Street Art Trail in Alfortville

The walk starts at the École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort metro station (exit 2) opposite 11 Avenue du Général Leclerc.

(S) Head towards the crossroads, then cross to the left towards Alfortville to reach Rue Eugène Renault. After 500 metres, take the^{fifth street} on the left, Rue de Véron, towards the POC. The first mural is located 100 metres to the right, near the square. Created in 2011 by the artist Pittorex, this work depicts a child’s face standing out against the sky. Entitled “Droit de l’enfant”, it incorporates an excerpt from the International Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted in 1989.

(1) Continue along Rue de Véron for 450 metres, then take the^second right onto Rue de Seine, followed by Rue Marcelin Berthelot on the left. On the corner, on the façade of the Groupe scolaire Octobre, JACE created a mural in 2020 depicting the “Gouzous”, the artist’s favourite characters, playing with books, numbers and letters. At 76 Rue Marcelin Berthelot, above the “Boys – Girls” entrance, they are on their way to school.

(2) Turn left onto this street. At the end, take the footpath on the left to return to Rue Véron. Turn right and, after 150 metres, turn right onto Rue Parmentier. At No. 26, discover the mural “Coral Seabed”, created in 2022 by 2RODE, where the artist takes you to the tropics, amidst multicoloured fish and vibrant corals. Internationally renowned, his works appear in history books and films, and are regularly exhibited.

(3) Continue along Rue Parmentier, then turn left onto Rue Volta. At the end of this street, turn right onto Rue du Port à l’Anglais until you reach the electricity substation opposite No. 9, near the Jardins Michel Derbois. There you will discover another work by 2RODE: ‘Jungle Square’, a colourful mural featuring jungle animals.

(4) Retrace your steps and continue to the traffic-light junction, near the police station. Turn left onto Rue de Véron, then right onto Rue Voltaire. At No. 18, admire the mural on the wall of the Voltaire retirement home, created in 2021 by the artist ALBER. True to his signature style, he uses the power of colour alone to create depth and light, here composing the “Portrait of 3 Women”.

(5) Continue on and, at the end of the street, turn right onto Rue Paul Vaillant-Couturier. At No. 163, on the corner with Rue Louis Blanc, note the electrical cabinet paying tribute to the great inventors who have shaped the history of electricity. Continue to Alfortville Town Hall and Square Zéphirin Camélinat, then go round the building to the right onto Rue Joseph Franceschi. 200 metres on, you’ll reach the POC, a former rubber factory converted into an arts venue. On its façade, graffiti artist Grems and his collaborator Opéra created ‘La carte postale de la ville’ in 2017, an abstract, colourful and deceptively symmetrical mural.

(6) Walk to the end of the street and turn right onto Rue Marcel Bourdarias. After 100 metres, opposite the entrance to La Concorde clinic, 2RODEa created a work in 2022 entitled “Bouteille couchée”, symbolising escape and a journey to paradise.

(7) Continue on. At the end of the street, turn right onto Rue du Président Kennedy, then left onto Avenue du Général Malleret-Joinville. After No. 13, an electrical substation is adorned with a colourful mural by 2RODE. Entitled “Jungle Dinosaur” and created in 2022, it blends lush vegetation and prehistoric creatures in an explosion of bright colours.

(8) Head towards the Maisons-Alfort/Alfortville RER station, continue along Rue Joffrin, and take the^first right after the chemist’s, onto Rue Roger Girodit. At the corner, admire the mural created in 2023 by Benjamin Laading, near the square. At the end of the street, turn left onto Rue Paul Vaillant Couturier. After about 350 metres, take the^fifth right onto Rue de l’Écluse. At number 12, discover‘ Le fond marinnavire’. This is a mural created in 2022. Building on one of the first works on the route, 2RODE draws viewers into the depths of the sea: a shipwreck framed by a teeming aquatic ecosystem.

(9) Head straight on towards the Seine and turn left onto Quai Jean-Baptiste Clément. Take the^first left onto Boulevard Carnot. At the junction with Rue Étienne Dolet, turn right and continue to the Léo Lagrange sports complex. At No. 56, on the side of the building, the artist Ceet Fouad created a work in 2024 on the theme of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. A little further on the left, opposite the Collège Léon Blum, discover a mural by 2RODE, celebrating the arts and heritage of ‘The town of Alfortville’. Opposite No. 76 on the street, discover another work by 2RODE, illustrating the town’s ‘Cultures’.

Continue for 300 metres and turn left onto Allée du 8 mai 1945, heading towards the G. Lapierre school. 100 metres further on, on the left, two murals stand side by side: one by the Olga Spitzer Foundation on the theme of space, dating from 2023, and the other on surfing, created in 1993 by the Graphito Tempo association. Nearby, walk around the Carrefour mini-market to discover the ‘Astéroïde’ mural painted on an electrical transformer by 2RODE in 2022.

(10) Retrace your steps and continue left along Rue Étienne Dolet. At Place du Petit Pont, turn left onto Rue de Rome towards the Palais des Sports. After 250 metres, take the^third right onto Rue de Liège, then immediately left onto Rue de Toulon. Past the Arielle Viala sports hall, the artist 2RODE has created a mural featuring lush vegetation on the low walls of Square Toulon, entitled “Nature en ville”. After 250 metres, turn left onto Rue de Lyon, then right onto Rue de Grenoble. After 300 metres, at No. 38, admire “Les Animaux”, a mural created in 2022 by 2RODE on the façade of the Association des Amis Bénévoles des Animaux d'Alfortville.

(11) Continue by turning right onto the Digue d’Alfortville, then turn right again at the roundabout onto Rue Étienne Dolet. After 200 metres, on the left, past the cemetery, turn into Rue Nelson Mandela. Stretching for nearly 100 metres, the mural “The River History of the Chantereine District”, created in 2020 by the 4FAM collective, is inspired by old postcards and highlights the district’s river heritage.

(12) Walk 400 metres and, at the end of Rue Nelson Mandela, turn left onto Quai de la Révolution, along the Seine. After 750 metres, take the^second left, Rue du Capitaine Alfred Dreyfus, towards the Municipal Technical Centre. At No. 2, on the side wall of the former gas coking plant, you will find the mosaic ‘Le Feu’. Conceived by Fernand Léger and created in 1954 by his wife Nadia Léger following his death, this work pays tribute to the power and energy of the element of fire. Finish the walk at the Cokerie bus stop (E).

Accessibility:
- Departure: from École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort station (line 8)
- On arrival, bus 103 takes you to Maisons-Alfort – Alfortville station on the RER D or École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort station on line 8.

Numerous street art murals in the town of Alfortville.