The Dubai Mall is the world's largest shopping and entertainment center and the most visited shopping and leisure destination in the world. Here, under one roof, there are 1200 shops and many world-class cultural and entertainment facilities.
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Dubai Mall (The Dubai Mall) is the largest shopping and entertainment center in the world. Its total area is more than 1,2 million m², and the sales area is more than 350,000 m². This center is located in Downtown Dubai, where the main attractions of Dubai are located, such as the Burj Khalifa (the world's tallest skyscraper) and the famous Dubai Musical Fountain.
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Here, under one roof, there are 1200 shops, as well as world-class cultural and entertainment facilities. Among the attractions and establishments located in the Dubai Mall, you should pay attention to:
- VR Park Dubai is the region's first virtual reality theme park with approximately 7100 m²;
- Gold Souk – the world's largest indoor "gold market" with 220 stores;
- A 44000 m² Fashion Island with 70 haute couture stores of the world's elite brands, including: Versace, Burberry, Roberto Cavalli, Galliano, Hermès, Givenchy, Cerruti, Missoni, Tom Ford and Ermenegildo Zegna;
- The first department store in the Middle East of the well-known company Galeries Lafayette;
- KidZania is a children's entertainment and educational center with an area of 8000 m². It is essentially an interactive mini-city that offers young visitors the chance to experience adult life through role-play in a mini-city with streets, shops, restaurants, and more. KidZania includes 22 themed rooms, each one unique in its own way;
- Cinema complex with 22 screens;
- Hysteria, a haunted house adorned with special effects, fog lights and strobe lights;
- Dubai Dino is a true fossil of the Diplodocus, a large dinosaur with a long neck. Dino's overall dimensions are over 7 meters high and 24 meters long;
- An Olympic-sized ice rink, which is used not only as a platform for ice skating enthusiasts, but also for various public and private events;
- "Grove" (The Grove) – a piece of the street, covered with a sliding roof;
- Aquarium of the Dubai mall is one of the largest aquariums in the world.
Top view of Dubai Mall | Click on image to enlarge | flickr.com
Interior view of the center | Click on image to enlarge | flickr.com
Gold Souk Dubai Mall | Click on image to enlarge | wikipedia.org
Waterfall in Dubai Mall | shutterstock.com
Ice Rink Dubai Mall | Click on image to enlarge | wikipedia.org
Dubai Dino | Click on image to enlarge | wikipedia.org
The shopping center has a covered car park for 14000 cars. Adjacent to the Dubai Mall is The Address, a five-star hotel with 250 rooms and 450 serviced apartments.
Among the unique facilities housed under the roof of the Dubai Mall is the world's largest indoor aquarium, where you can see more than 33000 fish and marine animals, including sharks and rays. Through the bowl of the aquarium, which holds 10 million liters of water, there is a tunnel glazed on top, so that visitors can see the inhabitants of the aquarium floating above them from a close distance. Above the aquarium is a zoo with many species of fish and marine life, penguins, snakes and reptiles. Also, the "School of the Ocean" is open here. This is an educational program that is designed for students of all ages, covering various topics of diverse marine life, such as adaptation, survival and reproduction tactics.
Aquarium in Dubai Mall | Click on image to enlarge | wikipedia.org
Dubai Mall Aquarium: glass tunnel | Click on image to enlarge | wikimedia.org
Penguins at Dubai Mall Zoo | Click on image to enlarge | wikipedia.org
Dubai Mall is located in the so-called "world's most prestigious square kilometer", in the Downtown Dubai quarter, which is being built around the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the tallest building in the world.
This mall still holds the title of the world's most visited shopping and leisure destination. It attracts over 65 million visitors annually.
Dubai Mall is so huge that you can't tell everything about it in words. Therefore, we suggest you go on an excursion to this place with the help of the following videos.
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