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The City, Its People, Their Secrets.
RESTORING VISIBILITY TO THE CULTURAL LAYER OF CITIES.

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“I’m a visual artist. My recent work brings together recurring images of birds from my dreams and words that emerge from my psychoanalytic sessions. I’m interested in the connections between images, words and the unconscious.”

New on The Secret App: We welcome Alexandre Matos @_alexandre.matos a Lisbon-based visual artist.

Learn more about Alexandre on The Secret App. Discover Alexandre’s secret spots in Lisbon including…

@livrarialinhadesombra “A bookstore in a cinema, and cinema in books. Located at the Cinemateca Portuguesa, Linha de Sombra is a beautiful space with an exceptional selection of books. For me, it’s worth doing the whole thing: browsing the shop, sitting in the garden next door for a chocolate mousse, and then watching a film.”

@tijolo.oficina “Right in the heart of Anjos, I’ve been an artist in residence at this studio for years. It’s a great place for anyone who wants to learn how to work with ceramics. The team is lovely, and the space is well equipped for hand-building, wheel throwing and more. They offer longer courses and workshops, as well as a shop filled with beautiful pieces by teachers, resident artists and students.”

@doubletroublelx “Double Trouble is not your usual café. I love the unexpected music, the delicious savoury toasts, and, of course, what I think is the best cake in the city (Toalha Felpuda — look it up!). The super friendly team has created a space that mixes Japanese influences and Brazilian touches in a way that somehow feels very Lisbon.”

THE SECRET APP: RESTORING VISIBILITY TO THE CULTURAL LAYER OF CITIES.

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#thesecretapp taken in Lisbon, Portugal by @thesecret.app

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There’s a difference between information and experience.

Every Secret starts with a real person, a real place and a reason it meant something to them.

📸 Big thanks to Lisbon-based art director, photographer and content creator @sebamunozc_ for allowing us to feature his content in this reel. Discover more about Sebastian and explore his secret spots on The Secret App.

Discover thousands of secrets shared by creative minds across cities throughout Europe.

The Secret App — free to download. Link in bio.

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“I create illustration for editorial, branding and advertising plus animations in different formats like explainer videos.”

New on The Secret App: We welcome Marina Labella @_marinalabella a Hamburg-based illustrator and animator.

Learn more about Marina on The Secret App. Discover Marina’s secret spots in Hamburg including…

@kapiteldrei_hamburg “It’s a cafe full of books that you can read for free while being there or buy. The decoration is exquisite, super cozy and warm, it makes you feel welcome and you can stay as long as you want.”

📚☕ Two lifelong friends, three chapters, and one brilliant idea! In Hamburg’s Altona district, Büchercafé Kapitel Drei is a love letter to books, creativity and community. ❤️ Founded by Helena Gerwin and Nora Batinić, this independent literary haven brings together vintage sofas, shelves of new and second-hand books, great coffee and vegan treats. With poetry nights, readings and book clubs, it’s more than a bookshop — it’s a place where stories bring people together. ✨📖

@deiner_meiner “They offer weekly live-drawing sessions with naked model and you can also have a drink from the bar while you draw. It’s amazing to practice and have a nice time.”

🎨✏️ Forget perfection. This is where Hamburg comes to create! At deiner-meiner, pencils fly, paint flows and artists of all abilities come together to draw, experiment and push their creativity. From live figure drawing to portrait sessions, there are no rules about how good you have to be, just the freedom to give it a go. No pressure, no pretension, just real people making real art. ❤️🔥 This is Hamburg’s creative spirit at its best!

@wuerfelundzucker “Really nice place with all the board and card games you can imagine! You can eat super nice food there and also ask the friendly staff to recommend some games based on your taste, difficulty and whatever you want the purpose to be.”

🎲 3,700 games, endless possibilities and a whole lot of competitive spirit! 🔥 Hamburg’s Würfel & Zucker turns an ordinary night out into a seriously addictive game night!

THE SECRET APP: RESTORING VISIBILITY TO THE CULTURAL LA taken in Hamburg, Germany by @thesecret.app

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Some places give you a table. El Jardín Secreto builds a whole world around it. 🌿✨ Colour, fantasy, strange little details and theatrical excess turn every corner into something worth looking at twice.

