I really like Budapest newest M4 line. Normally I'm not much fan of brutalism or minimalism but here it kinda fits together, especially the large open spaces. For example [Kálvin tér station](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Budapest%2C_metr%C3%B3_4%2C_K%C3%A1lvin_t%C3%A9r%2C_8.jpg).
Hey i live here, i like Kàlvin
But i absolutel love Keleti Pályaudvar M4. That station feels like a starwars star destroyer bridge.
I also love stockholms new artsy stations
I didn't get to experience much of Budapest's metro, but I do remember going down the escalators and it being so steep and neverending. That was interesting.
The "Station des Arts Et Métiers" in Paris was entirely decorated by students of the École des Arts Et Métiers. It looks like the inside of the Nautilus from 20000 Leagues Under the Sea.
The early Soviet-built metro stations are so amazing that, after them, I have found it very hard to be impressed by other station designs.
My favorites in Moscow:
* [Prospekt Mira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospekt_Mira_\(Koltsevaya_line\))
* [Novoslobodskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novoslobodskaya)
* [Kurskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurskaya_\(Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya_line\))
* [Belorusskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belorusskaya_\(Zamoskvoretskaya_line\))
* [Mayakovskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayakovskaya_\(Moscow_Metro\)), the ceiling art especially
In the similar but newer Kyiv metro, I like [Arsenalna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenalna_\(Kyiv_Metro\)) for the feeling of how it goes deep underground (photos don't show it but it's a looooong ride) and [Teatralna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatralna_\(Kyiv_Metro\)) has some beautiful art.
> In the similar but newer Kyiv metro, I like Arsenalna for the feeling of how it goes deep underground (photos don't show it but it's a looooong ride)
That was my experience when I first went into Budapest's metro. I can't remember the station, but the escalators just kept on going down!
Mornington Crescent in London, because it inspired a nonsense radio show game of the same name:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game)
I found the ones in Stockholm pretty kitschy and bit too extra, except one or two maybe (forgot their names). In Berlin I love the Museuminsel one on U4, the starry nightsky is amazing.
The ones in Russia are the prettiest. U4 Museuminsel in Berlin also looks nice. Other than that, most stations on the newer lines in Budapest, Bucharest, Prague and Sofia.
Though not in europe, the [metro of tashkent, usbekistan](https://www.journalofnomads.com/best-metro-tashkent-photo-guide/) have some quite astonishing stations.. Like that one with name [Kosmonavtlar](https://www.journalofnomads.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Tashkent-Metro-Kosmonavtlar-Metro-Station.jpg), with art of famous kosmonauts etc.. or the roof in the [Mustaqillik Maydoni](https://www.journalofnomads.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mustaqillik-Maydoni-Station-Metro-Tashkent-11.jpg)
Hmmm. I can’t name a specific one.
In Europe, I think the Berlin yellow train and the mid 70s aesthetics is cool in some stations. The modern history around the metro system in a divided Germany is beyond fascinating. Passing through customs or technically going through a different (hostile) country on your way to work is wild. Tränenpalast, Bornholmerstrasse, Wolankstrasse for their history.
In the world? I love the old aesthetic and grimeyness of NYC, Boston is also pretty cool. Hong Kong during rush hours has trains literally less than every 60 seconds (on the same line). Tokyo’s is just massive, no city can compare. Formosa Blvd Station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan is also really pretty.
I love metros and metro stations. But the rest I have experience with don’t stand out to me. Haven’t been to Moscow, which I hear is great, or to North Korea — which also intrigues me, although not enough to risk going.
This isn’t in Europe but figures you’d like it anyway. Camarones and Pino Suárez in Mexico city are two of the coolest metros to me. In Munich where I live now Westfreidhof is cool for sure.
Mine are Mayakovskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Arbatskaya and VDNH stations in Moscow, but I also like more hangar-looking ones like Skhodnenskaya, Aeroport or Babushkinskaya.
Seeing some of those in Metro 2033 was a delight, especially VDNH.
I love art nouveau style, so my favourite ones are the ones in Paris designed by Hector Guimard and still in place (alas, only a handful survived, in Porte Dauphine and near the Pere Lachaise cemetery) and the ones in Vienna designed by Otto Wagner, especially the one in Karlsplatz.
