The World’s Most Beautiful Ceilings

How often do you walk into a building and look at the ceiling? How often do you look up in general? No, I’m not criticizing you addiction to looking at our phones, but if that’s where you mind jumped to then maybe it’s worth thinking about.

Now, in this article I’m sharing what are probably the world’s most beautiful ceilings!

Sistine Chapel, Vatican

I’m starting with getting the obvious contender out of the way – Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It’s breathtakingly beautiful, incredibly intricate, and ostensibly overhyped. I, personally, think it is appropriately hyped, but everyone wants to be a hipster about their ceilings and skip over one of the most beautiful chapels and ceilings in the world.

Solna Centrum Metro Station, Stockholm

I love the contrast of putting the Solna Centrum Metro Station ceiling immediately after the Sistine Chapel. These two could not be further apart in terms of style, but both are equally mind-blowing in their execution.

Artists Anders Åberg and Karl-Olov Björk painted the bedrock a dark red. Although it seems like a simple solution – it creates an amazing result. The entire Blue Line of the Stockholm metro is filled with stations that have been transformed to look amazing, and may people call the Stockholm Metro “the world’s longest art gallery.” I think this one station alone qualified that statement as true!

Shah Mosque, Isfahan

When the Persian capital was moved to Isfahan, Shah Abbas commissioned for many religious and civic buildings to be built. To work around the rather simple building materials available in 1598 (mud and brick), it was decided to cover everything in beautiful colored mosaic tiles.

The result is this incredible ceiling in the Shah Mosque in Isfahan.