Ranked # 05 of 10 · Extramurs

No Land Tattoo Parlour

Studio and cultural space

Twenty artists, exhibitions, launches and an aesthetic pitched between Victoriana and Twin Peaks. This is where you go when you want one very specific style.

We don't book appointments. This is the studio's own public phone number.

The street, from the door

This is the address seen from the pavement. Turn the view and move along the street to recognise the entrance before you go.

Street View · Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic, 75 — © Google

The studio

No Land opened in April 2016, first on Calle Lepanto and today on Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic, next to the Botanical Garden, and it works more like a cultural space than a conventional studio. It puts on exhibitions, launches and events, has its own shop selling merchandise by its artists, and an interior somewhere between the Victorian and Twin Peaks that you could not mistake for anywhere else.

Its strength is the human catalog: some twenty artists between residents and collaborators, plus the international guests who rotate through by season. With that spread there is almost always someone doing exactly what you are after, whether old school, neo-traditional, blackwork, dotwork, Japanese, kawaii, lettering or blackout.

Its founder has been tattooing for around twenty-two years, and much of the resident team comes out of the Facultad de Bellas Artes de València, with paths running through drawing, woodcut and spells outside Spain. That training shows in the quality of the draftsmanship, which is what people comment on most.

With twenty artists, the obvious advice: look through portfolios before booking, because the standard is high but the styles are wildly different from one another. And if a guest artist interests you, ask about dates, since they pass through for short stretches.

Why it ranks 5

• 01

  An enormous range of styles

  With twenty artists between residents and guests, there is almost always someone doing exactly your thing.

• 02

  A cultural space

  It puts on exhibitions and events: as much gallery as studio.

• 03

  Fine arts training

  Much of the team came through Valencia's Faculty of Fine Arts.

Pros and cons

Services

• Tattooing
• Exhibitions and events
• Merchandise shop

Getting there by public transport

No Land Tattoo Parlour is at Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic, 75 (El Botànic, Extramurs).

Tap your starting point and it opens the route by metro, tram, bus or Cercanías with today's times. It works the same from the city as from the towns around it.

Google works out the lines and times live, so nothing here goes out of date. If you're driving, bear in mind that much of Valencia is a low-emission zone.

Before you go

Check that the studio has the municipal health licence on display, that materials are single-use and opened in front of you, and ask for a fixed quote in writing. We go through all of it in our guide to how to choose a tattoo studio in Valencia, and market rates in how much a tattoo costs in Valencia.

Sources: No Land Tattoo Parlour · tatuadoresen.com. Google rating and review count as of the date shown; both can change. Tatuajes València has no commercial relationship with this studio.