Ever since I was told to get on down I’ve been into this underground type of vibe. Literally, can’t nothing beat a good old trip down to the nitty gritty belly of the city - you can say that out loud if you want, three times.

The Brussels network is of course a bit pathetic compared to the real metropoles, but still it’s enjoyable to me. Let’s have a look around though, the underground worldwide. There’s a whole lot of things happening down there!

The best movie made about the underground is probably Marc Singer’s Dark Days. The documentary tells the story of a community living in the New York Amtrak tunnels. Singer spent 5 years of his live capturing their lives on camera and eventually even had to join them when he ran out of funds.

And then there’s the London tube, that might be on a whole other level too, ideal for glocking girls - or so I was told.

As always artists saw the light in Brussels we have our personal favourites: Bonom & Lork’s animated wall at Etterbeek Station (you’re right this one is located above the ground, but you’ll see why it’s in the list when we move on to the next):

The marketing boys quickly adopted the concept and are now investing in them concrete underground walls, can’t blame them for that - they’redoing it in New York so it’s only a matter of time until we’ll see this type of promo in Brussels:

In Paris graffiti veteran Psyckoze claimed his part of the city’s underground and has been working in the tunnels for years:

And then there’s music. Underground music:

To round it up, be warned and don’t fall asleep when rolling through town - sleep is the cousin of death, always keep one eye open:

One can also ski down the longest escalator in Europe, deep down the London underground.

Into the Sao Paulo undergroud with the artist Zezão. Yup, it’s that time again, another underground newsflash, and this time around it’s not about trains, trams, metros or catacombes. We’re talking sewers here. And one artist literraly getting down to the nitty gritty.

Not really a video, but a flash presentation with photos and an audio interview, killer soundscape straight out of the underground. (subtitled in
English)

Got to give credit where it is due, for all metronews emich.be has been my greatest inspiration, keep em coming!