I have been to some of the most beautiful metro stations in the world. Europe definitely has the best, followed by Asia. The US is a distant LAST!
A transfer point between Athens Metro lines 1 and 2, Syntagma is not your average station. Considering the citys illustrious history, it maybe as a surprise that the station is part museum. Located beneath the Syntagma Square, there are many antiquities on display at the station that were found during the construction. Aside from the ancient artifacts, there are also works from many contemporary Greek artists. The problem? It is a major transfer point, and everybody is running around like a Greek chicken with its head cut off!Szent Gellrt tr Station, Budapest, HungaryAuthorities dont always need to spend a lot of money on lavish materials to make a metro station spectacular and this station in Budapest is proof. Minimal effort has resulted in maximum impact in the stations halls where the wall tiles are used to create intricate mosaics. I was too busy looking for the beer hall!Olaias, Lisbon, PortugalBuilt in honor of the 1998 World Expo, this station still
features art installations by four Portuguese artists. of bright, bold and colors and Brutalist architecture is really rather unusual. I dont recall much about it.Komsomolskaya, Moscow metro, RussiaMoscows metro system, opened in 1935, is a collection of incredibly ornate stations that look much more like regal palaces or cathedrals rather hubs. Most, like Komsomolskaya, were built during Stalins reign and are meant to represent the wealth and power of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party. This is probably the most beautiful metro station in the world!!! I must have spent half an hour here, even though the metro trains arrive every SIX minutes!Museum station, Toronto, CanadaServicing the Royal Ontario Museum is the Museum station – a modern yet understated station, decorated in the shades of gray and brown. That is until you look at the columns. Depicting artifacts you can find in the museum, youll see everything from First Nations house posts to ancient Egyptian deities. Toronto is a very underrated city!Mayakovskaya, Moscow metro, RussiaOthers, like this station in central Moscow, were simply designed to show
off. Mayakovskaya is a great example of World War Stalinist architecture and is a nod to the Russian Futurist movement and one of its central figures Vladimir Mayakovsky. At least cannot take credit for building these fine stations.I cant help but be impressed by the Moscow Metro stations. Thats me in one of the main Moscow Metro stations in 2014. They make BART look like a ghetto!
