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The Charleroi quarters of Dampremy and Marchienne are examples of how industrial cities can look like once most of the industry has left and when no public funds for revitalization are at hand: vast industrial areas abandoned long ago but still inaccessible to the public, residential areas - often situated along through roads between industrial sites - in run-down condition, lots of vacancies, street life dominated by migrant workers and their sons. To improve the living situation despite of funds shortage, the majority of unused wall areas and even some walls of working industries were given to a European graffiti festival in 2004. Several kilometers of walls were filled, immediately improving the quarters' appearance.