Burj Dubai Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, but is it worth visiting?
The tower is one of the newer developments and includes residential buildings, and a mall. In Arabic, Burj means tower and Khalifa is somebody’s name. Burj Khalifa literally means the tower of Khalifa.
Actually, it was originally to be named Burj Dubai and the renaming occurred during the financial crisis of 2009 when the sheikh of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, subsidised the project, thus construction was able to complete.
The view from the top is certainly interesting, but it was a crowded place (we arrived just before sunset) and I did worry about catching the Coronavirus 2019. Fortunately, I was fine. Being required to buy a ticket, I thought they would have taken a staggered approach with number of visitors, but I was wrong.
This is in contrast to my visit to Palm Island, for which the main contractor was Nakheel. Whereas for Burj Khalifa it was Emaar. However, we arrived at the Palm at around noon so a visit at non-peak hours could be the key.
With the Burj, there is a restaurant at a higher level and that could potentially be a better experience.
The tower is adjoining a shopping mall and leave this complex required a lot of patience. The queue for taxis was huge. Again, it could be timing or because of the union day celebration.
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