16 amazing things to do in Dubai this weekend: Oct 23-25 – free workouts, cookie hauls, quiz rooms & more
Take a break and read along about things you must do in Dubai this weekend...
F45 Springs Souk is hosting a free 2-hour outdoor bootcamp with complimentary breakfast at The Plaza this Saturday
If you want to start the weekend with a workout, The Plaza at Uptown Dubai has a free option this Saturday. On 24 October, from 8 AM to 10 AM, the F45 Springs Souk team will run a free outdoor bootcamp...
UAE weather this week: gusts of 50km/h on Tuesday and Wednesday, blowing dust, morning fog and highs of 42°C inland, with Friday set to turn fair
Expect gusts of up to 50km/h on Tuesday and Wednesday, enough to stir up dust and cut visibility on UAE roads. The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) also forecasts a weather with a humid start on Tue...
In 1997, East Village Pizza started serving slices in Manhattan; now its first branch outside the US is at Meadows Village Mall in Dubai – with slices from AED 23 only
A Manhattan corner pizzeria has chosen Dubai for its first branch outside the US. East Village Pizza, which has served slices at 1st Avenue and 9th Street since 1997, now has a home at Meadows Village M...
Participate in a free 5K community run with GRIT this weekend in Jumeirah and get a complimentary SALT coffee or matcha
If you've ever wondered whether run clubs are your thing, this is how you find out. Start your day off this Saturday in the best way possible - with the promise of a free coffee or matcha at the end of th...
In 1991, this Ras Al Khaimah palace was built for over AED 500 million: after sitting empty for decades, the “Haunted Palace” is now on sale for AED 22.5 million
A four-story palace on a hill in Ras Al Khaimah, wrapped in decades of ghost stories, is looking for a new owner. Al Qassimi Palace, or the "Haunted Palace," is listed at AED 22.5 million without furnit...
Just 15 minutes from Downtown Dubai, this free wildlife sanctuary is getting ready for more than 10,000 flamingos as migration season begins
If there is one thing October has that we love, it's the beautiful birds. The Halloween month opens the autumn migration season at Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, about 15 minutes from Downtown Dubai, a...
There is a massive four-hour night party in a waterpark – with 105 water slides in the dark, live DJs on Torrent Beach and LED screen raves
Dubai's waterpark crowd gets a late shift this autumn. On Friday, October 9 2026, Aquaventure World at Atlantis The Palm stays open after dark for a four-hour party, and Fred's Coffee Party, one of the...
18 outstanding things to do this October in Dubai – from free fitness classes to candlelight concerts
That slight chill in the air that beckons the onset of October elsewhere hasn’t arrived yet but pumpkin spice and everything nice is truly filling the air in Dubai. For chills down your spine though, the...
This free open-air cinema runs every Saturday night at JLT Park – and here’s everything you need to know
If we have one motto about truly relishing the UAE’s flawless winter weather, it’s ‘stay out as much as you can’. Except for when it’s raining, of course. While it’s tempting to snuggle up with the next...