Creative bus stop advertisements

Posted by Rindert Dalstra on December 1, 2009 79 comments

A great way to gain exposure for your product or service is to advertise at bus stops. People have to wait until the bus arrives and do not have too much to do besides waiting. But also drivers and pedestrians get attracted by bus stop advertisements.

This month I have selected the most creative bus stop advertisements that make you look twice! View all bus stop advertisements after the jump.

1. Ikea


2. Ikea

3. Australian Post: Stamp


4. Fitness First


5. Guarana Antarctica


6. Apple: Macbook Air (Student work)

7. Mc Donald’s


8. Mc Donald’s: Free Coffee


9. Mc Donald’s: Open 24 hours


10. Pru Health: Oranges


11. Osram: Only use electricity when you need it.


12. Playstation 2

13. Quick Silver: Surfboard

14. Quick Silver skateboard


15. Simpsons: The Movie

16. Star Wars: Lightsaber

17. United Way Of Greater Milwaukee: Cardboard roof


18. Movie up: Balloons


19. The Victoria Bug Zoo: Look through bugs eyes

20. Hasbro: How does it feel to be involved in a crime


21. Simpsons: Marge’s hair

22. Nike: Bernard Lagat

23. 3M: Security Glass


24. McDonald’s: Wiener Platz

Also Stumble upon: Creative Elevator Advertisements

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  1. notodoeranflores
    December 1, 2009

    Hey!Great compilation!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Alissa Sheley
    December 1, 2009

    Great list – very creative!

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  3. pierre
    December 2, 2009

    And here are some good exemples too :

    http://www.paper-plane.fr/2009/10/live-green-toronto/
    http://www.paper-plane.fr/2009/07/cest-frais/
    http://www.paper-plane.fr/2009/06/des-yeux-dans-le-dos/
    http://www.paper-plane.fr/2009/05/google-maps-dans-la-rue/

    But it’s a good article and again, thanks for sharing :)

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  4. Marc
    December 3, 2009

    Amazing work! Thank you for sharing..

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  5. Bill
    December 4, 2009

    I believe I could find a way into that 3M Safety Glass to get the money! That is for damn sure!

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  6. Rob L
    December 4, 2009

    Very cool! One exception: #14 (the skate ramp) doesn’t look real and I couldn’t imagine any advertising or transit company allowing that kind of liability risk!

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  7. canvas paintings
    December 5, 2009

    great stuff, thanks for sharing!

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  8. Andysasylum
    December 5, 2009

    That’s all well and good, until somebody on hallucinogenic drugs comes a stumblin’ by. Then all hell might break loose! Somebody on acid could figure out a crazy way to get that money!!!

    What if you are having a bad day, and to make things worse you have to ride on a bus…oh yeah that’s nice to see your weight, that will buck ya right up!!!

    Plus, the false hope that motionless staff at the McDonald’s gives you from afar, could potentially incite a bitter rage inside a fat person who’s already mad from the weigh-me bench!!!

    Good stuff though!!

    Andy

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  9. Cyclonus
    December 6, 2009

    I love the 1st and 2nd ones. Just wait til someone steals the couches. But I love the Mac Book air one the best.

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  10. amsoil motor oil
    December 6, 2009

    All of these are really superb examples of creativity. I think the one I would want at my bus stop would be the swing; that would make the waiting all the less irritating.

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  11. Fanas 1
    December 6, 2009

    Nice one mate – thanks for sharing!

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  12. richie
    December 6, 2009

    awesom…jus great of u to hav shared this…..

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  13. Daniel
    December 6, 2009

    Awesome photos! Thanks for sharing. I had only seen the security glass one before, but the other are neat too!

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  14. Adam
    December 7, 2009

    I like how the Fitness First does two things to make you healthier.
    1. Shows the world how fat you are.
    2. Forces you to stand so the world doesn’t see how fat you are.

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  15. megan
    December 7, 2009

    i would kill the one that said your weight. :) but a lovely array of bench designs. defiantly love it

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  16. [...] Een reclame-uiting vandaag. Iemand heeft allerlei creatieve bushok-reclames op een pagina gezet, voor ons kijkplezier. Bushokje [...]


  17. Carmen
    December 7, 2009

    Nice, seems like bus stops are a good place to advertise while people just sit around and wait..

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  18. montserrat villanuvea
    December 7, 2009

    excellent this is all what i have in my mind and never does it…!!!
    believe it or not my mind is plenty of good ideas that now we are in development with my partner of collective group in barcelona!

    thanks…

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  19. joe c.
    December 7, 2009

    very entertaining

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  20. paul
    December 7, 2009

    I would Love to crash my car into that wall of money :) just to see how “secure” that glass really is lol

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  21. Scott Smith
    December 7, 2009

    Very cool! Good collection.
    Swing would certainly be more fun than a bench!

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  22. TMM
    December 7, 2009

    This is pretty rad.

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  23. Maddy
    December 7, 2009

    can i just say the star wars one is my favorite?

    the star wars one is my favorite.

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  24. Dale Berkebile
    December 8, 2009

    These are great and very creative. These would be very fun projects to work on.

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  25. OldSchoolBill
    December 8, 2009

    Have Mercy
    Waiting for the bus all day
    Have Mercy
    Homer & Me with a brown paper bag

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  26. sue
    December 8, 2009

    I work in advertising and only wish that we could be this creative – credos for excellent ideas!!

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  27. Loyiso
    December 8, 2009

    Great marketing

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  28. Debora Humphries
    December 8, 2009

    That’s pretty cool. Can’t say that I have ever seen bus stops like these. Certainly takes the monotony out of the average stop. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  29. tim
    December 8, 2009

    Love these, skateboard one is great!

