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The World's longest art exhibition

The world's longest art exhibition can be found in the 110 kilometres that makes up the Stockholm underground system. The subway is home to a great many works of art and different artistically decorated train stations. Here you will find everything from sculptures, paintings and etchings to water-lily ponds and underground caves. The underground gallery just gets longer as SL (Stockholms Lokaltrafik/Stockholm's local underground and bus company) spends around two million Swedish kronor per year on new additions to its collection.

A long history
The idea to decorate the underground system was first conceived in the 1940's with the building of Stockholm's first underground line. Since then, more than 125 artists have decorated over 70 of the 100 underground stations giving them colour, form and life.

Underground stations
Examples of underground stations well worth visiting for their artistic value are Kungsträdgården (Arsenalsgatan entrance/exit) where there are a number of antique style statues and pillars as well as paintings and plants. Another interesting example is the Danderyds Sjukhus Station (in the pedestrian tunnel) where wall, floor and pillar decorations abound on the theme "Plants that Heal and Symbols from Folklore". The Stadion Station is decorated with a number of grand wooden sculptures with a sporting theme taken from the Summer Olympic Games, which were held in Stockholm in 1912. At the T-Centralen Station you will find cave-like arches which are decorated with painted blue shrubs and flowers (See photo below).

There are many more pieces of art and spectacular train stations to be found in the Stockholm Underground. Drop by on your way somewhere!

For more information about the world's largest art gallery, please contact SL on telephone 08-6861266 or pay a visit to some of their local information and ticket offices.