It’s bold, weird, beautiful and completely its own thing — which is exactly why it sticks in your head long after you’ve left. 🎭🍸

@eljardinsecretomadrid is featured on The Secret App thanks to Madrid-based visual & sound artist Irene Criado @icg.all.art “This is a very cozy café and restaurant specializing in flavored teas and sweets, though savory options are available too. The atmosphere is charming and full of whimsy — just keep in mind it’s so small that you’ll need to arrive early to get a table.”

Download The Secret App now. It features cities across Europe and thousands of secrets from creative minds throughout Europe. More people and more secrets are added weekly.

RESTORING VISIBILITY TO THE CULTURAL LAYER OF CITIES.

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#thesecretapp taken in El Jardín Secreto Madrid by @thesecret.app

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Highlighting some fantastic artists who went live on The Secret App last month.

A huge thanks goes out to the following…

Diane McLellan - London - Artist / printmaker @dianemclellanart

Karla Marchesi - Berlin - Artist / contemporary painter @karlamarchesi

Roisin Mcguigan - Dublin - Artist & educator @roisin.mcguigan

The Secret App: Restoring visibility to the cultural layer of cities.

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“I am an artist based in Berlin whose primary medium is painting.”

New on The Secret App: We welcome Zsuzsa Klemm @zsuzsa_klemm a Berlin-based artist, coach and art teacher.

Learn more about Zsuzsa on The Secret App. Discover Zsuzsa’s secret spots in Berlin including…

@hkw_berlin “I think the architecture is unique, and there’s also a Henry Moore sculpture in front of it, sitting in a small water basin.”

HKW is where artists, performers, filmmakers, musicians and thinkers from across the world get room to take up space, push ideas and challenge the usual cultural script. 🎨🎬🎶 Add one of Berlin’s most iconic buildings 🏛️ and a history shaped by reinvention, and you get a place that feels less like an institution and more like a platform for creative voices that deserve to be heard. 🌍✨

@koeniggalerie “The gallery is located in a former church, St. Agnes, which is made of concrete and built in the Brutalist style. The ceiling is very high, which makes viewing the art a special experience. There’s also a café there where you can work on your laptop.”

A former Brutalist church turned into one of Berlin’s most arresting spaces for contemporary art. KÖNIG GALERIE at St. Agnes brings its own weight, drama and attitude to every show — vast concrete, soaring space and contemporary art pushed into direct conversation with the architecture. This isn’t somewhere you simply look at art; you feel the whole place working on you. ⚡️🖤🎨

Figuren im Parkn “These are wonderful figurative sculptures that work beautifully together. The collection belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Brusberg.”

Berlin is full of art in unexpected places, but this one really stops you. 🌿 Figuren im Park brings more than 30 figurative sculptures into the grounds of DRK Kliniken Westend, where works by artists including Fritz Cremer, Leiko Ikemura and Rolf Szymanski sit among trees, lawns and historic buildings. No white walls, no gallery hush — just serious sculpture woven into everyday life. 🗿✨

THE SECRET APP: RESTORING VISIBILITY TO THE CULTURAL LAYER OF CITIES.

Free download link in bio taken in Berlin Germany by @thesecret.app

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Faraday is one of those Madrid places that refuses to fit neatly into one box. Records, coffee, design and beautifully chosen objects all collide in a space built around genuine curiosity and a love of discovery. 🎶☕️

Come for the vinyl, stay for the atmosphere — and leave having found something you didn’t know you were looking for. Faraday feels personal, considered and completely its own. ✨

@faradaymadrid is featured on The Secret App thanks to Madrid-based illustrator @illustrator.dima “One of those places that always feels cosy, with great coffee, an incredible positive energy from the people who work there and the regulars, plus great music and a vinyl selection that makes you want to stay longer.”

Download The Secret App now. It features cities across Europe and thousands of secrets from creative minds throughout Europe. More people and more secrets are added weekly.

RESTORING VISIBILITY TO THE CULTURAL LAYER OF CITIES.

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#thesecretapp taken in Madrid, España by @thesecret.app

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8 days ago

Highlighting some fantastic artists who went live on The Secret App last month.

