5 Wackiest Work Places in the World

By michellehorton | September 30th, 2012 at 11:05 pm

Believe it or not, there are workplaces beyond the cubicle.

Here are some of the wackiest work places that can only spark creativity and ingenuity:

Bastard Store and Office by Studiometrico

The employees at this IT specialist/office supply store relieve their stress with an indoor skate park, directly above their open-to-the-public retail store in Italy.

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Hidden Log Cabin Office

Composer Hans Liberg uses this serene cabin in the woods as a recording studio in the Netherlands. I imagine the commute is a breeze.

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Cave Office and Data Center

A Swedish Internet service provider uses this atomic bomb shelter (built under the streets of Stockholm) as a data center.

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OfficePOD Prefab Office

My fellow work-from-home parents can join me in dreaming about this prefab single-occupant office system that can be put virtually anywhere.

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Selgas Cano Architecture Office

This Spanish architecture firm built their modern-looking offices in the middle of the woods, with panoramic views of the nature surrounding them.

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See the entire list of 10 outside-the-cubicle work places at Coolist.

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Michelle Horton is the founder of EarlyMama.com, an award-winning site that proves young motherhood doesn’t have to define or limit us. She writes daily for Babble.com and Disney Baby, and has contributed to a number of online publications and book anthologies. When not writing, she’s typically pretending to be a superhero in her 4-year-old son’s imaginative play.