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In one respect, the race between Dubai and Abu Dhabi is clear-cut: gourmet mecca No. 1 is Dubai. Two restaurants were awarded two Michelin stars in the inaugural Michelin Guide to the Gulf metropolis in 2022 and nine received one star each. Il Ristorante - Niko Romito, for example, takes guests on a culinary journey to rural Italy, while fellow two-star restaurant STAY by Yannik Alléna offers classic French cuisine. In terms of gastronomy, Dubai is also a place for superlatives, home to the 828 metre-high Burj Khalifa – the tallest building in the world. It not only attracts visitors with its At The Top observation deck on the 148th floor but its At.Mosphere lounge on the 122nd floor offers fine dining in the world's highest restaurant. Two more Dubai superlatives at this point: Palm Jumeirah, the world's largest artificial island, whose creation required mammoth 10.5 million trucks of sand, and the Dubai Metro, which had the longest underground rail network in the world, at 74.6 kilometres, when it opened in 2009.
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