The biggest observation weel in the world to be built in Abu-Dhabi, UAE.

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The-Sultan

Discussion Starter · Mar 23, 2005 (Edited)

Abu-dhabi the capital city of the united arab emirates to host the biggest observation weel in the world .... with a hight of 600 feet and at a cost of 750 million AED (208 million dollars).the development contains a mall and a hotel.
the United arab emirates will also host the biggest observation weel in the middle east and the first of its kind in Asia, which is getting built now in sharjah .. another city in the same country .... Dubai is a city in the same country too, but with no observation weel yet.

the biggest in the world ..

source: alkhaleej news paper the article (in arabic)

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Malt

· #2 · Mar 23, 2005

so... i spose its good to see something in the UAE outside Dubai

Chad

· #3 · Mar 23, 2005

OH MY>

Rupmulalauk

· #4 · Mar 23, 2005

Looks shorter than 600ft but then it's just a rendering. It looks unique and the design sheds off the "mechanical look"

capslock

· #5 · Mar 23, 2005

Isn't this strange 'Mine is bigger than yours' need of UAE a bit of a sign of insecurity? Ah well... looks cool anyway.

Bahraini Spirit

· #6 · Mar 23, 2005

Looks interesting, it's good it's in Abu Dhabi, cause everythin else is in Dubai. Not bad 27 mins for one revolution.

Bikes

· #7 · Mar 23, 2005

Holy COW

Dubai-Lover

· #8 · Mar 23, 2005

sees like one part of the project is a tower
look at all the balconies!

a residential tower and a wheel in one structure, that's cool!

Dubai-Lover

· #9 · Mar 23, 2005

here are some renders of the project

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Jan

· #10 · Mar 23, 2005

Great project!

The Mad Hatter!!

· #11 · Mar 23, 2005

whats next,the worlds biggest dinosaur or maybe the worlds biggest ice machine.

uae sure has ***** envy,or just wants to be the biggest at everything.\

still wouldn't mind seeing this when its done,i wonder if you can see burj dubai from this thing.

www.sercan.de

· #12 · Mar 23, 2005

coll, i think for Dubai they will need a higer one because of the skyscrapers

birminghamculture

· #13 · Mar 23, 2005

Nice design. but honestly, what is thier to see in Abu-Dhabi ... any historical monuments? palaces? famous sites to tourist folk?

It just doesnt seem plausable

Black Cat

· #14 · Mar 23, 2005

What a bizarre design, the Montreal Olympic stadium meets the London Eye!

This will rank as one of the really dumb projects proposed in this era, it would be incredibly questionable to waste the world's resources building anything as ridiculous as this! Who is the great mind behind this?

birminghamculture

· #15 · Mar 23, 2005

Black Cat said:
What a bizarre design, the Montreal Olympic stadium meets the London Eye!

This will rank as one of the really dumb projects proposed in this era, it would be incredibly questionable to waste the world's resources building anything as ridiculous as this! Who is the great mind behind this?

Whoever it is are bloody stupid ... why would anyone pay £20 or whatever to spend half of the trip looking out onto the ocean and the rest, to a desert. :sleepy:

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Manu84

· #16 · Mar 23, 2005

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Dubai-Lover

· #17 · Mar 23, 2005

birminghamculture said:
Nice design. but honestly, what is thier to see in Abu-Dhabi ... any historical monuments? palaces? famous sites to tourist folk?

It just doesnt seem plausable

the redesigned cornice
al nayan mosque (one of the world's largest)
emirates palace hotel (world's 2nd 7-star hotel)
several malls
downtown
(those who live in abu dhabi could give us a better list)

and with all the stuff being built it will soon have many things to visit

the emirates dubai & abu dhabi geographically grow together more and more
distance to dubai is a 1-hour drive, but there will be a high-speed rail system to be announced over the next months, linking the gulf countries

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GUTO4EVER

· #18 · Mar 23, 2005

WWWooowww... Amazing...

Jonny 5

· #19 · Mar 23, 2005

Why is in a completly different place in some of the renderings?

In most it's out to sea but in some it's on the mainland.

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Dubai-Lover

· #20 · Mar 23, 2005

birminghamculture said:
Whoever it is are bloody stupid ... why would anyone pay £20 or whatever to spend half of the trip looking out onto the ocean and the rest, to a desert.

hno:
who says there is nothing around??? :sly:
who says it costs 20 pounds??? :sly:
shut up if you only have stupid and wrong stuff to say :bash:

Black Cat said:
What a bizarre design, the Montreal Olympic stadium meets the London Eye!

This will rank as one of the really dumb projects proposed in this era, it would be incredibly questionable to waste the world's resources building anything as ridiculous as this! Who is the great mind behind this?

wow, another expert!!! :bash: :wallbash:

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