Remember when 3D printers were a novelty? People’s jaws would drop to the floor at the sight of a machine using melted plastic to create a plastic cube. While toys and other small objects were the first to be printed using these new machines, it didn’t take long for other applications of it to become reality.
Being the technological powerhouse it is, in early 2020, Dubai made history as the home of the first 3D commercial building. It took 17 days for a cement printer to print out all the pieces of the building. Once printed, it only took two days to put the pieces together and complete the building. So that means that the housing crisis is solved, right?
Watering the Desert
Fountains often make great landmarks in many popular destinations around the world. Just like the Bellagio fountains in Vegas, the Montjuïc fountain in Barcelona, or the Trevi fountain in Rome. All those fountains attract a daily crowd of numerous tourists.
But these fountains have nothing on the Dubai Fountain situated in the Burj Khalifa Lake. This impressive fountain has a fully choreographed water system that holds two shows a day. The show is the biggest of its kind in the world and it can be seen from anywhere near the manmade lake.
Dubai Knows How to Party
The home of a predominantly Muslim population may not sound like the prime location for a record-breaking clubbing scene. Well, Dubai may be a lot of things but it sure isn't predictable or typical. In 2013, the world record for the longest club DJ session relay was broken in Dubai.
The session was a little longer than 4 hours, and it took a score of 119 DJs taking the stand one by one to complete it. Each of the DJs taking part in the event mixed one record, much to the enjoyment of the local party animals looking for a nice party.
Chain, Chain, Chain
If putting this list together has taught us anything it's that Dubai is a big fan of gold. With gold ATMs and the largest gold market in the world, it's no surprise that Dubai holds the world record for the longest gold chain.
The record was set in 2015 by the Dubai Gold & Jewelry Group, which has created a 22K gold chain that's a little longer than 18,116 ft. That's about as long as 78 Boeing 747s lined up nose to tail!
Smelling the Flowers
They say everything is bigger in Texas, but if we had to guess, we would say Dubai is not far behind it. In fact, we think that soon enough, the common phrase would be 'everything is bigger in Dubai'.
Home of the tallest building in the world and holder of numerous Guinness world records, Dubai is big on spectacles. One such spectacle (and world record) is the largest flower structure in the world. It is essentially a life-size sculpture of an Emirate Airbus A380 made of flowers.