A huge thanks goes out to the following…

Lisa Guillou - Lisbon - illustrator @lisaliglou

James Hobbs - London - artist and author @jameshobbsart

Sarah Shaw - Brighton -artist @sarahshawpainting

The Secret App: Restoring visibility to the cultural layer of cities.

LINK IN BIO for app store free download, no in-app fees.

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#supportlocalartists by @thesecret.app

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“I’m a visual artist and painter who also works in music and the film industry, and offers sound healing with Tibetan singing bowls.”

New on The Secret App: We welcome Irene Criado @icg.all.art a Madrid-based visual and sound artist.

Learn more about Irene on The Secret App. Discover Irene’s secret spots in Madrid including…

@eljardinsecretomadrid “This is a very cozy café and restaurant specializing in flavored teas and sweets, though savory options are available too. The atmosphere is charming and full of whimsy — just keep in mind it’s so small that you’ll need to arrive early to get a table.”

El Jardín Secreto doesn’t do understated. 🌿✨ A riot of colour, chocolate, cocktails and gloriously over-the-top interiors, it feels like stepping inside a wonderfully surreal imagination with absolutely no interest in playing it safe.

@laneomudejar “This is a former factory tied to Madrid’s railway network, now reconverted into a museum of contemporary art. The current managers have preserved the building exactly as it was, and many of the temporary exhibitions are well worth seeing.”

Raw, independent and full of character, La Neomudéjar turns a former railway workshop into one of Madrid’s most exciting spaces for experimental art. Industrial history, artist residencies, installations, performance and new ideas all collide here — this is culture with its edges left intact. 🎨⚡

@cafemanuela “This is one of the oldest cafés right in the historic center of Madrid. Besides being thoroughly “Madrileño”, it has the special touch of offering board games for anyone who visits to play.”

Some places have atmosphere. La Manuela has history in the walls. Since 1979, this Malasaña institution has drawn in artists, writers, musicians and night owls — a gloriously old-school Madrid café where culture, conversation and a little chaos have always belonged together. 🎭🍷✨

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#irenecriado taken in Madrid, España by @thesecret.app

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When ‘perfect’ images can be generated endlessly, the signs of human creation become more important, not less.

The process matters. The person matters. The story matters.

🎨 Huge thanks to featured artist @lolaramoslola for allowing us to share their original work and the process behind it. You can also discover Lola and their recommendations on The Secret App.

Real artists. Real lives. Real recommendations.

Discover thousands of secrets shared by creative minds across cities throughout Europe.

The Secret App — free to download. Link in bio.

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#aiart
#humancreativity
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Highlighting some fantastic artists who went live on The Secret App last month.

A huge thanks goes out to the following…

Maria Mano - Lisbon - Freelance designer and University teacher @mariasperspective

Emma Quan - London - Illustrator @emmaquan.designart

Chiara Vercesi - Amsterdam - illustrator @chiara_vercesi

Romi Ghio- Barcelona - Embroiderer @karkarosa

The Secret App: Restoring visibility to the cultural layer of cities.

LINK IN BIO for App Store free download, no in-app fees.

Artists, request an invite to feature—join us — link in bio. by @thesecret.app

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At The Library Project, artists are at the centre of the story. 🎨📚 Run by PhotoIreland, the space brings together photography, artist books, independent publishing and exhibitions in a way that gives visual makers room to be discovered on their own terms. 📸✨

It’s a place to encounter new work, follow ideas across pages and walls, and connect with the people shaping Dublin’s visual culture right now. 🖼️🔥 For anyone who wants to see the city through the eyes of its artists, this is an essential stop.

@tlp_says is featured on The Secret App thanks to the following great Dublin-based artists…

Artist & designer @katemolover "This is the most inspiring place in Dublin for me. Just a haven of really good work."

Artist & educator @roisin.mcguigan "Specialist Bookshop with a wide range of books and periodicals. Great for unique gifts for photographers and artists...or for self-gifting! Regularly hosts exhibitions and other cultural events."

Download The Secret App now. It features cities across Europe and thousands of secrets from creative minds throughout Europe. More people and more secrets are added weekly.

RESTORING VISIBILITY TO THE CULTURAL LAYER OF CITIES.

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#thesecretapp taken in Dublin, Ireland by @thesecret.app

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