Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishSometimes it’s not about the destination, but the journey. While that might feel hard to believe if you regularly face an unpleasant and sweaty commute on an underground network, some cities have designed stations to raise their passengers’ moods. Join MailOnline Travel as we delve deep below the surface to look at some of the world’s most spectacular underground networks. And some of these stations are so impressive they’re considered works of art.From a steampunk-style station in the City of Lights to a London Underground stop that’s inspired by Moscow – enter the subterranean world with these city-centre marvels. Scroll down to see some of the world’s most incredibly designed subway stations… The stylish Arts et Métiers metro station in Paris was designed by a Belgian comic artist Francois Schuiten who was inspired by Jules Verne’s science-fiction novels. Its steampunk-style design is supposed to make you feel like you’re inside a copper submarine. About-Paris.com says: ‘Lined with riveted sheets of copper with its peephole portholes you get the sense of a subterranean existence – which in many ways is what you are experiencing – and a desire to linger’ Unsurprisingly, the Hollywood/Vine station located beneath Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles has a movie-themed design. The ceiling is decorated with film reels and there are even two movie projectors donated by Paramount Pictures. The Beauty of Transport says: ‘Fluted pillars are topped with palm fronds, evoking the Art Deco stylings of local picture houses from Hollywood’s golden age, which picked up on Egyptian motifs like palm trees’ The colourful Olaias metro station in Lisbon is decorated with mosaic-like stained glass. The Beauty of Transport says: ‘[The glass panels] are lit from behind so that they glow, bathing passengers in different coloured light. If you were trapped inside a giant kaleidoscope, then it would be just like being at Olaias station’ Westfriedhof metro station in Munich features oversized lamps which create a warm neon-like glow for waiting passengers. In a book about the German city’s metro stations, a member of the planning council, Rolf Schirmer said: ‘The use of artistic elements should help make a passenger’s wait more pleasant, something that cannot generally be said of subterranean, mostly artificially lit, spaces. This already indicates what a subway station should not be: provocative, aggressive, dreary or oppressive’ Bangkok’s Wat Mangkon metro station was decorated to ‘pay homage to the area’s Chinese heritage’, says BK magazine. Its walls are decorated with ‘traditional Chinese patterns and tiled dragons. Deep red columns and golden dragon motifs on the ceiling also distinguish [it] from the drab underground stations of the past’ Gants Hill station on the London Underground opened in 1947 and was designed by the famous architect, Charles Holden. Pictured above is the station’s ‘Moscow Hall’ which was inspired by Holden’s trip to the Russian capital. The London Transport Museum explains: ‘The arched ceiling and detailed symmetry create an elongated effect’ Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, is famed for its elaborately designed metro system. Lonely Planet describes the system as ‘the best way to get around the sprawling capital and also an attraction in itself with stations decorated in an array of stunning schemes.’ Pictured above is Mustakili Maydoni station. Central-Asia Guide says: ‘This station has a massive amount of white marble decorations and very beautiful chandelier type lighting’ Pictured above is Jincheng Avenue station in the Chinese city of Chengdu. Chetwoods, a British architect company that worked on the project, says: ‘The stations are designed to be memorable spaces that “provoke emotions”, not merely points of transit. Each station has a unique concept that explores and interprets in its form, texture and materials the local culture of the area in which it is located.’ Jincheng Avenue’s lilac columns are supposed to reflect lotus flowers found on a nearby lake Lonely Planet describes Toledo metro station (pictured above) in Naples as ‘jaw-dropping’. It says: ‘Along the 50-metre descent into the bowels of the station, dark becomes light, the earth morphs into the sea and, at the bottom, waves (in the form of Robert Wilson’s light-panel installation) carry passengers to the below-sea-level platform’ Stockholm’s entire metro system is considered to be one of the world’s largest works of art. Solna Centrum, pictured above, is one of the Swedish capital’s most striking. Visit Stockholm says: ‘The bright green and red landscape – the green being the forest and the red an evening sun setting behind the treetops – is both timeless in its beauty, but also something that few other stations artwork is; political.’ Paintings in the station reflect issues around the environment, deforestation and depopulation of rural areas The Szent Gellert Ter metro station in Budapest is decorated with a ‘swirling mosaic’, says Dezeen, ‘which references the tiles used inside the famous Gellert hotel situated nearby’. The Art Nouveau hotel and station are located right next to the city’s famous and historic Gellert baths Formosa Boulevard Station in Taiwan is ‘definitely a sight to be seen’, says GuideToTaipei.com. They explain: ‘The station is known for its “Dome of Light”, the largest glass work in the world, designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata.’ The incredible artwork is made up of 4,500 glass panels and covers more than 2,000 square metres. It’s themed around earth, water, wind and fire
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