Louvre Abu Dhabi and Warner Bro.s World were listed in “Time” magazine’s world’s greatest places list for 2018. Time magazine is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City and founded in 1923.
According to the magazine: “The Louvre Abu Dhabi, which opened in 2017, has a larger aim, as lofty as the $1 billion paid to the Paris original for the name and contents—namely, to turn Abu Dhabi into a cultural capital. It helps that the Monets and van Goghs are displayed in a Jean Nouvel–designed complex that is itself a work of art. Its signature feature: an aluminum dome comprising 7,850 stars that do with light and shadow what palm trees do in a more traditional oasis.”
Warner Bros. World also made it to the list, the weekly magazine stated: “The Abu Dhabi Yas Island park—which cost $1 billion to build and spreads across 38 acres, just a little smaller than the garden of Buckingham Palace—is designed to entertain all kinds of Warner Bros. fans and also offer them a reprieve from the region’s often sweltering heat. Attractions are grouped into six “neighborhoods,” including Gotham and Metropolis (from the DC Comics universe, featuring superheroes like Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman) and Dynamite Gulch and Cartoon Junction (with animated classics such as Road Runner and Looney Tunes).“