The Dubai Metro stations are being turned into art museums to display artworks and creations from different themes and cultures, by order of the city’s royal sheikh.
“We want to reach everyone through arts,” said Sheikh Mohammed. “We want creativity to reach every individual in the society (and) to inspire and communicate with every employee on his way to work, every student on his way to pursuing education and every tourist visiting Dubai.
The BBC reports it’s not only the stations that are getting a make-over: “The driverless trains will also be decorated inside and out to reflect the project.”
(READ full story with photos from Emirates247.com)