    Saw this one in Manchester the other week, made some little kid jump :-)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/matalan/4036263667/

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  30. Carlos Leitao
    December 8, 2009

    Great ideas. I loved them all. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  31. Akin
    December 8, 2009

    All the pictures are well done. Thank you for sharing. I would like to put one of them on my web site of by blog for free information. But I am not sure if that is Ok with Stumble. Let me know…

    thanks,
    Akin

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  32. Efrain E. A.
    December 8, 2009

    Las grandes ideas tienen muchas veces un origen simple!

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  33. The Go Green Blog
    December 8, 2009

    How inspiring…I love the swing.

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  34. Melanie Hamlett
    December 9, 2009

    I LOVE this website!

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  35. vindar79
    December 9, 2009

    really creative.. al d ads were simply cool!!

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  36. valentina
    December 9, 2009

    really cool :) thanks for link

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  37. juan
    December 9, 2009

    Excelent post!!!

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  38. catslayer
    December 10, 2009

    i love it!!:)

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  39. Eric Xiang
    December 10, 2009

    Wa, Just cool. Very creative, this should be promoted to other places

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  40. Oleg
    December 10, 2009

    Just to addition to your “bus stops” collection. I saw adverts of Knorr Spices in Istanbul/Turkey couple years back with real spices behind glass. Here are my pictures:

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2842954756_73691dcf33.jpg
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2842119953_e82a3936d5_b.jpg

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  41. Alpi
    December 10, 2009

    Inspiring Work!

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  42. TED
    December 10, 2009

    What a great set of photo’s. They would give you something to laugh about even if your bus was late.

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  43. Nasim
    December 10, 2009

    Very creative. Enjoyed it very much.

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  44. he_ant
    December 11, 2009

    Great compilation, I will look forward to more of this kind. Thanks.

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  45. david kurniawan
    December 11, 2009

    Hi thanks for awesome collection.

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  46. MoniParti
    December 11, 2009

    smashing

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  47. Maggie0215
    December 11, 2009

    These were just too funny. Thank you, I needed this today.

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  48. batman
    December 12, 2009

    thermite would get through that security glass. look it up.

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  49. Kiwi Fruit
    December 13, 2009

    you just made my day, thank you! :)

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  50. Jonatan
    December 13, 2009

    muy original la publicidad!!!!
    nice!

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  51. Francesc Robuste
    December 13, 2009

    Great! Imagination and humor while promoting public transportation… I love it! F.

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  52. adair
    December 14, 2009

    really good BTL

    muy buen btl
    me encanta haha

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  53. ADD Creative
    December 14, 2009

    Some great ideas there. Not sure how long most of them would last in dodgy areas of town, mind you.

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  54. sushkaur
    December 15, 2009

    great list! 2 thumbs up! :D

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  55. Shelley Chen
    December 16, 2009

    What a good idea!

    it is creative for us to publish the adv on the bus stop.

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  56. nettie209
    December 16, 2009

    creativity at it’s best …..

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  57. DrS
    December 17, 2009

    Before District 9 came out, there were some very cool “Humans only” bus stops, complete with warnings from the fake government agencies about alien encounters, and no actual mention of the movie.

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  58. Citrusss
    December 20, 2009

    I liked the last picture, where is that bus stop I wonder.. =)

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  59. pierre
    December 20, 2009

    @DrS are talking about something like that ?

    http://www.paper-plane.fr/2009/07/district-9-une-campagne-surhumaine/

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  60. Axiatel
    December 23, 2009

    that was a really great selection!

    thanks for sharing

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  61. Travis
    December 29, 2009

    Those were pretty damn cool… and that Mcdonalds one deff looked real, lol.

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  62. Priya
    January 1, 2010

    Neat collection. Too good.

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  63. Mindtoss
    January 2, 2010

    Very creative! I especially like the Quick Silver skateboard ramp built in.

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  64. Michael
    January 3, 2010

    awesome, i loved the ikea and 3M ads.

    Great compilation.

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  65. Rob Palulis
    January 4, 2010

    Very funny, very creative, I like them all!

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  66. elad neeman
    January 4, 2010

    great sheet

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  67. Nancy
    January 6, 2010

    Great collection. Most of those are really clever. (I wonder how well that Fitness First ad campaign worked.)

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  68. sofea
    January 15, 2010

    wow ireally love the bus stop.and the most best thing ever is the macdonalds

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  69. bobo
    January 15, 2010

    this is so damn awsome

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  70. markt
    January 18, 2010

    Very inspiring! What a great compilation.

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  71. CodeMyConcept
    January 28, 2010

    Loved it!

    Unbelievable what thinking out of the box can do.

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  72. Robert-Gilles Martineau (ロベル)
    February 1, 2010

    Greetings from Shizuoka, Japan!
    Superlative work!
    Now you should come to Japan!
    I’m having a field day just cycling around and taking pics of strange signs!
    Best regards,
    Robert-Gilles

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  73. illhead
    February 4, 2010

    its cool
    thanx

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  74. babli
    February 4, 2010

    Great advertisement!!!

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  75. Peeta
    February 5, 2010

    Amazing. Incredible. Histerical. Way to by awesome.

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  76. Steven
    February 5, 2010

    Quite a few of these were in Toronto!

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  77. Jignesh Mistry
    February 6, 2010

    How nice advertisements are!

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  78. pierre
    February 17, 2010

    Well, there is a new one for Vitamin Water :

    http://www.paper-plane.fr/2010/02/ambient-vitamine/

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  79. arcturian
    February 24, 2010

    Awesome I love the Starwars

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