Norway is Home to the Best Metro System in Europe 🚇

What We’re Showing

This graphic ranks the metro systems of European capital cities, based on data from Bounce.

Methodology

For the ranking, metro systems across 19 European capital cities were scored according to the following metrics:

• Number of stations
• Annual ridership
• Distance covered
• Google review scores
• The share of positive and negative online reactions to articles about each metro system

Key Takeaways

• Oslo, the capital of Norway, tops the list with its metro stations earning an average Google review score of 4.13 out of 5 stars.
• In second place is Sofia, Bulgaria, home to the newest metro system among European capitals, built in 1998.
• At the other end of the spectrum, Budapest’s metro system ranks last, with 75% of online reactions to news articles about its transport system being negative.