The world's most beautiful subway and metro stations
Underground art
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Alisher Navoiy station, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Foggy Bottom–GWU station, Washington DC, USA
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Msheireb station, Doha, Qatar
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Syntagma metro station, Athens, Greece
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Fulton Transit Centre, New York, USA
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Westfriedhof, Munich, Germany
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Rådhuset, Stockholm metro, Sweden
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Centralen station, Stockholm metro, Sweden
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Stadion, Stockholm metro, Sweden
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Olaias, Lisbon, Portugal
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Szent Gellért tér Station, Budapest, Hungary
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Formosa Boulevard, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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The kaleidoscope-like glass ceiling at the Formosa Boulevard station is said to be the largest glass work in the world. Consisting of 4,500 glass panels, it’s made by Italian designer Narcissus Quagliata, who called it Wind, Fire and Time.
Khalid Bin Al Waleed Station, Dubai, UAE
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Plac Wilsona, Warsaw, Poland
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U3-volkstheater, Vienna, Austria
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Even though many of Vienna’s metro stations feature artworks by Austrian artists, it’s Nature in the Making by Anton Lehmden that’s best-known. Created from four million mosaic stones on an area almost twice as big as a tennis court, the artwork tells the story of the Big Bang and the formation of nature.
Staromestska, Prague, the Czech Republic
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Arts et Métiers, Paris metro, France
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An ode to steampunk and French novelist Jules Verne, the platform tunnel at Arts et Métiers is covered in copper cladding, complete with portholes and exposed bolts. Inspired by the science fiction novels of the early 20th century, it surely feels like the submarine Nautilus from one of Verne’s most famous worksTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Louvre Rivoli, Paris metro, France
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Concorde, Paris metro, France
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Westminster, London Underground, UK
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Gants Hill, London Underground, England
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Museum station, Toronto, Canada
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Pyongyang, North Korea
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Consisting of two lines, Pyongyang metro system is one of the deepest in the world. Opened in 1973, it’s a truly remarkable example of socialist realism as propaganda murals adorn the walls while golden statues of the country’s great leaders watch over the commuters.
Find out what it's really like to be a tourist in North Korea here
Comte de Flandre Station, Brussels, Belgium
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When leaving the train at this station don’t forget to look up: tilt your head and you’ll find 16 mannequins suspended from the ceiling. Created by artist Paul van Hoeydonck, the installation titled 16 x Icarus looks eerily realistic.
Baikonur, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Named after Kazakhstan’s rocket launch facility, this station embodies 1970s sci-fi. Its white and blue tunnels and curved arches are reminiscent of early Star Trek films, but if that's not enough for your inner geek, a film of a rocket launch is shown while travellers wait for their train to arrive.
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Toledo, Naples, Italy
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Like something out of a science fiction film, the walls in Toledo station in Naples are covered in millions of tiny tiles in white and various shades of blue. It’s an artwork called Light Panels by Robert Wilson that illuminates these tiles and really give the station its otherworldly feel.
Adams Plaza Bridge, London, England, UK
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Beginning service on 24 May 2022, the brand-new Elizabeth line will connect Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, stretching for more than 62 miles (100km) across London. This hotly anticipated new addition to London's transport network, built by Crossrail, is expected to serve a whopping 200 million passengers a year. Its stations are ultra-futuristic too: pictured is the Adams Plaza Bridge between One Canada Square and Crossrail Place, above the new Elizabeth line station at Canary Wharf.
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