Picking public transport is not boring in the most amazing stations in the world (and one is Portuguese)

You can remember some more iconic Europe, such as King’s Cross in the United Kingdom, Milan Central Station or Gare Du Nord French. But you may never have heard of several of the most amazing stations in the world – some here.

Take a meter, a train, a bus. It may be the most boring part of the day – traffic, waiting time, confusion, discomfort.

But those who live near the most fantastic public transport stations around the world never get bored: there is always another detail to appreciate while waiting for home or going to work.

Get to know some of the most amazing – or bizarre – stations scattered around the world.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, India

It looks more like a museum, but it is a station located in Bombaim, India – at night it gets even more amazing for the lighting that characterizes it.

Focused on the sea, this building, world heritage, began to be built in 1878 by the English designer FW Stevens. It is a true work of art.

Hungerburg StationAustria

In 2007, a strange architectural work stirred the Innsbruck region in Austria. This bizarre building is nothing less than NordPark Cable Railway, a Funicular line with four stations.

With wavy glass shapes that evoke the Ice blocks and snow cloaks Characteristic of the place, this station is on the top of several travel pages, with the most amazing in the world.

St. Quirin Platz, Germany

It sounds like a strange glazed bunker, but it is “just” a metro station in Munich, Germany. Yours giant dome It allows you to enter sunlight throughout the day, as well as its integration in a park.

The result? Very green And a fun (outside, but also inside) architectural game.

T-Centralen, Suécia

A submerged experience to warm the soul in the cold climate of the Nordic countries? We have this and much more at the T-Centtralen station in Stockholm, the Swedish capital.

According to the Stockholm Metro is often considered “the longest art gallery in the world”, and this season, the most frequented, the architect decided Keep the original stone of the excavation.

JungfraujochSwitzerland

It is not only amazing for its location (see cover image), the 3,454 meters altitudelonely in a mountain of the Berneses Alps in Switzerland, as in their interior.

The architect, Adolf Guyer-Zeller, decided, in 1930, to use Natural Ice Blocks of the Mountain, worked to form sculptures inside the railway station. Also has a viewpoint and an astronomical observatory inside.

São Bento, Portugal

Yes, the two largest Portuguese cities also have their place in several rankings. The station of São Bentoin Porto, is acclaimed by its typical Tiles. There are 20,000.

Also East Station, In Lisbon, he receives honorable mentions everywhere for his modern architecture with Gothic references.