To see the whole world in a few hours? This is possible in the United Arab Emirates. Just four kilometers from Dubai is the artificial archipelago "Mir", which is a small copy of our planet.

The Mir archipelago is considered the largest artificial island construction on Earth, its area is 55 square meters. km. But the government of the Emirates is not going to stop at the achieved - the plans to build the "Universe" archipelago, from the name it is clear what will have to appear in the UAE.

What to see

The outlines of the Mir archipelago repeat the contours of our planet. Initially, there were to appear seven islands - the mini-continents of the Earth. But then it was decided to divide them into smaller ones: cities, countries and so on. This was done so that investors could "afford" to buy one of these islands and already independently build a dream city here. Someone wants to grow a natural park on one of the islands of the Mir archipelago, some will build it up with palaces, and somebody will make a giant golf course.

Mir Archipelago was created mainly from coastal sand extracted in Dubai. His islands - an area of ​​14 to 83 thousand square meters. m - separated from each other by straits that reach a width of 100 m and a depth of 16 m.

"Ocean" should appear in the southern part of the Mir archipelago: a company from Kuwait bought "Australia" and "New Zealand" and is going to build 19 islands with more than two thousand buildings

Also here you will find "England", "France", "Russia". Someone will be able to buy "Moscow" or "Washington."

There is on the archipelago "Mir" and the embodied dream of the majority representatives of the fair sex, and, perhaps, some part of the strong half of humanity. It's about Fashion Island - Isla Moda. In this paradise for mods there will be three hotels designed by the best architects of the world, will have its own spa resort and a huge number of boutiques offering only luxury brands. Perhaps, fashion weeks will be held here, at least the fashion shows are already planned for construction @

The "Universe" archipelago is planning to erect between the most famous and large artificial archipelagoes not only of Dubai, but of the whole planet - "The World" and Palma Deira. It will be a model of the solar system. Surely someone will want to buy Earth for themselves or give the beloved Moon. Some day the stars may be under our feet ...

How to get there

The Mir Archipelago does not have a land communication with a large earth, therefore it is possible to get to this miracle created by human hands only by water or by land . On a fast boat or a helicopter, you can get to the archipelago from the coast of Dubai in 15-20 minutes.

In the future it is planned that no more than 200 thousand people will live on 300 islands: owners of pieces of "Mir", as well as service personnel. Probably, one of the businessmen will allow to walk along the island and the tourists who have arrived to Dubai

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Archipelagos" Mir "and" Universe " in the clouds

Arch Ipelag Mir, Archipelagos Mir and the Universe