17/03/2025
Dubai 🇦🇪- what did I discover?
It’s a city that loves to break records. From the tallest building in the world to the largest shopping 🛍️ mall.
Dubai is home to some of the most amazing and impressive feats of engineering and construction 🏗️.
Did you know that Dubai holds over 425 Guinness World Records.
In 2017 Dubai was the city that had the most buildings that were 300m or taller - 21 in fact, today they have 28 buildings.
A few records ……..
Burj Khalifa - featured this in a previous post, holds multiple world records.
Dubai Mall - Largest Shopping 🛍️ Mall.
It has four storeys, a total interior floor area of 548,127 m2, 1,200 retail establishments and more than 160 food and beverage outlets. Among the attractions in the mall are an aquarium, an Olympic sized ice rink, 22 screen cinema 🎦, VR park, Souk Al Bahar and Dubai Fountain.
Dubai Aquarium - Largest Aquarium in a Mall.
It is 51 metres long, 20 metres wide, and 11 metres high and holds 10 million litres of water 💦. It is home to over 140 species, including more than 300 sharks 🦈 and rays. In addition to viewing it from the mall, visitors can experience a 48 metre walk through tunnel, take a glass bottom boat ride, or even go cage snorkelling 🤿 and diving.
Ain Dubai - Largest and Highest Observation Wheel.
Move over London Eye, the Dubai Eye is bigger and better - it measures 250m (820ft) from the ground to the top of its rim, which is 80m (262ft) taller than the previous record holder. It provides views across Dubai Marina and is stunning at night with its laser lights. It has 48 cabins that can accommodate 40 people and rotates fully in 38 minutes.
Dubai Miracle Garden - Largest Floral Arrangement.
The largest floral structure is shaped as an Emirates Airbus A380, its dimensions are 72.95m x 78.34m x 21.98m. The Miracle Garden occupies over 72,000 sq m and features over 50 million flowers 🌹 and 250 million plants 🪴. It is home to a variety of flower sculptures, including a giant teddy bear 🧸, a heart shaped castle 🏰, Smurf’s village and a replica of the Burj Khalifa.
Dubai Frame - Largest Frame 🖼️
It is an observatory, museum and monument, that measures 50.23 m tall and 95.53m wide. It has a gift shop and a cafe and is located in Zabeel Park and offers panoramic views of the city.