It's actually not a helicopter, but a volocopter! We will return to the definition a little later. The German company Volocopter (E-Volo) will start testing these flying taxis in the skies of Dubai this year. Obviously, Dubai will become the place to test the vehicles of the future.
A new architectural wonder is growing in Dubai - Dubai Frame, the Emirati's New Arc de Triomphe (Le Defense). It is about two skyscrapers, which are connected to each other by a viewing platform. The building is expected to open later this year.
Whatever you imagine, Dubai has it. Now, in the city of superlatives, you are also served a golden burger. The 24-carat The Burg-Khalifa, as the name suggests, was inspired by the famous Burj Khalifa skyscraper.
Everything you can imagine, Dubai definitely has. An indoor ski resort, a flying taxi, the tallest building in the world, the largest shopping mall in the world, the most expensive cars, an island in the shape of a palm tree..., a rotating skyscraper is now added to the list. Dynamic Tower will grow in the 'city of the future' until 2020.
In June 2017, Dubai is getting a new form of transportation. You will now be able to travel around the city with an autonomous drone for people. Dubai will be the first city in the world to offer this form of public transport.
Dubai or the Golden City (as it is often happily called) is bathed in gold, abundance and luxury. A city of superlatives – holding quite a few records starting with the tallest and the biggest – with its signature takeover at almost every turn and these 15 amazing things you'll only see in Dubai!
In Dubai (where else!) they started building The Tower, which, when it is built, will be the tallest building in the world and will dethrone the skyscraper Burj Khalifa (Tower Khalifa), which was built in 2010 and is the title of the tallest building for a skyscraper Taken Taipei 101 back in 2008, when it was still growing. These days, the foundation stone of the futuristic tower, which will be built by 2020 or until the start of the world exhibition EXPO 2020, which will be hosted by Dubai.
Visibility was nil, but a BASE jumper from Dubai made an uncompromising leap from the top of a 200-metre-tall Dubai skyscraper despite not being able to see the ground. Watching this clip will definitely give you sweaty hands!
It is clear that Dubai is a city from another dimension. Everything is possible in it. In the middle of the desert, the sheikhs have already built a covered ski slope, artificial islands, the highest skyscraper, and now they will get a covered rainforest. Why? Because you can! It will (Z)grow in the luxury Rosemont Five Star Hotel & Residences, which opens its doors in Dubai in 2018 and will be the first hotel in the world with its own rainforest.
We have all encountered a slingshot at least once in our lives. If not professionally, then improvised. Chris Douggs McDougall and Jimmy Pouchert took the slingshot game to a whole new level. With a bulky human slingshot or with a catapult, they launched themselves 100 meters into the air. Where else but in Dubai! You can find out how they landed below.
Dubai is developing at the speed of light. It grew from a fishing village into a metropolis in 20 years and is considered the fastest growing city in the world and a city of surplus. The prefix 'may' is a basic criterion in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. There, police officers drive Lamborghinis, there they ski under the roof, shop in the largest shopping mall in the world, vacation on the largest artificially built island in the world, ride on the longest metro line without a driver, etc. There we witness scenes that you will encounter only in Dubai and nowhere else in the world!
Are you curious about where luxury cars go to die? Like Eskimos into the wilderness? To a safe place like many wild animals? No. They are going to Dubai. Namely, there is one of the many car cemeteries, which is of course full of "wealthy people", as many prestigious cars drive through the streets of Dubai.