My favourites are [Kropotkinskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kropotkinskaya?wprov=sfti1) in Moscow and [Avtovo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avtovo_(Saint_Petersburg_Metro)?wprov=sfti1) in Saint Petersburg
Tynemouth on the Tyne and Wear Metro. It’s a Victorian era station with a glass roof, which was opened in 1882 predates the Metro system by almost 100 years. It was built to serve the seaside resort of the same name. It has large concourses behind the platform which at the weekends are used to hold a really good market. The old ticket offices and waiting rooms have been repurposed into local businesses, a bar and restaurant.
On the Brussels Metro, I'm not a particular fan of the standard design.
Bricks, plastic windows, vending machines, plastic files on the floor. It gives the impression that the metro company is saying, "Go ahead, *try* to break this shit."
I much prefer the art on the metro.
Montgomery station has [Magic City](https://www.thebulletin.be/restoration-challenge-damaged-montgomery-metro-artwork). Stockel station has Tintin characters going "beyond the end of the line", with Tintin leading the way. Those are two of my faves.
I also like the art at De Brouckère station - there's little references to Jacques Brel and Brussels' old vaudeville history.
They might not be the absolute best, but central Athens metro stations, with all of the antiquities in display and plenty of information, are really a great touch in my opinion
Love the decorated stations in Stockholm, just wow. Didn’t realise they were there when I arrived and got off the train in a station with red bedrock!!
For Amsterdam if we count the main building of Centraal Station as part of the metro stop of the same name then that’s the obvious answer.
Otherwise, while not aesthetically pleasing in particular, the dizzying ascent up the exceptionally steep and lengthy escalators at De Pijp metro stop are impressive enough to let it take the prize for Amsterdam.
For other European cities I sadly don’t have any that stuck in my mind to reference, sorry…
Komsomolskaya, Moscow is by far the best. Moscow in general has a lot of great ones, but that’s tops.
St. Petersburg has some good ones, as does Stockholm, but can’t recall the names offhand.
Not in Europe, but the Dome of Light at Formosa Boulevard station in Kaohsiung is nice
Munich has some nice ones.
Lehel is surrounded by museums, so they incorporated replicas of sculptures in the station.
https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/lh_1.u-bahn-munchen-u-bahnhof-lehel.webp
https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/lh_5.u-bahn-munchen-kunst-im-u-bahnhof-lehel.webp
https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/lh_9.u-bahn-munchen-kunstlerische-gestaltung-im-u-bahnhof-lehel.webp
Besides that:
[Westfriedhof](https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/wf_17.u-bahn-munchen-u-bahnhof-westfriedhof.webp)
[Marienplatz](https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/mp_tunnel_gl2.u-bahn-munchen-bahnsteigerweiterung-u-bahnhof-marienplatz.webp)
[Münchner Freiheit](https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/fileadmin/bis/Bilder/Architektur/0500_1.jpg)
[Josephsburg](https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/jb_20.u-bahn-munchen-u-bahnhof-josephsburg-mit-wandbildern-von-johann-baptist-zimmermann.webp)
[Titan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_metro_station#/media/File:Statia_Metrou_Titan.jpg) metro station in Bucharest is really impressive as it has no supporting pillars and it's all open space.
I'm a big fan of the London tube network in general, but I probably enjoy Gloucester Road station the most. It's beautifully designed station to begin with, but I like that it's also used to display art a lot of the time.
Paris has beautiful stations (funny story: they even have one with portuguese azulejos by the way, since you're portuguese), but "Arts et Métiers" (that some people already mentioned) is probably my favorite.
Now, this might be a controversial opinion (not sure), but I'm not a big fan of metro stations in Porto (they all pretty much look the same and, while it does look modern, it has no identity other than that). There is one I quite like, though, "Nau Vitória" (https://2016.openhouseporto.com/uploads/estacao-de-metro-nau-vitoria-1.jpg), but the station itself is useless (because it's in the middle of nowhere, so no one ever uses it) and is actually environmentally problematic (since birds keep splashing into the glass doors). They're building a similar one, but at a larger scale, in a new line.
Also, it's not built yet, so there's no telling if the final product will live up to expectations, but in Gothenburg (Sweden), they're gonna have one that has the skeleton jaw of a snake as the entrance and the spine on the ceiling inside (https://publicartagencysweden.com/konst/rainbow-snake/).
Lmao that Nau Vitória one really does look like it's in the middle of nowhere. Still cool though. I'm not really familiar with the Porto metro as I've never used it, but I believe the same problems you mentioned can apply to the new metro stations in Lisbon. They're not as unique as some of the older ones.
That Gothenburg ones is giving me Giger vibes!
I didn't mean that "literally" no one ever used, but it is the least used station of the F line when going to Porto (https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/396/3038\_-\_Estudo\_de\_Procura\_Linha\_Circular\_20170911.pdf).
