Published on: 10/22/2015IST

Under-ground metro stations are associated with rats, garbage, noise and filth, not architecture. However, there are a few metro stations in the world that go against the grain, standing out as excellent examples of the beautiful architecture and interiors that can be created in underground spaces.

The interiors achieved in some of these metro stations become all the more impressive when you consider the challenges unique to creating comfortable underground spaces. The architects must keep track of the structural integrity of the walls, air circulation, excessive moisture, and a million other concerns. Their maintenance is another difficulty entirely � one that transit organizations often have difficulty with.

Vote for your favorite stations and, if there's a beautiful metro station in your city that should be on this list, we'd love to see it!

#1 Toledo Metro Station, Naples, Italy

#2 Kievskaya, Mayakovskaya And Park Pobedy Stations, Moscow, Russia

#3 R�dhuset Station, Stockholm, Sweden

#4 Avtovo Metro Station, St. Petersburg, Russia

#5 Tilework In Szent Gell�rt Square, Budapest, Hungary

#6 University Of Naples Subway Station, Italy

#7 Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, Shanghai, China

#8 Arts Et M�tiers Station, Paris, France

#9 Formosa Boulevard Station, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

#10 Kungstradgarden Metro Station, Stokholm, Sweden

#11 City Hall Station, New York

#12 T-Centralen Station, Stockholm, Sweden

#13 Olaias Station, Lisbon, Portugal

#14 Stadion Station, Stockholm, Sweden

#15 Slavyansky Bulvar Station, Moscow, Russia

#16 Stockholm, "the Water Lily Station" - N�ckrosen

#17 Atocha, Madrid, Spain

#18 Georg-Brauchle-Ring, Marienplatz and Candidplatz U-Bahn Stations, Munich, Germany

#19 Tunel, Istanbul Old Metro, Turkey

#20 Metro Station Wilhelminaplein (wilhelmina Square), Rotterdam, The Netherlands

#21 Oez, Munich

#22 Malostransk� Station In Prague.

#23 Budapest Metro 4

#24 S�o Bento Station, Porto, Portugal

#25 "zoloti Vorota" Station, Kiev, Ukraine

#26 Hamburg Hafencity Metro

#27 Namur Station Lighting, Montr�al

#28 Finding It Hard To Step Up

#29 Kyoto Station, Japan

#30 Metro Station Plac Wilsona, Warsaw, Poland

#31 Syntagma Station, Athens, Greece

#32 Li�ge Guillemins, Belgium

#33 #17 U3-volkstheater, Vienna, Austria

#34 Bochum Rathaus, Germany

#35 Parque Metro Station, Lisbon, Portugal

#36 Devyatkino, St. Petersburg, Russia

#37 Arbatskaya Station, Moscow, Russia

#38 U-bahn Station Westfriedhof, Munich, Germany

#39 Metro Station Pannenhuis - Brussels

#40 Lavov Most Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

#41 Kremlevskaya Metro Station, Kazan, Russia

#42 Almaty, Kazakhstan - Metro Station "baikonyr"

#43 National Stadium Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

#44 Metro Station In Dubai - Uae

#45 Ca�s Do Sodr� Metro Station, Lisboa, Portugal

#46 R�k�czi Square, Budapest, Hungary

#47 Belgica Station - Brussels

#48 Estaci�n De Metro Arganzuela-planetario (madrid, Espa�a)

#49 Namur Station Lighting, Montreal, Canada

#50 Duvbo Subwaystation, Stockholm

#51 Nydalen Metro Stastion, Oslo, Norway. Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter

#52 Terreiro Do Pa�o Metro Station, Lisboa, Portugal

#53 Lisbon Airport Metro Station, Portugal

#54 Emirates Towers Metro Station, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

#55 Mladost 3 Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

#56 Joliot Curie Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

#57 European Union Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

#58 Musagenitsa Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

#59 Metro Station Wilhelminaplein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

#60 Hamburg, Hafencity Metro Station

#61 Metro Copilco Station (mexico City) . Mexico.

#62 Bochum, U35 Haltestelle Rathaus

#63 Almaty, Kazakhstan - Metro Station "alatau"

#64 Metrostation Wilhelminaplein

#65 Hafencity University, Hamburg, Germany

#66 Marienplatz, Munich, Germany

#67 Rathaus Spandau U-bahn Station, Berlin

#68 Titan Station, Bucharest, Romania

#69 Stř�kov Station, Prague, Czech Republic

#70 Garching Forchungzentrum (tum Station), Munich, Germany

#71 Syntagma Station, Athens, Greece

#72 Station Champ-de-mars, Montr�al

#73 Letňany, Prague, Czech Republic

#74 Union Station, Los Angeles, California

#75 Westminster Station, London

#76 Shibuya Station, Tokyo

#77 Metrostation Wilhelminaplein

#78 Steglitz Station, Berlin, Germany

#79 Rajsk� Zahrada Station, Prague, Czech Republic

#80 Lohring, Bochum, Germany

#81 Főv�m Square, R�k�czi Square And Bik�s Park, Budapest, Hungary

#82 Stockholm T-bana, Rissne

#83 Маяковская, St. Petersburg, Russia

#84 M�ricz Zsigmond Station, Budapest, Hungary

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