5 Wonderful Creations At The Bus Stops

Buses are the major source of road transportation. They reach were, planes and trains can't reach. Every person gets to travel in buses one or the other day. But you what makes these buses more enjoybale, the destination?? Nah, it is the place from were ypu are stating your journey. Yes, the Bus Stop. Hats off to some creative minds, who have made these bus stops too a tourist destinations.

1. Bus Station at Spaarne Hospital, Holland

This mammoth creation of architects NIO of Holland, located as a roundabout in front of Hoofddorp's Spaarne Hospital, resembles a whale's jaw. Built in 2003, it emerges as a cross between black Baroque and white modernism, à la Oscar Niemeyer.

2. Poole Bus Station, UK

The 40-year-old Wilts & Dorset Poole Bus Station, renovated by Penson Architects, resembles a living dream. It a giant mural, based on views of various local activities, such as wind-surfing which gives the appearance of a huge piece of glass reflecting the station activities below.

3. Arriva Headquarters Guimaraes, Portugal

Ricardo Vieira de Melo of RVDM Arquitectos conceived the Edifícios Portugueses bus facility to solve certain logistical issues for public transport company Arriva. A parking capacity for 96 buses and ample maneuverability presented by the two strategically located buildings gives this bus station a compact yet spacious look.

4. Bus Station in Osijek, Croatia

Architects Predrag and Bruno Rechner of Rechner, Osijek, Croatia shaped this lengthy bus station in accordance with the city's outline along the river Drava.

5. Vauxhall Bus Station, London

Completed in 2005 as part of the regeneration of this previously rundown area of south London, Vauxhall bus station still looks bold and ultra modern with its ski-slope curves rendered in stainless steel.