--- description: Dubai is the first Arab metropolis to get Google Maps 'Street View' title: Google 'Street View' Launches in Dubai image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51d746ffa572d95d/69876d9a55a859a427a849d0/141594476.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Now You Can Virtually Wander the Streets of Dubai  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2014 1:40 PM CUT  The Burj Al Arab, a 7 star hotel, is seen on February 25, 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Al Arab, a 7 star hotel, is seen on February 25, 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Julian Finney—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2014 1:40 PM CUT Google added ‘Street View’ to its map of Dubai on Monday, marking the feature’s first foray into an Arab country. Virtual visitors can tour the city’s most notable landmarks, including the “[dancing fountains](https://www.google.ae/maps/@25.1952565,55.2764753,3a,75y,337.5h,91.9t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s%5F4dqT4ClZSNIEoembGvHxA!2e0!3e5?hl=en "undefined")” outside of the Dubai Mall and the world’s tallest tower, the [Burj Khalifa](https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/burj-khalifa?gl=us "undefined"), which can be viewed both from the ground floor and the observation deck 124 floors above the city. “We hope that you’ll be inspired to explore its wonders in person,” the Google Maps team wrote in an [announcement](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/ "undefined") on the official blog, “but until then, they’re just a click away.” ### Google Project Aims to Make Street Art Immortal  Chilean artist INTI on Reynoldstown Crossing, Atlanta for Living Walls 2013. Joshua Gwyn—Living Walls  French artist 3ttman in Summerhill, Atlanta for Living Walls 2013. Joshua Gwyn—Living Walls  Street artist eL Seed's It impossible, Cape Town, South Africa. Kent Lingeveldt—Itinerrance Gallery  Street artist eL Seed's Lost Wall on the Star Wars film set in Onk el Jmel, Tunisia. Ouahid Berrehouma—Itinerrance Gallery  Abiding In The Broken Heart by DALeast in Malaga, Spain, 2013. Courtesy CAC Málaga  French street artist JR's Women Are Heroes dominates the Morro da Providencia favela, one of Brazil's most dangerous, in Rio de Janeiro, August 20, 2008. Vanderlei Almeida—AFP/Getty Images  The artwork of Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils decorates the walls with faces that represent the people who live in Providencia, the oldest slum in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 29, 2012. Luiz Claudio Martins Baltar—Flickr/Getty Images  The face of a woman who used to live in the demolished residential block is seen carved into a remaining wall by street artist Vhils and his team in Shanghai on March 1, 2012. Niu Yixin—EPA  A piece by Mark Barretto, a Filipino artist currently living in Dubai, created during a return visit to Cavite, Philippines. Mark Barretto—Filipino Street Art Project  French street artist C215's work on the Calada da Pampulha in Lisbon. JosŽ Vicente—Departamento de Patrim—nio Cultural  A piece of Roa's rodent series in the East End of London, Nov. 15, 2011. Matthew Lloyd—Getty Images  Carnaval Latinoamericano by Charquipunk and La Robot de Madera in San Miguel, Chile. Managers Open Air Museum in San Miguel: Mixart Cultural Center  Thierry Noir and Stik's historic collaboration on The Village Underground Wall in Shoreditch, London, February 2013. 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