautured in this issue of Endstation Magazine was recently found in a Swiss newspaper:

"A few months ago five writers from Zurich were busted and imprisoned for  painting trains in Copenhagen, but the worldwide graffiti scene was not  discouraged at all. During all the summer writers once again went on tour through Europe in the search for adrenaline.
 

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leon pea - barcelona	moas vims - copenhagen	sires - utrecht	thtsk - barcelona

Copenhagen endstation: They came with the night train from Zurich and stacked up with more than 50 spray cans from the hiphop shop in Österbrogade. From there they went directly to one of the endstations where they happily covered a new s-train car owned by the Danish state railways.

But the police was lurking around in the area and soon busted the five youngsters who had to spend the rest of their summer holidays in a Copenhagen prison. The writers were between 18-22 years old and were sentenced to between 30-40 days of imprisonment due to the Danish newspapers. 

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Valencia-Brugg tour: Four 19-21 year old Spanish writers were caught spray 
painting a train by cleaners in Brugg in Germany. In the chase the four 
youngsters tried to pick up some of the 200 spray cans that were hidden 
behind a kiosk. But soon the police came around and busted the writers and put 
them on the next train back to Valencia - Spain.

I stumbled over some graffiti websites and found out that it was just like browsing through some travel agency's catalogue for spray holidays. Hundreds of masterpieces on steel were collected from Paris, Hamburg, Copenhagen etc. In the online magazine Endstation graffiti on trains is a highly discussed topic: "Europe has never seen anything like it before. French writers, yes kids from France are even trying to learn English!

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malf - zurich	pycs - utrecht	ske - zurich	waste ni lies mol - finland
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"Not easy to hit"
The most desirable train systems are obviously Berlin, London, Paris,  Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen. But Eastern European cities like Prag, 
Warzaw, Gdansk are also becoming more popular.

Just as break-dance and rap, graffiti is a part of the international hip-hop  culture. At hip-hop jams where rappers mainly battle each other, writers  meet to establish contacts across the borders and exchange knowledge. New crews are born in which they travel together through Europe to paint everything from subways to high-speed trains and from double-deckers to locomotives.

The mission
As a crew goes on a mission the trip is planned in detail and the spray cans are shaken. A report in Endstation says "It's a kind of a tribal dance before the onslaught". The writers also wear gloves to protect their hands from paint. The most important thing to bring is the camera since most trains are cleaned in the early morning the next day. Some writers seem to consider the photo more important than the actual piece. The photos are sent to graffiti magazines and web sites where they are officially published. "The more you are seen, the more fame and respect you get on the scene." says one writer to Endstation and another says its all about "Making people wonder how the fuck you did it". 

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braco teask - zagreb	chs - warzaw	ensi vons - essen	int - paris
mhdvs ipos - holland	your piece here	Take 1 second to visit our sponsor!	afd - bruxells

"Writers work professionally"
As a writer has been active for a couple of years and is well known by the tag in his home country it is time to get the name up abroad says the writer "FTP". Then he tells the local writers about the good spots to hit trains. "If you know where and when you can also paint trains in daytime."

Experienced writers are aware of the situation in the other countries. Like the strict laws and exceptionally heavy sentences in England and Germany. And that the scandinavian subway writers bring baseball bats to the tunnels and that painted trains in Italy runs. "We work professionally" says FTP. 

Still they can get caught in any country and at any place. "No risk no fun" says FTP laconically about the case in Copenhagen. The judge did not discourage the youngster from Zurich. His next target is Copenhagen again!"

End of report. -endstation(m)