Deep within the dark tunnels and cavity shafts of an old Swedish silver mine, guests can sleep in the world’s deepest hotel suite. The Sala Silvermine… is believed to date back to the Middle Ages. For a long period of time the mine was Sweden’s largest source of silver, and is now home to an underground hotel room, dining experience, museum, live theater and numerous exploration activities.
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Disused Stations on London’s Underground
Look through the window as you travel between Tottenham Court Road and Holborn on the Central Line and you’ll see a station – where no passengers have alighted since 1932. This used to be British Museum station. Or perhaps you may notice the tunnel wall change from cast iron tubing to bricks as you travel on the Piccadilly Line between Green Park and Hyde Park Corner. This also used to be a station. Down Street, closed in the same year as British Museum. These stations are often referred to as ghost stations.
There are about 40 abandoned or relocated stations on the Underground network along its entire 255 miles (408Km) of trackway – some subsurface and some above ground. Some have vanished without trace whereas others are almost intact, grimey time capsules of the era when they were closed.
London Underground History – Disused Stations on London’s Underground