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Alisher Navoi Metro Station , Tashkent, UzbekistanExit the subway and discover Corsu markets, famous for pomegranates and red giant Chapan . The Metro Tashkent owes its grandeur and size,its elegant style of the local Muslim population. Completed in 1977, while Uzbekistan was still part of the Soviet Union, was built in the middle of a construction a site after an earthquake which ruined the town in 1966. Alisher Navoi, one of three main sets, is a very important work, the hallmark being a small group of hi...
Alisher Navoi Metro Station , Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Pecherska Metro Station,Kiev, UkraineSlightly sinister air, the foreign world is not entirely a coincidence: it is a consequence of the Cold War. Russian architects have created subways so that descend to 100 feet deep to serve as shelters against bombs. Pecherska station’s brilliance mixed films of Cold War espionage with a considerable dose of futurism: modern chandelier in the center and large shady arcades make you think that might even stop next month....
Pecherska Metro Station,Kiev, Ukraine - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Arts et Métiers Station, Paris, FranceIt is situated in the Beaubourg quarter, the intersection of rue de Turbigo and rue Reaumur on the surface and lines 3 and 11 below the surface. The name of the station got its name from the Museum of Arts and Crafts , located above it. This is one of the few metro stations, the French, which is worthy of careful study. So, do not miss the Museum of Arts and Trades above the station is full of inventions and oddities of the eighteenth and nineteenth centurie...
Arts et Métiers Station, Paris, France - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Center Metro Station , Washington DCWhen a train approaches, the lights on the platform stick strong to announce its upcoming arrival. Washington Metro is a rarity among utilities of America, according to Zachary M. Schrag, professor of history at George Mason University . "Kennedy was president during its design," says Schrag "and was convinced that architecture is the dignity of the federal government, not the cheapest solution possible.". The result, designed by architects ...
Center Metro Station , Washington DC - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Mall of the Emirates Metro Station, DubaiVisit Ski Dubai, one of the largest indoor ski slopes ! Situated in the Emirates Mall, opened in November 2005, a year after the United Arabian Emirates registered the first natural snowfall in its history. In a city where the maximum temperature in August reaches up 37 degrees C, a s torrid subway platform is the last place you want to be ... this only if it is not underground in Dubai, designed by international company Aedas architecture. Air conditioning an...
Mall of the Emirates Metro Station, Dubai - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Kiev Station, Moscow, RussiaThe rough mosaics depict images of abundant harvests and the Russian-Ukrainian Union, despite the fact that in 1932 the Holodomor (Stalin's starvation policy) killed 10 million Ukrainians. The marble pillars and the mosaics from the Kiev station rooms have a huge opulence. The station was built in 1954 at the height of what Dr. Peter Haiko, the University of Vienna called "baroque Stalinist" style....
Kiev Station, Moscow, Russia - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Moyua Station, Bilbao, SpainThese glass structures that pay tribute to Parisian subways became known as Fosteritos: during daytime they are fountains of light, and at night become guiding light signals for people to travel home. In Metro Bilbao (Spain) 33% of the train braking energy is converted into electricity. Foster + Partners is one of the few contemporary architecture firms that made large public underground spaces. The Metro Bilbao scale was conducted in two stages, between 1...
Moyua Station, Bilbao, Spain - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Avtovo Station, Saint Petersburg, RussiaThis is an artwork in the memory of more than 1 million people who died in the siege of 872 days of the city by Nazi troops during the Second World War. Ironically, Avtovo Station, Petersburg, built in 1955, is more alike than superficially with another famous symbol: the American Capitol. The Neoclassical domed roof rises above the station of grand marble columns and mosaics. The authors of the architectural design are Eugene Levinson and Andrew Gruska. Th...
Avtovo Station, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Best Subway Stations in the World
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T-Centralen Station , Sweden, StockholmThe Northern line leads to Sergels Torg, a large central square where is the House of Culture, which hosts exhibitions and concerts. In the fifth decade of the last century, the artists Vera Nilsson and Siri Derkert were the first to suggest that art must be integrated in the new subway system in Sweden. Today, more than 140 artists are represented in 90 stations in permanent and temporary exhibitions. Architecturally speaking, each station is a masterpiece, b...
T-Centralen Station , Sweden, Stockholm - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Karlsplatz Station, Vienna, AustriaThe station operates as a museum of architectural works, with plans and details of the old station. In 1898, in Vienna took birth new ideas of geniuses such as Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud and Otto Wagner. The Viennese Secession and the "young style" by Wagner, presented in plants, steel and marble was in vogue. The Court of Hietzing was made to serve as a personal subway line of the royal family, with appropriate design (today, is a popular destina...
Karlsplatz Station, Vienna, Austria - Best Subway Stations in the World
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Mumbai - A City of ContrastsThe contrasts of Mumbai strike. More than any other metropolis of the world - except, perhaps, Sao Paulo - it is a world of contrasts. It adjoins the antiquity and modernity, poverty to luxury. The city has many night clubs and churches, lay people and religious fanatics. In Mumbai, is the biggest slum and the most expensive real estate in Asia. Dressed in a sari (traditional clothes), women wear expensive clothes sported by young designers Western indiykami. Thi...
Mumbai - A City of Contrasts - The Best Cities to Visit in India
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Skywalker, Las Vegas, USALas Vegas is a city where every day 150 couples vow to each other eternal fidelity, where dreams are born and where Elvis is still alive, the city that becomes part of you, as soon as you step on its land. Las Vegas, which in Spanish means "pasture", is located in Nevada.Nevada, or as it is called, "the Silver State" boasts the fastest population growth in the U.S. A. , most of which liv...
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The Galapagos IslandsThe famous marine explorer Jacques Cousteau once mentioned, "The Galapagos Islands” is the last sanctuary of wild life. It is a place where animals are not afraid of people, creating a natural paradise for those wishing to escape from busy and noisy world. " The experience of traveling in the Galapagos Islands becomes unforgettable for even the most experienced traveler! There are some of the most isolate...
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Union StationUnion Station is the most important railway station in the city of Washington. The costruction of the station began in 1907 till 1908, representing the new terminal of Baltimore and Ohio railroads. The building is made in a very popular neoclassical style, having the designer the arhitect Daniel Burnham, who decorated the station in a Beaux-Art style. The building was the most imposant railway station in the world, with 182 meters long. This grand building has inspired its a...
Union Station - The best touristic attractions in Washington,DC
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Waterfront StationWaterfront Station is the main railway station for Vancouver. The station was opened to public in 1914 ,and was constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway, as the western terminal for trains which came from Toronto or Montreal. It is designed in a neo –classic style, and during the time it suffered a lot of changes, because in 1970 the Canadian Pacific Railway took its trains to another terminal station and there were included a variety of public transportations, for ...
Waterfront Station - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
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