The views from Burj Khalifa - Dubai skylines part 2
BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI LAKE, DUBAI FOUNTAIN, DUBAI MALL, FINANCIAL CENTRE, SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD, BUSINESS BAY, BUR DUBAI, DEIRA, DUBAI MARINA, JUMEIRAH BEACH, DUBAI AIRPORT, WAFI CITY, AL BARSHA

Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building! It was completed in 2010 and is 829m to the top of the spire (739m to the roof) and has 163 floors! We visited the observaton deck, called At the top. The skyscraper was designed by Adrian Smith at the famous Chicago based architect firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The elevators are the fastest in the world! And with 163 floors you better hope the elevators are working if you want to get to the top! It is a mixed use building, so it houses both offices, apartments and luxury hotels, like the 7-star Armani Hotel. Inititally it was called Burj Dubai, but the name was changed just bofore completion to honour Sheikh Khalifa of Abu Dhabi (the president of UAE), since he borrowed money to complete the project in 2009 when Dubai went bankrupt.

Even if it's called At the Top, the observation deck is not at the top, it is situated about halfway to the top to the world's tallest building, 424m in the sky, the 124th floor. There are 163 floors in the building totally, but also a lot of height with just the spire and mast. It is important to know that you have to book you tickets a few weeks before your visit at this site and they are pretty expensive (125 AED for an adult)! The observation deck, partly outside, features a 360 degree view of Dubai, so you can see most parts of Dubai on a clear day! Unfortunately the weather was not the best during our visit to the top (a bit grey and foggy) considering it was in Dubai but could be worse of couse, and since you have to book several weeks before in advance (or pay 400 AED!) you can't really plan the trip considering the weather. The skyscrapers along Sheikh Zayed Road can be found on both sides of Burj Khalifa.

 

NORTH OF BURJ KHALIFA - FINANCIAL CENTRE AND SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD:


The skyline of Dubai International Financial Centre (Trade Centre2) and Trade Centre 1, a cluster of tall skyscrapers along Sheikh Zayed Road


The Index, the building in teh center of the Financial District. Sheikh Zayed Road is the long road just to the left of it in the picture, along it you find skyscrapers like the Emirates Towers, Rose Towers, Al Yaqoub Tower, The Tower, WTC etc.

 


Dusit Dubai Hotel (built 2001)l

Shangri-La Hotel (built 2003)

From the left: HHHR Tower (318m, 72 floors, 2011, world's tallest residential building), Al Yaqoub Tower (328m, 72 floors, 2013), Conrad Hotel (white, distance. 255m, 2013) with Park Place (in front of it, 234m, 2007), Fairmont Hotel (beige, distance)

 


Part of Burj Khalifa's glass facade

Chelsea Tower (251m, 49 floors, 2005, mixed use) in the center of the picture

 


Dubai Int'l Financial Centre (DIFC)

DIFC mirroring in Burj Khalifa

Rose Tower, the world's tallest hotel upon completion (2007, 333m to the spire, 72 floors) and Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower u/c immediately to the right of it (342m, expected completion in 2014)

 

The Address and the Dubai Creek extension

Financial Centre Road and the Dubai Mall entrance

Emirates Towers from year 2000, the first skyscraper icons of Dubai (the tallest is 355m to the spire and has 68 floors, hotel and offices) with the top of The Index in the front left and World Trade Center and Etisalat skyscrapers to the far right of it. Visit this section to see pictures from the Emirates Towers.

 

Dubai Mall, Dubai Lake and The Address Downtown Hotel

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Blvd, or just The Boulevard, that surrounds Burj Khalifa in a half circular shape

 
Skyscraper that went on fire during consturction, Downtown
  Beneath Burj Khalifa   The fountain beneath Burj Khalifa

 

 
Looking upwards, 405m left to the top!
  Looking upwards on Burj Khalifa   Looking upwards on Burj Khalifa

 

JUMEIRAH:

 
Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach, Palm Jumeirah Island
  Burj Al Arab and JW Marriott (front)   Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Beach, Palm Jumeirah Island

 
Jumeirah Beach and part of "The World"
  Residential area    

 

 
The World
  The World, a group of islands u/c, that should resemble a world map   Business Bay, The World, Jumeirah Beach

 

