They say everything is bigger in Texas, but if we had to guess, we would say Dubai is not far behind it. In fact, we think that soon enough, the common phrase would be ‘everything is bigger in Dubai’.
Home of the tallest building in the world and holder of numerous Guinness world records, Dubai is big on spectacles. One such spectacle (and world record) is the largest flower structure in the world. It is essentially a life-size sculpture of an Emirate Airbus A380 made of flowers.
Living in 3D
Remember when 3D printers were a novelty? People's jaws would drop to the floor at the sight of a machine using melted plastic to create a plastic cube. While toys and other small objects were the first to be printed using these new machines, it didn't take long for other applications of it to become reality.
Being the technological powerhouse it is, in early 2020, Dubai made history as the home of the first 3D commercial building. It took 17 days for a cement printer to print out all the pieces of the building. Once printed, it only took two days to put the pieces together and complete the building. So that means that the housing crisis is solved, right?
Chain, Chain, Chain
If putting this list together has taught us anything it's that Dubai is a big fan of gold. With gold ATMs and the largest gold market in the world, it's no surprise that Dubai holds the world record for the longest gold chain.
The record was set in 2015 by the Dubai Gold & Jewelry Group, which has created a 22K gold chain that's a little longer than 18,116 ft. That's about as long as 78 Boeing 747s lined up nose to tail!
Zippity-Doo!
Extreme sports fans are probably familiar with base jumping, paragliding, or bouldering in distant corners of the earth. As it turns out, Dubai has a little something for everyone, even adrenaline junkies. We are talking about the longest urban zip-line in the world.
It is a 1.7-mile-long zip line (that's longer than the Golden Gate Bridge!), and those who venture it can almost fly above the Dubai marina at 90mph.
Sleeping With the Fish
When planning a trip, one of the first things you want to take care of is accommodation. And we believe that about halfway through going over this list, you made sure that Dubai is on your personal bucket list. If you feel like splurging on your trip to Dubai and guarantee that your hotel room has an ocean view, consider staying at one of the Atlantis underwater suites.
Atlantis has two suites (Neptune and Poseidon) that are completely submerged under the water of the Persian Gulf, meaning you can sleep with thousands of marine creatures swimming in your walls.