Dubai doesn't really do New Year's Eve by halves. By the time December 31st rolls around, the skyline's basically one giant fireworks canvas, the water's dotted with lights everywhere you look, and pretty much every visitor ends up asking the same thing - creek-side on a wooden dhow, or out near...
Everyone plans their Dubai New Year fireworks night around one photo they saw online — usually Burj Khalifa lit up mid-explosion. Fair enough, it's a great photo. But it's also the reason half the city ends up packed into one square kilometer on December 31st while some truly good viewing spots...