VIEW TO THE SOUTH OF BURJ KHALIFA:

 
Business Bay
  Business Bay - Millenium Tower (right)   Business Bay

 
JW Marriott, Business Bay
  Business Bay   Business Bay

 
JW Marriott, Business Bay
  Business Bay skyline   Business Bay and Dubai Creek extention

 
Churchill Residency, a Chrysler Bldg clone in Business Bay
  Highrise with the faces of Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Khalifa   Burj Khalifa, towards the sky

 
Fortress like building in New Downtown
  Downtown Dubai with the Address Hotel   Burj Khalifa Lake

 
Al Murooj Complex
  Towards the North   The Boulevard and Financial Centre Road - small cars!

 

 
Dubai Marina
  Dubai Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers   Residential area between Jumeirah and Downtown

 

VIEW TO THE NORTH OF BURJ KHALIFA:

 
Bur Dubai (Old Town), Deira and SHARJAH, a large city and emirate to the North of Dubai
  The city of SHARJAH, Deira, Dubai Creek, Bur Dubai. Sharjah is UAE:s 3rd largest city and has its own skyline.   The skyline of Deira, the old financial center of Dubai, in front of Dubai Creek (Al Khour)

 

 
Wafi City, Dubai Creek and Festival City, part of Burj Khalifa
  Wafi City, Dubai Creek and Festival City   Wafi City (Egyptian themed shopping mall), the Creek and Dubai Airport

 
Dubai International Airport, currently the largest airport of Dubai (but we arrived at Al Maktoum in the south)

  Wafi City, Dubai Creek and Festival City   Mirror of the view and the outdoor part of the observation deck

 

INTERIOR OF BURJ KHALIFA:S OBSERVATION DECK "AT THE TOP":

Even if it's called At the Top, the observation deck is not at the top, it is situated about halfway to the top to the world's tallest building, 424m in the sky, the 124th floor. There are 163 floors in the building totally, but also a lot of height with just the spire and mast. It is important to know that you have to book you tickets a few weeks before your visit at this site and they are pretty expensive (125 AED for an adult)! The observation deck, partly outside, features a 360 degree view of Dubai! Unfortunately the weather was not the best during our visit to the top (a bit grey and foggy) considering it was in Dubai but could be worse of couse, and since you have to book several weeks before in advance (or pay 400 AED!) you can't really plan the trip considering the weather.

 
Line to the entrance of the observation deck, groudn floor, and a model of Burj Khalifa   Escalator to the elevator   Passage to the elevator that is going to the observation deck

 
The world's fastest elevators (700m/min). It takes less then a minute to the observation deck!
  There is a spectacular light show in the elevator while going to the top   The roof of the elevator

 
Model of Burj Khalifa in "At the top" souvenirs store where you can buy souvenirs of Burj Khalifa
  "At the top" observation deck entrance at ground floor in Dubai Mall   Diagram with competing building in China and USA, an easy match for Burj Khalifa!

 
Sheikh Mohammed's words can be seen even in Burj Khalifa. You could even here the call for prayer inside the building, otherwise you could have thought you were in the USA
  The tower seen from inside the entrance at Dubai Mall   The elevator button's in Burj Khalifa's super fast elevator

 
The moving sidewalk towards the exist of Burj Khalifa's observation deck, to Dubai Mall
  Certificate from Guiness World of Records as the world's tallest building!   The observation deck is located at a height of 452m

 

BURJ KHALIFA:

Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building! It was completed in 2010 and is 829m to the top of the spire (739m to the roof) and has 163 floors! We visited the observaton deck, called At the top. The skyscraper was designed by Adrian Smith at the famous Chicago based architect firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The elevators are the fastest in the world! It is a mixed use building, so it houses both offices, apartments and luxury hotels, like the 7-star Armani Hotel. Inititally it was called Burj Dubai, but the name was changed just bofore completion to honour Sheikh Khalifa of Abu Dhabi (the president of UAE), since he borrowed money to complete the project in 2009 when Dubai went bankrupt.

 

DOWNTOWN BY NIGHT: To see more of night/evening pictures from the New Downtown, click on this link

 

Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building! Watch the night section here

  The Lake, Dubai Fountain, and The Address Downtown Hotel   Burj Khalifa and other Downtown skyscrapers @ night