Unusual Bus Stops You'll Actually Want To Wait At

By Editorial Staff in Cool On 22nd September 2014
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#1: Heat

Now to the colder winters of Minneapolis, where ad agency Colle + McVoy transformed several transit shelters in into ovens -- with real heaters and working clocks -- to market Caribou Coffee's new breakfast sandwiches.

#2: Giant strawberry

This giant strawberry is where riders wait for the bus in Konagai, Japan. It's one of 16 fruity bus shelters in the region. They were originally constructed for the 1990 Travel Expo but have become a local tourist attraction.

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#3: Estonian

This would be a great place to hide from the rain.

#4: Animal shelter

King County Metro has a bus shelter arts program to involve youth and community members in sprucing up bus shelters. Here, it's the steel menagerie atop this Metro shelter at North 46th Street and Phinney Avenue North. Called "Tracking Shelter.

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#5: Simpsons

This needs no explanation at all. You would just be chilling in the living room.

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#6: AC

When you live in a hot, arid place like Dubai, it helps to have air-conditioned bus shelters. Unfortunately, the AC malfunctioned in about 10 percent of the shelters because the doors were left open.

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#7: Hammock

Hammocks are the most comfortable place to relax so I want to go here for sure.

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#8: School

Unusual "school bus" bus stop from Athens, Ga. The bus shelter is made from 3 old school buses

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#9: Futuristic

The Solar-Powered EyeStop Makes Public Transit Smarter.

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#10: Lego

It took 100,000 building blocks to create this LEGO bus stop on Regent Street including signage, seats and the see-through back wall.

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#11: Whale jaw

This Hoofddorp bus station is completely constructed of polystyrene foam and polyester, making it the world's largest structure made from synthetic materials.

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#12: Psychedelic Soviet Bus Stops

These trippy mosaic bus stops were designed by the (in)famous Georgian-Russian sculptor, Zurab Tsereteli.

#13: Moroccan style

This is in England so if you ever miss some Moroccan influences then check this out.

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#14: Tube-like

This tube-like station is located in Curitiba, Brazil, which is renowned for its bus rapid transit system. Notice the turn-style at the entrance -- riders pay before entering to facilitate quick on- and off-boarding, like they would at a train station.Â