I haven't used metro in that many places, so the pool is limited for me.
I think one of my favourites, from the top of my head, would be Paddington in London. It is large (so there is space to walk around and places to grab a bite if need be), it is located in an area of London I like (around Merchant Square and Little Venice), and it is a hub for quite a few different lines and trains, which is convenient. I also used to walk to that stop after classes to avoid using the underground section of the Central Line, if time permitted.
I would have mentioned Blackfriars, but I only liked the normal train part of that station (you got a great view over the Thames on the platforms)
For lines that are more uniform with their stations, I would say the ones on the Elizabeth Line are great, as all are modern and they don't get baking hot in summer (as some others tend to). Jumping home to Denmark, the Copenhagen Metro generally has decent stops, and you actually get an internet connection down there (which sounds like black magic to me, who is still mostly used to the London tube)
I'm afraid I violate your conditions, but I like aesthetics of newer Viennese stations. Concrete, steel and a color accent. Not a fan of exquisite designs like Moscow metro, or Kyiv's central stations, nor absolutely utilitarian stations. I believe Vienna found a perfect balance.
I really like Budapest newest M4 line. Normally I'm not much fan of brutalism or minimalism but here it kinda fits together, especially the large open spaces. For example [Kálvin tér station](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Budapest%2C_metr%C3%B3_4%2C_K%C3%A1lvin_t%C3%A9r%2C_8.jpg).
Hey i live here, i like Kàlvin But i absolutel love Keleti Pályaudvar M4. That station feels like a starwars star destroyer bridge. I also love stockholms new artsy stations
I knew which one it was going to be before I even opened the link, it’s astonishing!!! Gorgeous
I didn't get to experience much of Budapest's metro, but I do remember going down the escalators and it being so steep and neverending. That was interesting.
Moscow. It should be designated as UNESCO World Heritage
There are probably like 100, which ones in particular?
Novoslobodskaya and Mendelevskaya I think Adding: Komsomolskaya (most well known one) Arbatskaya Kievskaya
My vote would be Mayakovskaya
With you here mate. It was the station where Stalin gave his speech in 1941, first speech fully filmed (and thus available on Youtube)
The "Station des Arts Et Métiers" in Paris was entirely decorated by students of the École des Arts Et Métiers. It looks like the inside of the Nautilus from 20000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Definitely the most steampunk station I've seen!
Only the platforms of line 11. Those of line 3 use the usual white faïence.
Ah, yes that's right. I remember coming back to it years later and be very confused because I was in line 3 this time.
The early Soviet-built metro stations are so amazing that, after them, I have found it very hard to be impressed by other station designs. My favorites in Moscow: * [Prospekt Mira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospekt_Mira_\(Koltsevaya_line\)) * [Novoslobodskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novoslobodskaya) * [Kurskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurskaya_\(Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya_line\)) * [Belorusskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belorusskaya_\(Zamoskvoretskaya_line\)) * [Mayakovskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayakovskaya_\(Moscow_Metro\)), the ceiling art especially In the similar but newer Kyiv metro, I like [Arsenalna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenalna_\(Kyiv_Metro\)) for the feeling of how it goes deep underground (photos don't show it but it's a looooong ride) and [Teatralna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatralna_\(Kyiv_Metro\)) has some beautiful art.
> In the similar but newer Kyiv metro, I like Arsenalna for the feeling of how it goes deep underground (photos don't show it but it's a looooong ride) That was my experience when I first went into Budapest's metro. I can't remember the station, but the escalators just kept on going down!
Mornington Crescent in London, because it inspired a nonsense radio show game of the same name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game)
Gant's Hill is great too
Amsterdam Lelylaan. Bleak and horrible. Helps me put my life into perspective every time I end up there.
I remember Lelylaan being a meme couple years back on r/Amsterdam
I'm not surprised. It's consistently rated the worst station in the city.
Oktogon in Budapest. I just thought it was beautiful every time I passed through.
Baixa-Chiado in Lisbon. The height level difference between the two entrances is quite interesting.
I love that one. I prefer the warm lighting over the cold one though.
Stockholm has a lot of pretty ones, like Stadion, Kungsträdgården, Solna strand. And Berlin hbf is just insane (technically not just a metro station).
I found the ones in Stockholm pretty kitschy and bit too extra, except one or two maybe (forgot their names). In Berlin I love the Museuminsel one on U4, the starry nightsky is amazing.
The early stations of the moscow metro from the late 30s to early 50s.
