6 interesting things about Burj Khalifa!

Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest building in the world (as of 2021) with a height of 828 meters above the ground. The building comes with restaurants, observation desks, mosques, hotel rooms, apartments, pools, shops, spas, saunas and so on. 

Here are the top 6 facts, one may not know:

The building was completed in 2009. Till this year, it was known as ‘Burj Dubai’. In 2010, the building was relaunched as ‘Burj Khalifa’ as it was purchased by Abu Dhabi govenment and named after Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed-Al Nahayan.

The skyscraper is so tall that it can be seen from 95 kilometers of the radius from the building without using binocular!

The building is inspired from a flower called Hymenocallis. Inside the building, we can spot Hymenocallis flowers in many places.

The land on which the building is erected was used as a military compound before 2000 named as “Central Military Command’ where Emirati Military and others used to come. In 2003-2004, the construction of building was started.

The building is so tall, that one can actually see the same sunset twice by switching the floors. Also, the people in the building fasting in Ramadan usually fast longer than others due to difference in timing of rising/sitting sun and moon.

Many of us know that it is the tallest building in the world and holds that title. But, less of us know that it is holder of six more World records.

• Tallest freestanding structure in the world.
• Tallest building in the world.
• Highest number of stories in the world.
• Highest occupied floors in the world.
• Highest observation deck in the world.
• Tallest and fastest elevators in the world.
• Longest distance travelling elevators in the world.
• Highest and biggest light show ever conducted in the world.