Photo: Shutterstock Dubai continues to prove there's no glass ceiling, only another level to rise to. The city, which reinvents itself over and over, offers a range of dazzling and surprising new attractions that rival any destination in the world.
From the impressive Museum of the Future to a tropical rainforest in the city's heart, malls with rooftop gyms to viewpoints that challenge both height and heart, here’s a list of places you won’t want to miss on your next visit.
The impressive Museum of the Future is a strikingly innovative building shaped like a ring or human eye, with over a thousand windows of different Arabic script forms. Inside, five floors are full of various exhibits of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, biological engineering, futuristic technologies, space exploration, flying cars, and more. A perfect place for a few hours of family fun.
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Photo: ShutterstockAn indoor adventure sports center offering a variety of activities including soccer, high ropes, trampoline park, skatepark, climbing walls, and more, all under the supervision of certified instructors. The trampolines here are huge and wall-to-wall. Fun, safe, and exhausting.
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Photo: ShutterstockFeaturing a rooftop gym, paddle courts, trendy restaurants, and more than a hundred shops, the new mall set to open in the coming days sprawls over approximately 46,000 square meters. Promising to become one of the city's major bustling hubs, it's located east of the Burj Khalifa, less than a 20-minute drive. The rooftop, dedicated to fitness, will also include a swimming pool. There will be 900 parking spaces available.
"The Green Planet" is a tropical rainforest inside a closed complex with over 3,000 plant species, exotic birds, and animals like sloths and snakes. You can also snorkel with piranhas, camp, and enjoy a variety of other family experiences.
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Photo: ShutterstockDubai’s scorching summer months require indoor attractions. One such is this amusement park, featuring Marvel and Cartoon Network zones and more. Spend a full day at the park where you can also meet characters from beloved movies and shows. Restaurants and cafes are scattered throughout the park.
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Photo: ShutterstockDubai is filled with observation points. One of the newest and most unique is the Sky Views Observatory located at the top of the Sky View Hotel. On the 52nd and 53rd floors of the hotel, you can view the entire city while standing on a glass floor above the ground (for the brave). But that's not all. If you’re completely brave, you can also walk on the edge of the tower between heaven and earth, secured with special harnesses, or slide down a glass chute mid-air.