Belfast has been named in the top 20 of the world’s best street art hotspots.
Featured alongside cities such as Paris, Belin, and New York City, Belfast has also been ranked as one of the best places for street art in the UK.
The results of the study come just days after some of the world’s most celebrated street artists added a splash of colour to Belfast as part of the Hit The North street art festival.
The festival last weekend, which was run by Seedhead Arts, saw public spaces across the city transformed with contemporary, colourful and thought-provoking murals.
The recent research found that Belfast has been ranked third in a survey of the UK’s best street art hotspots, just behind London and Bristol.
It also came 19th when compared to other cities across the world.
The study took into consideration the number of murals in the city, as well as an analysis of the number of social media posts and online articles relating to street art, as well as online engagement and average annual Google searches for street art in the city.
The research, which was carried out by Betway Insider, found that Belfast had 340 pieces of street art.
It had the third highest number of yearly searches at 10,560.
Some of the murals in the city include the 3D mural ‘Disruption’ on Kent Street, or the freehand paste-up titled ‘Blurry Eyed’ on Talbot Street.
