Free City Street Pictures and City Backgrounds: 78 Photos of Streets, Lanes and Avenues
78 free city street pictures from the BigFoto library: Midtown Manhattan’s street canyons with steam rising from the asphalt, a rainy New York street and Chinatown, Lombard Street and the steep hills of San Francisco, the narrow lanes and stepped alleys of Lisbon, Prague, Graz, San Gimignano and a Croatian old town, canal streets in Amsterdam, Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich and Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, lanes of old houses in Kyoto and Seoul, shophouse streets in Singapore, the Old City of Jerusalem, and streets under Christmas lights at night.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
New York and North America
Street canyons in Midtown Manhattan, steam rising from the street, a rainy street, Chinatown, a grand building over an avenue, Lombard Street from above, the steep streets of San Francisco, a street in Ottawa and Victorian houses on a waterfront street.
Old town lanes and alleys
Narrow streets and stepped alleys in Lisbon, the old town of Prague, Graz and Salzburg, San Gimignano and an arched lane, a Croatian old town, Vienna, an old street with timber houses, whitewashed houses on a cobbled street, canal streets and old corners in the Netherlands and a cobblestone street.
Shopping streets and avenues
Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich, Istiklal Avenue with flags, shopping streets in Istanbul, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Domburg, Venice and Graz, a wide street in Graz, the Baixa grid in Lisbon and a street in Kreuzberg.
Streets in Asia
A narrow street in old Kyoto, shophouse streets in Singapore, a street under the Skytrain in Bangkok, avenues and new towers in Beijing, office towers in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, a boulevard in Seoul, hanok lanes, a lane between white walls, old Istanbul, Bukhara and Khiva.
Middle East, Africa, Australia and South America
An arched alley in the Old City of Jerusalem, the street up to the Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa, the colonnaded street of Jerash, an avenue in Amman, a narrow street in Cairo, the main street of Simon’s Town, streets in Fremantle and an Australian town, an avenue in Rio and one in Vientiane.
Streets at night
Streets under Christmas stars, curtains and garlands of lights, an old town street with Christmas lights, a blurred street at night and a passing car in motion blur.
More free photos
- Free night city pictures
- Free city skyline pictures
- Architecture pictures
- Free road pictures
- Free café and restaurant pictures
- Free house pictures
Questions about these city street photos
Can I use these city street pictures for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Which photos work as a city background?
The empty old town lanes, the Manhattan street canyons and the streets at night have depth and few people in focus, so they work as city backgrounds for slides, video calls and designs.
