The simplicity of the design of bus stops has allowed architects around the world to come up with creative and unusual solutions. Some designs give a nod to local culture and others have a futuristic sensibility. <br></br>A bus stop in Denmark.

A bus stop looks out over a rice paddy in Pai, northern Thailand.

A fruit-shaped bus stop in Konagai, Japan.

The Unst Bus Shelter, lovingly decorated, is the northernmost bus shelter in the United Kingdom, between Baltasound and Haroldswick on the island of Unst in Scotland.

An elaborate bus stop on the road to the resort town of Pitsunda, Abkhazia.

A yellow bus stop on the Pan American highway in Lima, Peru.

A bus stop in the shape of the national Kyrgyz hat, in Kalpak, Kyrgyzstan.

A bus shelter in Everton, Victoria, Australia.

A roadside bus stop in Estonia.

A bus stop in a small village in Oman.

A bus shelter in Havana, Cuba.

A bus shelter at night in Reykjavik, Iceland.