Lado Darakhvelidze, Rosell Heijmen
Tbilisi, Arnhem

Tbilisi Marshrutka map

There are two kind of Marchutkas. One kind works within Tbilisi, the others are going to different cities. The ones covering Tbilsi are reasonably safe and slow, the other ones are very fast.
Marchutkas are brought here from Europe, mainly Germany, and are transformed to function
as public transport. There are over 200 Marchutka tours. Because of their flexibility (they stop everywhere) they have an advantage over the other public transport but from the government point of view they are not looking so good. Marchutkas are forbiden in the main Avenues: Rustaveli Avenue and Chavchavadze Avenue. One of interesting sides of the Marchutkas are the destination signs. After the Rose revolution most of square- and streetsnames are changed but on Marchutka destination signs the old names remain. As a result, and also because of
the signs written in georgian script, only Tbilisi citizens can guess were the Machutka is heading. Machutkas signs will tell you the recent history of the city and the famous places that seized
to exist.This Marchutka map will be helpful for guest of Tbilisi to independently find their way, and to discover specificalreality in Tbilisi.

'I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly,
well-ordered or confused'.
Spinoza (1632 - 1677)

'How like us is that very ugly beast, the monkey. .- Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis!'
Cicero (106 - 43 BC)

'Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist'.
Austin O'Malley (1858 - 1932)

'I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have
a few good features'.
Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)

'I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer themonsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial'.
Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)

supported by:
OSI Open Society Institute Foundation, ACNP Arts and Culture Networks Program, Budapest