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Underground metro stations are associated with rats, garbage, noise and filth, not their interior design. However, there are a few subway stations in the world that go against the grain, standing out as excellent examples of the beautiful architecture and unique design that can be created in underground spaces.

The interiors achieved in some of these underground stations become all the more impressive when you consider the particular challenges to creating comfortable spaces below the surface of a city. 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.

In this list, you'll not only find the most famous, elegant stations of Moscow subway and New York subway, but also some very modern ones in Madrid and Oslo metro. 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!

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Toledo Metro Station, Naples, Italy

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Kievskaya, Mayakovskaya And Park Pobedy Stations, Moscow, Russia

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Rådhuset Station, Stockholm, Sweden

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Avtovo Metro Station, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Tilework In Szent Gellért Square, Budapest, Hungary

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Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, Shanghai, China

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University Of Naples Subway Station, Italy

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Arts Et Métiers Station, Paris, France

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Formosa Boulevard Station, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Kungstradgarden Metro Station, Stokholm, Sweden

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City Hall Station, New York

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T-Centralen Station, Stockholm, Sweden

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Olaias Station, Lisbon, Portugal

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Stadion Station, Stockholm, Sweden

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Slavyansky Bulvar Station, Moscow, Russia

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Stockholm, "the Water Lily Station" - Näckrosen

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Atocha, Madrid, Spain

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

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Tunel, Istanbul Old Metro, Turkey

Tunel, Istanbul Old Metro, Turkey

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

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Oez, Munich

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Malostranská Station In Prague.

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Budapest Metro 4

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São Bento Station, Porto, Portugal

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"zoloti Vorota" Station, Kiev, Ukraine

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Hamburg Hafencity Metro

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Namur Station Lighting, Montréal

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Finding It Hard To Step Up

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Kyoto Station, Japan

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Metro Station Plac Wilsona, Warsaw, Poland

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Syntagma Station, Athens, Greece

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Liège Guillemins, Belgium

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#17 U3-volkstheater, Vienna, Austria

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Bochum Rathaus, Germany

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Parque Metro Station, Lisbon, Portugal

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Devyatkino, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Arbatskaya Station, Moscow, Russia

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U-bahn Station Westfriedhof, Munich, Germany

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Metro Station Pannenhuis - Brussels

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Lavov Most Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Kremlevskaya Metro Station, Kazan, Russia

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#42

Almaty, Kazakhstan - Metro Station "baikonyr"

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#43

National Stadium Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

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#44

Metro Station In Dubai - Uae

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Caís Do Sodré Metro Station, Lisboa, Portugal

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#46

Rákóczi Square, Budapest, Hungary

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Belgica Station - Brussels

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Estación De Metro Arganzuela-planetario (madrid, España)

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Namur Station Lighting, Montreal, Canada

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Duvbo Subwaystation, Stockholm

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Nydalen Metro Stastion, Oslo, Norway. Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter

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Terreiro Do Paço Metro Station, Lisboa, Portugal

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Lisbon Airport Metro Station, Portugal

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Emirates Towers Metro Station, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Mladost 3 Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Joliot Curie Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

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European Union Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Musagenitsa Station, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Metro Station Wilhelminaplein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Hamburg, Hafencity Metro Station

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Metro Copilco Station (mexico City) . Mexico.

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Bochum, U35 Haltestelle Rathaus

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Almaty, Kazakhstan - Metro Station "alatau"

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Metrostation Wilhelminaplein

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Hafencity University, Hamburg, Germany

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Marienplatz, Munich, Germany

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Rathaus Spandau U-bahn Station, Berlin

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Titan Station, Bucharest, Romania

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Střížkov Station, Prague, Czech Republic

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Garching Forchungzentrum (tum Station), Munich, Germany

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Syntagma Station, Athens, Greece

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Station Champ-de-mars, Montréal

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Letňany, Prague, Czech Republic

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Westminster Station, London

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Shibuya Station, Tokyo

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Metrostation Wilhelminaplein

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Steglitz Station, Berlin, Germany

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Rajská Zahrada Station, Prague, Czech Republic

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Union Station, Los Angeles, California

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