26 Oct Subway-tastic! Ever Been to Stockholm, Sweden?
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in Humour / Puzzle
Check Out the Swedish Capital’s Subway Station Art!
Silvertoad are gob-smacked at the scale of this ‘functional’ art exhibition. Covering over 60 miles of subterranean rail systems, the walls of the Swedish capital’s subway system and it’s stations have been transformed into a vibrant, cavernous gallery by over 150 artists over the past 60 years.
Over 90 of its 100 stations have been embellished with sculptures, mosaics, paintings, installations, engravings and reliefs since the 1950s, many using organic architecture which leaves the bedrock exposed and unsculptured.
See below for more examples and schedule a trip to this Scandinavian metropolis for the real thing. We can’t wait to experience it!
Stadion station
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Kungstradgaarden station, decorated in 1977 by Swedish artist Ulrik Samuelson.
T-Centralen station, decorated in 1975 by Per Olof Ultvedt.
T-Centralen.
Kungstradgaarden.
Solna.
Fridhemsplan station, decorated in 1975 by Ingegerd Moeller and Torsten Renquist.
Solna.
Kungstradgaarden.
Solna.
T-Centralen.
T-Centralen.
T-Centralen.
Kungstradgaarden.
Stations worth visiting according to Visit Stockholm:
Blue line:
Kungsträdgården
T-centralen
Rådhuset
Solna Centrum
Tensta
Green line:
Hötorget
Thorildsplan
Bagarmossen
Red line:
Tekniska Högskolan
Stadion
Check Out the Swedish Capital’s Subway Station Art!
Over 90 of its 100 stations have been embellished with sculptures, mosaics, paintings, installations, engravings and reliefs since the 1950s, many using organic architecture which leaves the bedrock exposed and unsculptured.
See below for more examples and schedule a trip to this Scandinavian metropolis for the real thing. We can’t wait to experience it!
Stadion station
.
Kungstradgaarden station, decorated in 1977 by Swedish artist Ulrik Samuelson.
T-Centralen station, decorated in 1975 by Per Olof Ultvedt.
T-Centralen.
Kungstradgaarden.
Solna.
Fridhemsplan station, decorated in 1975 by Ingegerd Moeller and Torsten Renquist.
Solna.
Kungstradgaarden.
Solna.
T-Centralen.
T-Centralen.
T-Centralen.
Kungstradgaarden.
Stations worth visiting according to Visit Stockholm:
Blue line:
Kungsträdgården
T-centralen
Rådhuset
Solna Centrum
Tensta
Green line:
Hötorget
Thorildsplan
Bagarmossen
Red line:
Tekniska Högskolan
Stadion