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Exploring the world’s tallest structure – the Burj Khalifa

Exploring the world’s tallest structure – the Burj Khalifa

The tallest building in the world does not appear made for this earth. By day it looks photoshopped into its downtown Dubai surroundings, and by night, the hulking spire looks like a rocket bound for the furthest reaches of our galaxy.

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Sky-high on hot, hot Dubai

Once settled at your hotel there is so much to do and see in and around Dubai, but first on your list should be a visit to the Burj Khalifa, located at the Dubai Mall. The building is an amazing 828m high. Completed at the beginning of last year, it surpassed the previous tallest building, the Taipei 101 in Taiwan, by 300m.

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Malaysia Promotes Tourism To Arabs In Dubai

A visit to Dubai is incomplete without a visit to the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. The magnificent 160-storey tower, which officially opened to the public on Jan 4, last year, is 828 metres tall. Its construction cost is estimated to be about USD1.5 billion.

Burj Khalifa experience Dubai

Burj Khalifa experience Dubai

Burj Khalifa 828m. Video

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Burj Khalifa suicide jumper ‘was grieving for dead brother’

Mr Kannan was a construction foreman in an area where finishing work was being done. He took off his shoes and left a diary near by before climbing out of an air vent on the 148th floor, Bur Dubai Police Station Chief Col Ali Ghanim said. Mr Kannan had suffered “severe psychological trauma caused by the death of his brother” in December, police said.

Bar captain, Solomon from Kenya, places a bottle of champagne at "At.mosphere" the world's highest restaurant in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai

Dubai aims for the skies

Dubai’s boom may have fizzled, but you can still live the high life perched atop the world’s tallest building as the glitzy Gulf emirate unveiled one of the world’s highest restaurants. At.mosphere, on the 122nd floor, is one private elevator ride up the glass-and-chrome Burj Khalifa.

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Inside The Burj Khalifa – United Arab Emirates!!!

This is footage from inside the the Burj Khalifa in Dubai … Currently the highest building in the world. Enjoy the skyline ;)

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The Address Hotels + Resorts, Dubai

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Noah Larkin, 7, from Orlando, takes a tour of the Burj Khalifa. Noah, who has stage 4 brain cancer, had one wish - to visit the world's tallest tower. Sammy Dallal / The National

Burj Khalifa dream fulfilled for brain cancer boy Noah

With a beaming smile, Noah Larkin savoured every moment of his big day at the Burj Khalifa as he was given the rare opportunity to go up to the tower’s 154th floor – 30 storeys higher than the public observation deck. “I loved it, it was awesome,” said the boy from Orlando, Florida.

Situated on its 152nd and 153rd floors, the Burj Khalifa lays claim to having the highest offices in the world (ITP Images)

At the top: the highest offices in the world

The 153rd floor consists of a boardroom for companies who can afford the price tag. Developed by Emaar, the two floors will soon be available for hire by companies.