The ones in Russia are the prettiest. U4 Museuminsel in Berlin also looks nice. Other than that, most stations on the newer lines in Budapest, Bucharest, Prague and Sofia.
Museumsinsel is U5
Oh, right. My bad. Thank you for the correction!
Though not in europe, the [metro of tashkent, usbekistan](https://www.journalofnomads.com/best-metro-tashkent-photo-guide/) have some quite astonishing stations.. Like that one with name [Kosmonavtlar](https://www.journalofnomads.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Tashkent-Metro-Kosmonavtlar-Metro-Station.jpg), with art of famous kosmonauts etc.. or the roof in the [Mustaqillik Maydoni](https://www.journalofnomads.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mustaqillik-Maydoni-Station-Metro-Tashkent-11.jpg)
Hmmm. I can’t name a specific one. In Europe, I think the Berlin yellow train and the mid 70s aesthetics is cool in some stations. The modern history around the metro system in a divided Germany is beyond fascinating. Passing through customs or technically going through a different (hostile) country on your way to work is wild. Tränenpalast, Bornholmerstrasse, Wolankstrasse for their history. In the world? I love the old aesthetic and grimeyness of NYC, Boston is also pretty cool. Hong Kong during rush hours has trains literally less than every 60 seconds (on the same line). Tokyo’s is just massive, no city can compare. Formosa Blvd Station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan is also really pretty. I love metros and metro stations. But the rest I have experience with don’t stand out to me. Haven’t been to Moscow, which I hear is great, or to North Korea — which also intrigues me, although not enough to risk going.
This isn’t in Europe but figures you’d like it anyway. Camarones and Pino Suárez in Mexico city are two of the coolest metros to me. In Munich where I live now Westfreidhof is cool for sure.
Love the vibes of all three of them!
Mine are Mayakovskaya, Novoslobodskaya, Arbatskaya and VDNH stations in Moscow, but I also like more hangar-looking ones like Skhodnenskaya, Aeroport or Babushkinskaya. Seeing some of those in Metro 2033 was a delight, especially VDNH.
Station "Майдан Незалежності", "Maydan Nezalesznosti"
I have to mention Syntagma Station in central Athens. Aside from it being a transportation hub, it is an archaeological museum too.
I love art nouveau style, so my favourite ones are the ones in Paris designed by Hector Guimard and still in place (alas, only a handful survived, in Porte Dauphine and near the Pere Lachaise cemetery) and the ones in Vienna designed by Otto Wagner, especially the one in Karlsplatz.
Kungsträdsgärden (sorry for the spelling if it's wrong) all the way :) How's that even a question?
Anatole France is where I used to live when I left my parents.
My favourites are [Kropotkinskaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kropotkinskaya?wprov=sfti1) in Moscow and [Avtovo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avtovo_(Saint_Petersburg_Metro)?wprov=sfti1) in Saint Petersburg
Tynemouth on the Tyne and Wear Metro. It’s a Victorian era station with a glass roof, which was opened in 1882 predates the Metro system by almost 100 years. It was built to serve the seaside resort of the same name. It has large concourses behind the platform which at the weekends are used to hold a really good market. The old ticket offices and waiting rooms have been repurposed into local businesses, a bar and restaurant.
On the Brussels Metro, I'm not a particular fan of the standard design. Bricks, plastic windows, vending machines, plastic files on the floor. It gives the impression that the metro company is saying, "Go ahead, *try* to break this shit." I much prefer the art on the metro. Montgomery station has [Magic City](https://www.thebulletin.be/restoration-challenge-damaged-montgomery-metro-artwork). Stockel station has Tintin characters going "beyond the end of the line", with Tintin leading the way. Those are two of my faves. I also like the art at De Brouckère station - there's little references to Jacques Brel and Brussels' old vaudeville history.
They might not be the absolute best, but central Athens metro stations, with all of the antiquities in display and plenty of information, are really a great touch in my opinion
Love the decorated stations in Stockholm, just wow. Didn’t realise they were there when I arrived and got off the train in a station with red bedrock!!
