Instagram Favourite Places in Dubai

1010 Mural, Satwa

The German artist whose layered colour portals appear to open holes straight through the wall.

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Address Sky View — The Sky Bridge

A three-storey sky bridge slung 220 metres above Downtown, joining twin towers with a cantilevered glass Skywalk and infinity pool.

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Alex Senna Murals, La Mer

Black-and-white silhouette figures reaching from shadow toward light — permanent works by the colour-blind Brazilian muralist.

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Apple Store Solar Wings

A Foster + Partners kinetic mashrabiya of 340 carbon-fibre rods that open at dusk toward the Burj Khalifa.

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Bedouin Portrait by Vhils

A portrait of a Bedouin carved into the wall with hammer drills and chisels — not painted on, but cut out of the surface.

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Ben Eine Typography, City Walk

Bold letterforms set high on a wall by the artist whose work a British prime minister gave to the White House.

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Burj Khalifa

The world's tallest building and the world's largest LED screen

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Cayan Tower Helix

The world's tallest 90-degree twisting tower when it opened — a helix by the architects of the Burj Khalifa.

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Chinatown, The Dubai Mall

The UAE's first Chinatown — a designed immersive district of moon gates, lantern streets and neon, by Kokaistudios.

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Declaration by eL Seed

A 30-metre ribbon of bright pink Arabic calligraffiti outside Dubai Opera — a quote you can walk through and climb on.

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Dubai Walls

Sixteen global street artists — Blek le Rat, D*Face, ROA, Vhils and more — turned City Walk into an open-air gallery, including a six-storey mural.

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Dubai Water Canal Waterfall

A curtain of illuminated water pouring off the Sheikh Zayed Road bridge — that parts automatically to let boats glide through.

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DubaiDino

A real 155-million-year-old Diplodocus skeleton, 24 metres long, standing in the middle of the mall.

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Expo City Entry Portals

Asif Khan's 21-metre carbon-fibre gateways — a mashrabiya 'drawn in the sky', with vast doors thin and light enough to be opened by one person.

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Hatta Sign

Giant 19.28-metre letters on a Hajar Mountain ridge — the world's tallest landmark sign, taller than Hollywood's, reachable only on foot.

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IMAGINE, Dubai Festival City

A Guinness-record light, water and fire show on Festival Bay — lasers, fountains and 36 storeys of projection mapping on the InterContinental.

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Infinity Bridge

A 42-metre steel arch bent into the mathematical symbol for infinity, spanning Dubai Creek at its historic mouth.

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LOVE ME

Richard Hudson's five-metre mirror-polished heart, aligned so the Burj Khalifa lands on its surface.

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Love Lake, Al Qudra

Two interlocking heart-shaped lakes carved into the desert, with trees planted to spell LOVE — land art visible from space.

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ME Dubai Lobby

Zaha Hadid's only fully self-designed hotel interior — a fluid white-and-gold lobby set directly beneath the Opus void.

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Madinat Jumeirah Bronze Horses

A herd of life-size bronze Arabian horses by Danie de Jager, galloping across the lawns of the Madinat Jumeirah resort.

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Meydan Bridge

An undulating wave of a bridge that dissolves after dark into an unbroken ribbon of royal-blue neon across the desert.

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Neon City Light Installation

A three-storey kinetic light show of the Chinese zodiac by Jason Bruges Studio, at the heart of Chinatown.

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Shepard Fairey Murals, d3

Two facing walls by the artist behind Obama's 'Hope' poster — his first murals in the Middle East, a peace dove and a fist holding a flower.

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Souk Al Bahar

An Arabesque 'sailor's market' of stone arches and lanterns on Burj Lake, linked to Dubai Mall by a bridge with the best fountain view.

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Souk Madinat Jumeirah

A recreated Arabian town of wind towers, lantern-lit lanes and abra-plied canals, framing the Burj Al Arab across the water.

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Surreal, Expo City

A four-storey ring of waterfalls by WET Design where water flows upward and a circle of hydrogen fire burns at the centre, scored by the Game of Thrones composer.

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The Fashion Catwalk

A kinetic LED "chandelier" of five choreographed rings above the Fashion Avenue atrium — with a runway that rises from the floor.

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The Waterfall (Human Waterfall)

A four-storey indoor cascade of diving figures — Dubai's pearl-diving past, cast in fibreglass and falling water.

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Treasury Dome, Gold Souk

A 25-metre projection dome that crowns the world's largest indoor gold souk with ever-changing multimedia.

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Wings of Mexico (Alas de México), Dubai

Jorge Marín's monumental bronze angel wings — stand between them and the Burj Khalifa frames the shot.

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