Dubai Garden Glow
A night-time park in Zabeel Park, filled with illuminated sculptures of animals, flowers and fantasy scenes made from lights and recycled materials. It comes alive after dark, and a section of life-size moving dinosaurs keeps children busy.
- Where
- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 25.2289, 55.2960
Get the Dubai Garden Glow stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dubai Garden Glow. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Dubai volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dubai Garden Glow
Zabeel Park 0.7 km
A large city park in the Zabeel district, split into sectors that are joined by footbridges over the roads running through it. The Dubai Frame, a 150 metre picture frame of glass and gold-coloured steel, stands inside.
Dubai Frame 0.9 km
A picture frame 150 metres tall and 95 metres wide standing in Zabeel Park, the largest in the world. A glass-floored bridge across the top looks north to old Dubai and south to the new city.
Museum of the Future 1.8 km
A ring-shaped steel building in Dubai's financial district, covered in Arabic calligraphy that doubles as its windows. The words are a poem about the future by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, and the seven floors inside are given to science, technology and what may come next.
Etihad Museum 2.9 km
The museum of the UAE's founding, built around Union House, where the constitution was signed and the first national flag raised on 2 December 1971. Its building is designed to look like a document, and inside it holds everything from old passports to the personal belongings of the rulers.
Jumeirah Mosque 3.1 km
A white stone mosque on Jumeirah Beach Road, begun in 1975 and opened in 1979, built in the manner of medieval Cairo's Fatimid and Mamluk mosques. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum gave it as a gift to his son, Sheikh Mohammed, and it is one of the few mosques in Dubai that welcomes non-Muslim visitors on guided tours.
Dubai Creek 3.6 km
The saltwater inlet the city grew up around, running about 14 kilometres inland and long its port for trade. Wooden abras still ferry people across between Deira and Bur Dubai, past dhows loading cargo along the wharves.
Dubai Mall 3.9 km
The largest mall in Dubai, with more than 1,200 shops at the foot of the Burj Khalifa. Inside are an aquarium and an ice rink, and its lakeside terrace outside is the best seat in town for the fountain show.
Dubai Coffee Museum 3.9 km
A small museum of coffee in an old house in the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood. It traces the history of the drink and the culture around it, and the lives of the people who work on the plantations.
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Questions
Where is Dubai Garden Glow?
Dubai Garden Glow is in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Zabeel Park (0.7 km), Dubai Frame (0.9 km), Museum of the Future (1.8 km).
How do I get the Dubai Garden Glow stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dubai Garden Glow and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Dubai volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dubai Garden Glow before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Dubai volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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