Every city looks and feels unique. Regional culture, typography, dialect, local customs and many more factors play a part in defining a city’s differences.
Those differences determine how that city sees its citizens and how it wants to represent itself to others.
For each city with one, the metro plays a part in defining those differences. The metro maps in this post show the skeletons of these cities. Each map explores the paths taken by the residents of that city.
The design and style of the maps appears reflective of the particular place. They may be seen as not only maps, but individual expressions of a local identity.
Here’s a great compilation of metro maps from around the world…
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Athens, Greece
Atlanta, United States
Barcelona, Spain
Baltimore, United States
Bangkok, Thailand
Beijing, China
Berlin, Germany
Boston, United States
Brasilia, Brazil
Brussels, Belgium
Bucharest, Romania
Buenos Aries, Argentina
Bursa, Turkey
Busan, South Korea
Caracas, Venezuela
Chicago, United States
Cleveland, United States
Copenhagen, Denmark
Deagu, South Korea
Delhi, India
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Glasgow, Scotland
Helsinki, Finland
Istanbul, Turkey
Kiev, Ukraine
Kobe, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lima, Peru
Lisbon, Portugal
London, England
Madrid, Spain
Manila, Philippines
Medellin, Colombia
Mexico City, Mexico
Miami, United States
Milan, Italy
Monterrey, Mexico
Montréal, Canada
Moscow, Russia
Munich, Germany
Naples, Italy
Newcastle-Sunderland, England
New York, United States
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Novosibirsk, Russia
Oslo, Norway
Paris, France
Porto, Portugal
Pyongyong, North Korea
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rotterdam, Netherlands
San Francisco, United States
Santiago, Chile
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai, China
Shenyang, China
Shenzhen, China
Singapore, Singapore
Sofia, Bulgaria
Stockholm, Sweden
St. Petersburg, Russia
Taipei, Taiwan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Washington, DC, United States
Wuhan, China
Compiled exclusively for WDD by Jon Szczur
What do you think of these metro maps? Do they accurately reflect the city that they belong to? Share your views below…
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