T-CentralenThe most famous station and the heart of the network where all three lines meet. The blue line platform is a cave painted with trailing blue vines and leaves by Per Olof Ultvedt, a calming tribute to the workers who built the metro. The best starting point.
KungsträdgårdenAn underground garden by Ulrik Samuelson, filled with statues, columns and archaeological fragments rescued from demolished Stockholm buildings, with a trickling fountain and bold green walls echoing the royal garden above. A rare cave-dwelling spider even lives here. End of the blue line, minutes from T-Centralen.
RådhusetBeneath the courthouse, this station looks like an excavated cavern: rough reddish bedrock left exposed, with archaeological details and even shoes hidden on the ceiling. Sigvard Olsson's design feels like stepping into an Indiana Jones set. On the blue line.
Solna CentrumOne of the most striking: a vivid red sunset sky over a deep green spruce forest, stretching the length of the platform. Created in 1975 by Anders Åberg and Karl-Olov Björk, it tackles 1970s themes of rural depopulation and the environment. Often likened to a Stranger Things set.
Västra SkogenHome to one of Sweden's longest escalators (66 metres), with colourful mosaic artwork spread generously across the station rather than in one spot. A worthwhile blue-line stop for art-hoppers.
StadionStockholm's first cave station, carved from bedrock and painted sky blue with a big bright rainbow arching between the platforms. Åke Pallarp and Enno Hallek created it to celebrate the nearby Olympic Stadium and brighten the underground. On the red line.
Tekniska HögskolanThemed around science and discovery, with artworks by Lennart Mörk depicting the elements, Leonardo da Vinci's inventions and a giant rotating polyhedron. Fitting for the technical university above. On the red line.
UniversitetetBright tiled murals and mosaics celebrating science and human rights, including a series on the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the naturalist Carl Linnaeus. Colourful and educational; on the red line by the university.
Mörby CentrumThe northern end of the red line, with artwork whose colours appear to shift as you walk the platform, by Karin Ek and Gösta Wessel. A quieter stop that rewards the trip out.
ThorildsplanA favourite with kids: the walls are covered in 8-bit pixel tiles of retro video-game characters and shapes, a modern piece by Lars Arrhenius. One of the network's few above-ground stations, on the green line.