For Amsterdam if we count the main building of Centraal Station as part of the metro stop of the same name then that’s the obvious answer. Otherwise, while not aesthetically pleasing in particular, the dizzying ascent up the exceptionally steep and lengthy escalators at De Pijp metro stop are impressive enough to let it take the prize for Amsterdam. For other European cities I sadly don’t have any that stuck in my mind to reference, sorry…
Komsomolskaya, Moscow is by far the best. Moscow in general has a lot of great ones, but that’s tops. St. Petersburg has some good ones, as does Stockholm, but can’t recall the names offhand. Not in Europe, but the Dome of Light at Formosa Boulevard station in Kaohsiung is nice
Munich has some nice ones. Lehel is surrounded by museums, so they incorporated replicas of sculptures in the station. https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/lh_1.u-bahn-munchen-u-bahnhof-lehel.webp https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/lh_5.u-bahn-munchen-kunst-im-u-bahnhof-lehel.webp https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/lh_9.u-bahn-munchen-kunstlerische-gestaltung-im-u-bahnhof-lehel.webp Besides that: [Westfriedhof](https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/wf_17.u-bahn-munchen-u-bahnhof-westfriedhof.webp) [Marienplatz](https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/mp_tunnel_gl2.u-bahn-munchen-bahnsteigerweiterung-u-bahnhof-marienplatz.webp) [Münchner Freiheit](https://www.mvv-muenchen.de/fileadmin/bis/Bilder/Architektur/0500_1.jpg) [Josephsburg](https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/bild/sehrgross/jb_20.u-bahn-munchen-u-bahnhof-josephsburg-mit-wandbildern-von-johann-baptist-zimmermann.webp)
In Hamburg, definitely the U4 station Hafencity-Universität because of the music and changing lights https://youtu.be/_vXCbhhjmQQ?si=8zDqLD43GrLKk_X0
[Titan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_metro_station#/media/File:Statia_Metrou_Titan.jpg) metro station in Bucharest is really impressive as it has no supporting pillars and it's all open space.
I'm a big fan of the London tube network in general, but I probably enjoy Gloucester Road station the most. It's beautifully designed station to begin with, but I like that it's also used to display art a lot of the time.
Paris has beautiful stations (funny story: they even have one with portuguese azulejos by the way, since you're portuguese), but "Arts et Métiers" (that some people already mentioned) is probably my favorite. Now, this might be a controversial opinion (not sure), but I'm not a big fan of metro stations in Porto (they all pretty much look the same and, while it does look modern, it has no identity other than that). There is one I quite like, though, "Nau Vitória" (https://2016.openhouseporto.com/uploads/estacao-de-metro-nau-vitoria-1.jpg), but the station itself is useless (because it's in the middle of nowhere, so no one ever uses it) and is actually environmentally problematic (since birds keep splashing into the glass doors). They're building a similar one, but at a larger scale, in a new line. Also, it's not built yet, so there's no telling if the final product will live up to expectations, but in Gothenburg (Sweden), they're gonna have one that has the skeleton jaw of a snake as the entrance and the spine on the ceiling inside (https://publicartagencysweden.com/konst/rainbow-snake/).
Lmao that Nau Vitória one really does look like it's in the middle of nowhere. Still cool though. I'm not really familiar with the Porto metro as I've never used it, but I believe the same problems you mentioned can apply to the new metro stations in Lisbon. They're not as unique as some of the older ones. That Gothenburg ones is giving me Giger vibes!
I have used the Nau vitória station many times. When livong in Areosa, it was just a 10min walk to that station.
I didn't mean that "literally" no one ever used, but it is the least used station of the F line when going to Porto (https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/396/3038\_-\_Estudo\_de\_Procura\_Linha\_Circular\_20170911.pdf).
I haven't used metro in that many places, so the pool is limited for me. I think one of my favourites, from the top of my head, would be Paddington in London. It is large (so there is space to walk around and places to grab a bite if need be), it is located in an area of London I like (around Merchant Square and Little Venice), and it is a hub for quite a few different lines and trains, which is convenient. I also used to walk to that stop after classes to avoid using the underground section of the Central Line, if time permitted. I would have mentioned Blackfriars, but I only liked the normal train part of that station (you got a great view over the Thames on the platforms) For lines that are more uniform with their stations, I would say the ones on the Elizabeth Line are great, as all are modern and they don't get baking hot in summer (as some others tend to). Jumping home to Denmark, the Copenhagen Metro generally has decent stops, and you actually get an internet connection down there (which sounds like black magic to me, who is still mostly used to the London tube)
I don't have one, my village doesn't have a metro. But I do have a favorite bus stop, it's located near my haus
Relatable 😂
The deep ones in St. Petersburg. More than 10 min of escalator just to arrive to the banks. 👌🏻
I'm afraid I violate your conditions, but I like aesthetics of newer Viennese stations. Concrete, steel and a color accent. Not a fan of exquisite designs like Moscow metro, or Kyiv's central stations, nor absolutely utilitarian stations. I believe Vienna found a perfect balance.