15 Outrageous Things You’ll Only See in Dubai

if you've seen the architecture in dubai then it's not hard to believe that this is one of the most innovative cities in the world dubai home to over 3 million people is a luxury shopper's paradise as a result you'll find some pretty outrageous things on a visit there atm from a vending machine that sells gold to ski resorts indoors here are 15 outrageous things you'll only see in dubai number 15 of abandoned cars if there's one site that'll bring tears to the eyes of any automotive enthusiast it's the sight of luxury cars being abandoned and left to rot away until they're barely drivable there are so many abandoned sports cars in dubai that the majority of them get crushed by machines just like this lamborghini you're seeing right now poor thing why don't they donate some of these cars to people instead of just crushing them hell give one of these to me i'll make perfect use of it trust me but while you might think that it's rich listers who don't understand the value of money abandoning their cars at airports and car parks that's often not the case it's well and truly just molded into the ground that it sits on the two or three thousand cars that are abandoned every year often have owners who couldn't manage their repayments low oil prices and the global financial crisis definitely played a part so why can't the owners just declare bankruptcy well there's no such thing in dubai under sharia law not paying your debt is a criminal act if you can't make a repayment no matter how big or small you face prison time so many foreign workers and even locals skip the country to avoid the harsh penalties before we go on like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or slenderman will come from under your bed while you're sleeping number 14 exotic pets there are a lot of wealthy people in dubai and a lot of wealthy people who want to show others that they're wealthy too while they could just give their dog or catty diamond-encrusted collar that's just not good enough many famous and wealthy people in dubai wanted to make sure that everyone knew just how rich they really were so they purchased exotic animals like tigers and cheetahs and would then take photos of them in front of their luxury cars even walking down the street it wasn't uncommon to come across people walking their pet tiger like it was no big deal fortunately though those days are over at least for those law abiding dubai citizens anyway due to pressure by animal welfare groups there is now a rule that prohibits the purchase and sale of wild and dangerous animals for private ownership if you're not a zoo or sanctuary you've just gotta have a boring cat or dog like the rest of us what happens if you're caught with an exotic animal well not only will you have your animal confiscated but you can also end up in jail for 6 months number 13 gold vending machines when you think of vending machines you generally think of delicious snacks and candy or maybe even a refreshing beverage for when you're on the go but not in dubai if you stay at the abu dhabi hotel then the vending machines there allow you to buy gold and no we're not talking about delicious chocolate coins that you get in your christmas stocking this five-star emirates palace hotel has a vending machine that dispenses gold bars and gold coins it was the first permanent gold vending machine in the world [Music] both the bars and coins come in little gift boxes and you can choose to buy one gram 5 gram and 10 gram 24 karat gold bars the coins come from australia south africa and canada but your loose change certainly won't be enough to get you anything from this vending machine this gold to go machine updates pricing daily via the ex oriente lux's online shop the prices are in line with the current per ounce price however they tend to be quite competitive because there are no staffing costs given that gold sits at around sixteen hundred dollars per ounce he'll be pushing coins into the machine for quite some time before a bar pops out number 12 air air-conditioned bus stops even at the coldest part of the year you won't find the mercury dropping below 60 degrees fahrenheit in dubai in fact from may until september 100 plus degrees is relatively common but what are you supposed to do if you don't own a luxury car with air conditioning and must take the bus instead well you'll be able to do it in comfort rather than working up a sweat just standing at the bus stop you can feel as fresh as a daisy back in 2006 the road transit authority of dubai started rolling out air-conditioned bus stops they were installed the following year now there are hundreds of such stops throughout dubai i feel not very tired when i go to work now there's no excuse for you arriving to work hot and sweaty but dubai didn't stop at just air conditioning after abu dhabi installed air conditioning in their bus stops dubai took it one step further they started offering free wi-fi at bus stops for prepaid transit card holders so now you're not only fresh and comfortable but you can stream your favorite tv shows while you wait for the bus number 11 an underwater world after seeing the amazing infrastructure in dubai you've probably realized by now that dubai is a trend-setting city that likes to be the best at everything they are continually coming up with ways to make their city stand out from others they certainly did that with their underwater world this world incorporates the world's largest indoor aquarium and an underwater zoo the aquarium tank can hold 10 million liters of water and it has more than 200 species of aquatic animals and 33 000 in total the acrylic panels of the aquarium were featured in the guinness book of world records for being the largest of their kind and the aquarium has won several awards too any visit to this underwater world is memorable even if you've been there a dozen times you can see crocodiles penguins jellyfish spider