explore dubai mall - the heaven on earth for shopping

Dubai Mall is the second-largest mall based on the area. It is located in the Financial Center Street beside Burj Khalifa. It was inaugurated on the fourth of November in 2008. It is considered as the best mall in the world.

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Interesting facts about the Dubai Mall

• The Dubai Mall has created a new Guinness World Record in the year 2018, for the “world’s largest Christmas Bauble Ornament”. The size of it was 4.68 meters.
• If you include the car parking of the Mall, it is the world’s largest mall.
• It has nearly twelve thousand stores of all kinds. The shops range from high luxury to convenience stores.
• There are more than 120 restaurants and outlets for food.
• The Dubai Mall occupies a space of nearly fifty football grounds!
• Waterfall inside the Mall is also accompanied by illusions of figures diving down the waterfall.
• Dubai Mall has the largest candy store spanning over ten-thousand feet! It is built to meet your sweet-tooth.
• The Dubai Mall has a luxury hotel with 250 rooms.

Exciting activities to do in the Dubai Mall

Go-Kart in the Dubai Mall:

Did you ever think that you could go to Karting inside a mall? The Dubai Mall made it possible! It is an exciting and adrenaline-pumping electric go Karting experience. You will be provided with an EKart jumpsuit and all the safety gear before you start. The experience is for both amateurs and professionals. The staff orients you with the operation of the Kart and you can zoom through by recording your lap time.

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Sleep in the sleep pod Lounge:

The Dubai Mall has launched a Sleep Pod Lounge for the shoppers. The sleeping pods are nice and comfortable with storage space within the pod! There are twelve sleeping pods in the “ Level 2 Grand Parking”. You can rest in the pods for 40 AED for one hour and 95 AED for three hours. You have to pay an extra 10 AED (United Arab Emirates Dirhams) for an additional pillow. The height of the bed can be adjusted and you can charge your phone with the USB sockets. A shutter is available to close the pod to sleep without any disturbance. Renew your energy to complete the Dubai Mall tour by taking a nap here!

Visit the aquarium in the mall:

You can visit the aquarium with ten million liters of water. It is the world’s largest indoor aquarium and has fish of all types and sizes! The cost ranges from AED 135 to AED 195. Walking through the blue glass aquarium around you on all the sides is an otherworldly experience. Above the outer side of the aquarium, there is the world’s largest OLED screen.

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Experience Dubai's VR Theme park:

Fall from Burj Khalifa or fly in drone taxis at the park! The mall has this virtual reality park spanning over two floors and seven thousand square feet. More than twenty games are available. The VR roller coaster ride is the best as it activates all the senses. Propel down the Burj Khalifa. A zombie-based virtual reality game will surely make your hair stand! Entry to the VR park in the mall is free of cost, but to play a game you need to buy credits. Choose between credits of AED 200 to AED 500 to enjoy the most exciting games.

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Illuminated see-saws at the Dubai Mall:

Take a ride on these illuminated see-saws and embrace your inner child in the Urban Playground. “Wave-field”, “Variation B” is the most recently interactive art installation. There are sixteen see-saws of this kind. The side that goes down gets illuminated and it doesn't neglect to illuminate your reality! It is set against the scenery of Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountain. It is free of charge for everybody.

Watch movies:

Dubai Mall has a cinema with twenty-two suites. There are four first-class suites, where one can watch movies on their privacy.

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Create your unique flavor of ice cream:

One can create their ice cream by experimenting with the flavor. You see a fresh ice cream made in front of you. Who knows you might create a very special flavor! 

Do shopping:

It is one of the cliche things to do in the Dubai Mall. There are many stores and also high fashion stores like Channel, Prada, Louis Vuitton, etc. You can also choose to do window shopping.

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Souk and the dinosaur:

There is an area in the mall designed to match the traditional markets, where you can buy clothes, perfumes, jewelry, and souvenirs. There is a dinosaur that is about seven meters tall and twenty-four meters long. 

Visit the star wars exhibition:

This is a recent addition to the Dubai Mall, with more than forty life, sized models of the Stormtroopers and Darth Vader!

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Skate in the ice-rink:

Dubai Mall has an indoor ice-rink, where you can skate with your family. You can enroll yourself up for the classes. At night, there are disco nights on the ice-rink. During the Christmas season, the area is transformed into a market, to make a real snow scene. 

Watch the Dubai Fountain:

It is the largest performing fountain in the world! The water in the fountain dances to the music and the lights make it look enchanting. The powerful jets throw up the water and it is a breath-taking scene to watch! You can view the fountain by standing at the back gate of the mall. Make sure to go there early to avoid missing the view due to the crowd. The show at the Dubai Fountain runs for thirty minutes. You can view the details of the tour of the fountain, Burj Khalifa, and the aquarium in Dubai Mall.

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Watch Burj Khalifa:

You can visit the world’s tallest building. It can be accessed from the mall. In the Dubai Mall Promenade, you can grab a meal in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa.