- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Year of foundation: 1950.
- Number of stations: 100
- Total length: 105 km
The organization of public transport in the capital of Sweden , like a clockwork - accurate and well-coordinated work of a huge number of "gears" and "cogs" of its structure. This allows the Swedes to move around the city in a timely and comfortable manner. As for the metro in Stockholm , then talking about it only in the key of the transport network is not entirely correct. After all, the local metro is a real tourist attraction , one of the main business cards of the capital.
The longest art gallery in the world
Sweden has always been famous for its original and modern solutions in architecture and design. There was creative work in the Moscow subway. Now it's hard to imagine whether there is something more original in Stockholm than its metro. Each station here is decorated in an artistic style, while they are strikingly different from each other. However, there are exceptions, but against the background of different and bright spaces, the usual grayness and restraint also seems to be some kind of creative installation.
The world's longest art gallery, namely the Stockholm metro, has 100 stations and a total length of 105 km. What is characteristic, the idea of such a "creative bacchanalia" in the design was born long before the metro.
It is difficult to single out the most beautiful metro stations of Stockholm in a separate list, each of them deserves special attention. The following stations are most interesting:
- Solna centrum impresses tourists with its brightness and at the same time contrast, because the walls are decorated with red and green flowers, accompanying subjects about the influence of man on nature.
- Kungstradgarden reminds passengers of a cave of mountain trolls. What is characteristic, the rocks here are the most that are real!
- Radhuset suggests the idea of ancient excavations, and the giant column only strengthens the overall atmosphere.
- Thorlidsplan is a ground station, and 8-bit games fans will get a little nostalgia here. The design of Hallonbergen resembles a children's album with the first drawings, which looks very nice and somewhat funny.
The Metropolitan of Stockholm is the only one in Sweden. The originality of his idea is recognized by other countries. For example, according to the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, three Stockholm metro stations were included in the list of the most impressive in all of Europe, and their photos you can also see in our article.
Features of metro metro in Stockholm
On arrival in Stockholm, not all tourists immediately understand how to use the local metro. Often, hitching happens even at the stage of finding the entrance to the underground station, but all because the familiar signboard with the letter "M" is nowhere to be seen. In Sweden, the underground is called tunnelbana, so you need to look for a huge "T".
In total, there are three branches - blue, red and green. All of them intersect at the station T-centralen, from it you can go anywhere in the capital. In addition, its exits lead to the central auto and railway stations. Those who descended into the subway not only for the sake of moving, but also for viewing art galleries, it is worth paying attention to the blue branch - it is most picturesque.
Metropolitan Stockholm starts its work at 5 am, and the train runs to midnight. Convenient is the fact that the metro of the capital is associated with the movement of city electric trains: at some stations it is enough simply to move to another platform. The movement here is left-sided.
Tickets in the metro
The most uneconomical option for travel in the metro is a one-time ticket. Of course, for a moment you can touch the antiquity, since such boarding pass will have to be pierced on the composter by a conductor who puts time. This is necessary for the passenger control, as an hour after that you have the right to use this ticket for travel.
The most economical way to travel in the Stockholm metro is to purchase a travel card in the form of a card with a magnetic stripe. They can be of different validity. In addition, there are variations of such "plastic" tickets, which combine all types of transport.