One of the joys of walking around Poznań so far has been stumbling unexpected on some cool bit of art. Take the reliefs in the picture above. They are entirely around the arched doorway of a museum that is otherwise completely grey old brick. As you are walking down the street you may not even know it's a museum until you get the door and look at the little sign.
The exterior of the building is the same all the way around, plain grey stone. Until you get around to the very back on a narrow street and happen to look up at just one section of the wall and see the mural below up on the third story:
Or there is the occasional bit of whimsical artwork like the painting of Charlie Chaplin below that for some reason is painted at the corner of a building near the Old Market Square.
Or there is the music. Poznań is home to a pretty large music college, and you will occasionally come across musicians (current or former students?) performing in the street. Or just what are obviously less talented musicians trying to busk for a bit of coin. And as the birthplace of Chopin (and Hindenburgh I'm told) Poznań also has what I'm told is an outstanding symphony.
And seemingly nearly every weekend there is some sort of performance that goes on in the Old Market Square around Noon. I stumbled across this performance where they were bringing out the winners of a local high school singing competition. If I understood things correctly the young lady in the picture was 15 and finished 2nd-overall in a city-wide high-school singing competition. And like a lot of music here in Poland, she got up and sang in English. This was nice because at least I could understand the lyrics.
Hopefully once I get settled into my new apartment and my computer arrives, I'll dig out my camera gear and see if I can some better pictures of the some of artwork and interesting architecture around town.
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