Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Modern Financial District at the Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai

The Sheikh Zayed Road is the main road of Dubai and the Emirates, it is more than 500km long. This 2 x 5 lane express way is the main route to Abu Dhabi. We were particularly interested in the part located at the Dubai Financial District. Here you find many skyscrapers and modern architecture. We took some nice pictures from the ground level. On recommendation of a tourist out of Bahrein, we visited the pool deck of the Four Points hotel. On the 46th floor we could take pictures of the Sheikh Zayed Road from about 150m altitude. As you can see there are still buildings higher. Due to the financial crisis, construction works on some buildings have been stopped. This is a pity.

De Sheikh Zayed Road is de hoofdweg van Dubai en de Emiraten, en is meer dan 500km lang. Deze 2 x 5 rijvakken expresweg is de manier om naar Abu Dhabi te reizen. Wij waren in het bijzonder geïnteresseerd aan het gedeelte gelegen in het Dubai Financial District. Hier staan vele wolkenkrabbers en moderne architecturale pareltjes. We namen enkele mooie foto’s van op de grond. Op aanbeveling van een toerist uit Bahrein, bezochten we het zwembad- en zonnedek van het Four Points hotel. Van op het 46ste verdiep konden we foto’s maken van op ongeveer 150m hoogte. Sommige gebouwen zijn nog hoger. Vanwege de financiële crisis zijn de werken aan verschillende gebouwen stopgezet. Dat is zeer spijtig..

Sheikh Zayed Road
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Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sheikh Zayed Road
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13 comments:

  1. Joop Zand10 January 2012 at 17:41

    Een geweldig mooie impressie Filip.

    Groet, Joop

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  2. Ginny Hartzler10 January 2012 at 17:46

    What a great picture of you in front of the buildings! They really like blue and gold in their architecture, don't they? And rightly so, it is all so beautiful, like a city of the future! I also see something like monorails below, for travel?

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  3. Kaya10 January 2012 at 17:59

    Wow! I could never photograph such tall buildings. You are so great at that.

    I look at this buildings and these pictures take aways my breath. They are impossibly tall!!!!

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  4. Filip10 January 2012 at 18:05

    @Ginny
    It is indeed a monorail metro.

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  5. Jana10 January 2012 at 18:31

    indeed impressive and more modern thatn the one in Paris!

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  6. Jeanne10 January 2012 at 19:21

    Such impressive buildings and looks as if they also have a rail system. hope they get to restart those buildings soon. Very nice photos!

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  7. Jeanne10 January 2012 at 19:23

    OH and there is the Budha bar that you told me about for my cousin, 2 of them are there, and one more going in 2 days. I passed along your information and thank you again for that! best wishes, Jeanne

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  8. Unknown10 January 2012 at 21:57

    can't get enough of dubai filip. very beautiful fotos

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  9. Red Nomad OZ10 January 2012 at 22:52

    WOW! Those buildings are WAAAAAAAY higher than almost anything downunder in Australia!! And I don't see Australia on your list of countries visited either - drop in anytime for an OZ fix!!

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  10. diane b10 January 2012 at 23:25

    It sure is a huge modern city. I like the contrast in the last photo.

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  11. 黄清华 Wong Ching Wah11 January 2012 at 04:22

    Money can build anything, seems that way in this country You visited M

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  12. Betty Manousos11 January 2012 at 14:49

    so impressive buildings!

    fantastic shots!

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  13. Unknown24 July 2013 at 04:53

    All those buildings really look great. Their designs were really the first of its kind. Marvelous.


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