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City guide · United Arab Emirates

Dubai

A photograph of Dubai
Photograph · Tim Reckmann from Hamm, Deutschland · CC BY-SA 3.0

Dubai began as a pearling and fishing settlement on a saltwater creek, declared itself a free port in 1901, and dredged the creek longer in 1961; it has been adding ground ever since, with land reclamation producing more than 300 km of artificial coastline. Of the four million people living here in 2025, 92% are expatriates. Oil paid for the beginning and by 2018 accounted for under 1% of the emirate's output, which explains how deliberately the rest was built: the tallest building in the world at one end, the world's busiest international airport at 92 million passengers in 2024 at the other, and a long thin city strung between them.

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

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Category

Historic monuments 2 Museums 33 Places of worship 0 Nature sites 0 Viewpoints 0 Food and drink 0 Markets and shopping 1 Entertainment 87 Nightlife 202 Family attractions 27 Art and culture 0 Activities 0

Typical visit duration

1 to 2 hours 202

Interests

History 0 Art 0 Museums 0 Nature 0 Sea and beach 0 Viewpoints 0
  1. Captain's
    01 2 hours

    Captain's

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  2. Dino's
    02 2 hours

    Dino's

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  3. Heineken
    03 2 hours

    Heineken

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  4. MixClub
    04 2 hours

    MixClub

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  11. V Deck
    11 2 hours

    V Deck

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  13. Above 21
    13 2 hours

    Above 21

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  15. Al Areesh
    15 2 hours

    Al Areesh

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  17. Après
    17 2 hours

    Après

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  19. Asics
    19 2 hours

    Asics

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  20. Bar 44
    20 2 hours

    Bar 44

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  21. Barasti
    21 2 hours

    Barasti

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  24. Barrels
    24 2 hours

    Barrels

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  29. Bla Bla
    29 2 hours

    Bla Bla

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  34. Bohemian
    34 2 hours

    Bohemian

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  44. Cabana
    44 2 hours

    Cabana

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  47. Chameleon
    47 2 hours

    Chameleon

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

Where to base yourself

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How the city is laid out

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