View from the Al-Faisaliah  (Globe) tower, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Globe Experience

Riyadh


The Globe Experience is a spectacular viewing platform inside an enormous glass ball that's 24m in diameter, made of 655 glass panels and suspended just below the top of Al Faisaliah Tower. The panoramic views of Riyadh from inside the Globe are most magical at sunset and early evening. Designed by British architect Norman Foster and built in 2000 by the Saudi Bin Laden construction company, the Al Faisaliah was the first of Riyadh’s major skyscrapers.

The needlepoint pinnacle (with a crescent on the tip) sits 267m above the ground. The tower is off Olaya St.