By graffiti, I assume you mean tags, i.e. not the ones with some artistic value?
I live in Zurich and also wasn't under the impression that it's noticeably worse than elsewhere, but it's certainly an unnecessary eyesore.
There was some reporting on it recently, saying that a major issue are private building owners. Public spots are usually cleaned up quickly. They said the city has some form of very cheap service/insurance offering that building owners can get, which assures that any reported sprayings will be washed off by city workers within x days, but that this service seems to be not widely known. So at least, people seem to be aware of the issue and doing something.
Nothing preventing tackling both issues at the same time, in any case.
Yes, tags, and really anything illegally spray painted on public or private surfaces. No problem if the city or a building owner wants to commission or invite graffiti artists.
I spent time in several European cities recently (and in the past), and Zurich was the only place where the amount of graffiti really stood out to me. Maybe there was an expectation that a wealthy city/country wouldn’t have tagging, which made it stand out more. Berlin had a lot of both good street art and tagging, but the tagging seemed more concentrated in specific areas.
The graffiti stood out more to me than billboards, but as an American I’m surely desensitized to billboards.
I live in Zurich and also wasn't under the impression that it's noticeably worse than elsewhere, but it's certainly an unnecessary eyesore.
There was some reporting on it recently, saying that a major issue are private building owners. Public spots are usually cleaned up quickly. They said the city has some form of very cheap service/insurance offering that building owners can get, which assures that any reported sprayings will be washed off by city workers within x days, but that this service seems to be not widely known. So at least, people seem to be aware of the issue and doing something.
Nothing preventing tackling both issues at the same time, in any case.