Alas, not an airport

Where: Prague, Czech Republic
When: October 2013

Now here's a rather large sight that's out of place in Prague. Also, there are two elephants in the foreground. They're just having a good ol' time in Střížkov, eating hay and waiting to perform in the circus later in the afternoon. In the background you see the Střížkov metro station, which despite its modern, classy look is a source of consternation among the most practical of Czechs (which happens to be about 97 percent of them). The station, designed by Patrik Kotas, cost about 600 million crowns to construct. That's about six times more than the cost of the Kolbenova station, which is often compared to Střížkov because of their similar functions -- i.e., an extension of a Metro line to a rather unfashionable part of town. The joke, according to the Special Assistant to the Blogger, goes something like this: Kotas wanted to design an airport, but all they gave him was a Metro station.