crabs and much much more there's even an exhibit with creepy crawlies and reptiles pretty much everything cool in the animal kingdom you can think of is something you can see in dubai and the kicker this large indoor aquarium is in a mall number 10 world's largest man-made island what do you do when you run out of beach space and places to build well you create more of course so that's exactly what visionaries in dubai did they created and are creating the world's largest human-made island and no they didn't just dump a heap of sand in the water and call it an island they carefully crafted islands in the shape of a palm tree and called them palmdera palm jumeirah and palm jebel ali the goal was to create the largest human-made island then use it to house more than one million people in a surface area of about 46 million square meters [Music] palmdera the first island will be larger than paris creation began in 2001 and palm jumeirah was financed by the money dubai earned from petroleum it is so large that it can be seen from the international space station this island is for private homes and hotels it was also built from sand and rocks with no concrete or steel necessary around 5.5 million cubic meters of rock came from 16 quarries in dubai and 94 million cubic meters of sand came from deep sea beds off dubai's coast the island also used around 700 tons of limestone number nine the tallest building in the world the tallest building in the world is something that every country aspires to have one country will have big dreams and build the tallest building but then another country will swoop in and steal the title as of now that title belongs to dubai with the burj khalifa structure developed by mr properties the emirate is now synonymous with some of the world's most impressive construction projects described as a vertical city burj khalifa is 2700 sixteen feet six inches tall and construction began in 2004 by october 1st 2009 it was fully finished and became the tallest building in the world it consists of 26 000 hand-cut glass panels in the exterior cladding and even has a y-shaped cross-section to stop the wind from being a problem that high up in the sky such is the size of this building that if you were to clean it from top to bottom it would take around three months more than 12 000 people worked on bringing this building to life and you can tell that it's a work of art it will surely be a long time before any other country or city build something as astounding and as tall as burj khalifa number eight world's highest tennis court dubai is always trying to outdo other countries when it comes to the tallest buildings and the wealthiest people but they're also winning the titles for things that different countries and cities aren't even vying for for example did you know dubai has the tallest tennis court in the world because well why not at around 650 feet above ground there is a tennis court on top of the burj al arab hotel in dubai that might explain being hit by a tennis ball that randomly fell from the sky if you happen to be walking down the street but no the building's designers didn't just decide to put a tennis court on top of the roof of the hotel during its construction instead it used to be a 4 500 square foot grass helipad that was turned into a tennis court to promote the 2005 dubai open both roger federer and andre agassi were given the opportunity to play on the court and were even able to hit tennis balls off of it according to andre it was an amazing experience to play 650 feet in the air he said once you get over how high up you are it is a joy to play up there he said he had no issues with the height as long as he didn't have to bungee jump off it number seven a supercar paradise every country is known for something and it just so happens that dubai is known for its super cars in fact you may even go so far as to say it's a supercar paradise you can drive two feet without seeing aston martin's ferraris horses and bugattis even the police are using supercars to get around but why is dubai a supercar paradise and not somewhere like england or even texas in the united states well dubai is a city of high salaries and low to no income taxes the roads are also perfect for supercars in that they are well lit and perfectly maintained dubai and pothole are not two words you would ever see in the same sentence except for that one supercars are also considered a status symbol if you're wealthy then you buy a supercar and let everyone know about it even if you just want to look wealthy then you can buy a flashy lambo or porsche and just pay it off or you try and join the police force and drive one for a living dubai police have bmws bugattis dodge vipers ferraris audi r8 aston martin's bentleys and more number six indoor ski resorts while there are many fun things to do in dubai there's one thing that's trickier to do here than in other places and that's ski with average temperatures over 100 degrees for much of the year it's not exactly the prime conditions for snow is it but let's be honest as innovative as dubai is you just know they're not gonna let a little thing like the sun stop them from enjoying the ski fields if you can't have the snow outside then you just bring it inside and that is exactly what they did mall of the emirates is one of the largest shopping malls in the world and while you can shop until you drop here you can also go skiing within the colossal mall is an indoor ski resort called ski dubai it is 22 500 square meters and maintains a temperature of between 28 to 30 degrees it has an indoor 278-foot mountain which is about as high as a 25-story building and five slopes with various difficulty levels it also has a 1 312 foot run the world's first indoor black diamond run and a whole heap of fun things to do like kickers boxes and rails and let's not forget ski lifts for it has those too who would have thought staying indoors could be so much fun number five