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Busy street view of Poitiers, France, showcasing modern and classic architecture
Busy street view of Poitiers, France, showcasing modern and classic architecture

Cities and street scenes

Streets, squares, rooftops, café terraces and street art. 85 photos

Cyclist passing a weathered green door in Irun, SpainColorful buildings in Irun's old town showcasing traditional Basque architectureA silver car parked beside a wall with a blue right-turn sign in Irun, Basque CountryHistoric church tower rises above a lively European city streetHazy afternoon view over Pau's rooftops from a grassy hillsideIndustrial plant with rising steam and crane near Bilbao at duskColorful fireworks light up the night sky over Foz, GaliciaNarrow street through the old village of Villandry, FranceRooftop silhouettes with tv antennas against a pastel dusk skyJe t'aime graffiti painted in purple on a rusty orange surfaceMan with a backpack walking down a narrow French village streetFull moon rising behind rooftop chimneys under a purple night skyCandid street cafe scene with friends enjoying drinks in FrancePedestrian crossing rue Ricard in Niort among its bronze dragonsCity bus passing the bronze dragons of rue Ricard in central Niort, FrancePink albizia blossoms shade a stone monument in a Niort squareWhite roses in front of the bronze dragons of rue Ricard in Niort, FrancePeaceful view of a park in Niort, France, featuring a prominent church spire and lush green treesBlack and white view of a tree-lined promenade with benches in NiortIlluminated Christmas tree and string lights at a night Christmas marketMOOD: APOLLO 800-N Slice of lifeHouse entrance lit by a single lamp on a foggy nightlampadaire lunairelampadaire orangeMOOD: APOLLO 800-NTerrace portraitTerraceUnder constructionOvergrownBlack and white covered courtyard café with a vintage three-wheelerMOOD: APOLLO 800-NMamLa RotondeBackMetroFrench terrace chairpays merveilleuxBruit d’égliseGhostsPinky WorldBroken landscapeView from the trainNotre DameBlack terraceUrban blackboardTablesStreet librarySunset over a street under roadworks lined with old stone housesBlazing orange sunset at the end of a town streetPoitiersSpringtime of heartsMan in a suit riding an outdoor escalator in black and whiteBusy street view of Poitiers, France, showcasing modern and classic architectureWomen walking past a stone wall below a church spireWasteFacade and belfry of Poitiers city hall with flags under stormy skyRawCompost!Etudiant sur sa routeSt-MaloRepublican nocturnesVacant skyCanardedToits PictavesAngoulême under white sheetsNeed a phone box?Sky and cobblestonesA station skyUpside-down town hallPair of duosOld stone arch bridge over a small river in a limestone townBare trees lining a residential street with tiled roofs in winterOld concrete steps with dead leaves and sun flare near a buildingFerris wheel of the Christmas market in front of Poitiers city hallRed and green ivy climbing a stone wall along a roadWhite car parked by recycling bins under autumn treesDeserted narrow shopping street at night with cobblestones and lampsRusty iron gate before a dark building with a concrete staircaseSun rays bursting through storm clouds over town rooftops at sunsetPedestrian crossing a street corner with a curved modern buildingStone buildings and slate rooftops with chimneys under dramatic cloudsPoitiers city hall with its clock tower under a deep blue skySteep stone staircase in a narrow alley beside an old wallRiverside promenade along the Sèvre Niortaise with Notre-Dame spire in NiortCrossing aircraft contrails in a blue sky above a town square

About this gallery

This gallery looks at the city at street level and from its rooftops: streets, squares, café terraces and street art, in France and in Spain.

In Niort, a pedestrian passes street-art sculptures and a bus drives by white roses framing animal figures, not far from the park overlooked by the church spire. Poitiers shows a busy street mixing old and modern architecture, Saint-Malo its harbor on the Brittany coast, and Villandry a narrow lane between stone houses. In Spain, the old town of Irun lines up colorful facades of traditional Basque architecture, while the rooftops of Pau appear, veiled in haze, from a hillside in the late afternoon. Elsewhere the city is seen from above or after dark: chimney and antenna silhouettes against a pastel sky, a full moon rising behind rooftops, smoke from an industrial site at dusk near Bilbao, fireworks over Foz, in Galicia. On café terraces among friends, and on a wall, a purple "je t'aime" graffiti round off this street life.

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