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August 24, 2005
The best way to travel, anywhere.
It's astonishing how much the Pyongyang metro system resembles Petersburg's (or Moscow's, I imagine, though I don't know it). I concede that, historically, there is nothing at all astonishing about it, but it still takes one aback!
This unofficial Pyongyang metro site is maintained by the great Simon Bone, who has been rocking very hard in an online way for some years now. Check out the official metro guidebook for foreigners and its somewhat Biblical tone. There are also samples of the pop-aganda pumped out of station speakers, including the Kim Jong Il theme tune, No Motherland Without You.
I started getting excited about metro systems from around the world, which led me to Subway Stations as Art. Really beautiful. Azerbaijan must have some of the most stunning Soviet-style station designs.
Posted by michele at August 24, 2005 1:32 AM
Comments
It DOES look a lot like SPb's, but a hell of a lot cleaner. Oh, a clean metro would be so nice...
Posted by: Megan at August 24, 2005 10:16 AM
have you seen this one?
http://tema.ru/travel/marksistskaya/
Posted by: artm at August 25, 2005 5:32 PM