bugatti veyron police car if you think you could ever run from the law in dubai then think again not only do they have harsh penalties but they also have fast cars and not just your average fast car but like a super super fast car [Applause] among the fleet of already flashy police cars you will find a bugatti veyron it has been verified as the world's fastest police car by the guinness book of world records according to major sultan al-mari from the dubai police general department of transport and rescue having a bugatti veyron is not about showing off instead they want tourists to see how friendly police are in dubai the car is present in popular tourist destinations so you can only imagine just how many people want to get a photo with it the mid-engine bugatti veyron was developed by the volkswagen group in germany but was manufactured in molshim france it gets its name from racing driver pierre veyron the original version could reach top speeds of 253 miles per hour so don't even think about trying to outrun the police if you're about to be pulled over number four diamond and gold cars there's only so much money you can line your walls with or stuff into the lining of your mattress what do you do when you just got too much money yeah i have this problem too well there's one thing you can do with it and that's make cars out of gold the garson division of cactus corporation exhibited the luxury crystal benz because why not if a 4.8 million dollar car in dubai is just too cheap then turn it into a 7.5 million dollar car robert gulpin engineering in germany carved a 1 to 8 scale model of a car out of a solid 500 kilogram block of gold it was then sold at auction and a huge amount of the money that it sold for went to charity so that's nice but if you want a car that runs and drives then you can have a gold-plated vehicle instead turkey been abdullah the seventh son of the late king abdullah bin abdulaziz had not won but several cars plated in gold some of them include a brabus g 700 a ferrari and a bentley a one million dollar gold-plated nissan r3 gtr named godzilla was also put on display at the auto mechanica automotive parts exhibition in dubai the car has a brilliant gold paint sheen which was then engraved with beautiful detailing number three golden toilet and golden toilet paper using the toilet and talking about using the toilet are not the most glamorous things unless of course you live in dubai and your toilet paper and toilet are made of gold some hotels in dubai have toilets made of solid gold and some private house owners do as well so it was only a matter of time until someone came up with the idea of gold toilet paper too australian company toilet paper man decided it would be them it took them four years to develop it but they finally managed to come up with a single roll of toilet paper with 22 karat gold flakes from the beginning of the roll to the end of it as you wipe gold flakes not only fall on the floor but on your behind as well given the luxurious nature of the roll there was only one in existence and it came with a price tag of 1.3 million dollars do you know how many regular rolls that could buy you 15 million but when you buy this particular roll you also get to have it gift wrapped and with a complimentary bottle of champagne you don't get that with your bulk packages of toilet paper at walmart number two flying saucers as futuristic as dubai is we think that actual flying supercars are still a little way off still they are flying in some way if you own a supercar then it's probably your pride and joy you may not even like the idea of being parted from it as you go off on a relaxing holiday well now you don't have to be emirates has a service called emirate wheels which is an air transportation solution for automobiles to put it in fancy terms you can choose from three services emirates wheels emirates wheels classic and emirates wheels select if you're away for business or on holiday you can have your car flown over to your door rather than having to put up with substandard rental car services so far the service is proving surprisingly popular it peaks in summer but emirates is moving at least 150 cars a month the trend seems to be catching on and now other airlines are offering it too dropping this under here is literally like bringing back a slice of italian pride before long no one will have to be without their prized set of wheels on extended trips if they don't have to be number one temperature-controlled indoor city there's a lot to love about dubai from the luxury shopping opportunities to the flashy cars and amazing food but there's something that many people can take or leave and that's the heat dubai is sweltering and even winter feels mildly tropical but if you find yourself holidaying in dubai anytime soon then you may end up more comfortable than you first thought in 2012 it was announced that dubai holding would build the largest shopping center in the world which would be a kind of air-conditioned city it would cover 48 million square feet and would be built in muhammad bin rashid city however it was later decided to put it in sheikh mohammed bin zayed road instead it would have 8 million square feet of shopping space the largest indoor game park in the world 20 000 hotel rooms cultural events theaters and more they would also see around 180 million visitors every year do you think you would be one of them after all note the word air conditioned where better to escape the sweltering heat than any massive mall where you can shop until you drop it didn't take a lot of arm twisting to convince us that we want to go to dubai some of these things and places are incredible have you been to dubai what surprised you the most also check out our other cool stuff showing up on screen right now see you next time

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Length: 21min 13sec (1273 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 04 2020