Burj, an Arabic word that means "tower," was named after Sheikh Khalifa, president of the United Arab Emirates. It took six years and $1.5 billion to build, opening five years ago.

The Burj Khalifa has a record-breaking 163 floors, according to Guinness World Records. It takes 2,909 stairs to get to level 160, and ladders are used for the last three floors, as described in a ...

I visited Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world in Dubai. ... I started my tour on the 125th floor, which was 1,496 feet off the ground and had large floor-to-ceiling windows.

Dubai’s Burj Khalifa elevators can reach 124th floor in just…, Is this the fastest lift in the world? Know here The Burj Khalifa stands at an astonishing height of 828 meters (2,716.5 feet ...

At 828 meters tall, or 2,716.5 feet, the Burj Khalifa is twice the height of the Empire State Building. It far exceeds the scale of anything that's been built on Earth, Al wrote.

Your ears pop. A lot. That isn't surprising, because you're going up higher than any building in the world so far. You're also moving vertically at an impressive 33ft/10m per second, aboard one of ...

Burj Khalifa is not just the world's tallest building, it's also home to several of Dubai's coolest tourist experiences. Eat, ... The entrance to At The Top can be found on the ground floor of the ...

Armani/Kaf, a 40-seat kosher meat restaurant, will open this month in the Burj Khalifa under the supervision of Rabbi Levi Duchman, who lives in Dubai. The restaurant will be on the ground floor ...