![View of the skyscrapers, flyovers and highways of Dubai in the glow of sunset](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-1.Sunset-ScottStulberg.jpg)
![View across the sea of a tall building in the shape of a dhow's sail in Dubai](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-2.Burj-al-Arab-ScottStulberg.jpg)
![Woman holding a camera taking photos of the sea life swimming around the glass tunnel of Dubai Aquarium](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-3.Mall-Aquarium-ScottStulberg.jpg)
![The lighted up stalls and vendors in the evening with people walking past them and the skyscrapers of Dubai in the background](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-4.Marina-2ScottStulberg.jpg)
![Metal sculpture of multiple men fixed in diving positions down a very tall vertical waterfall ending in a water feature below at a Dubai mall](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-5.Sculpture-in-Mall-ScottStulberg.jpg)
![Multi-coloured lights streaming across a swimming pool at night with the lighted skyscrapers of dubai in the background](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-6.View-from-Hotel-Pool-ScottStulberg.jpg)
![The skyscrapers, flyovers and highways of Dubai all lighted up at night](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-7.Downtown-Panorama-ScottStulberg.jpg)
![A tall, red-lighted spire of a building rising above the Dubai skyline](https://destinationsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dubai-8.Burj-Khalifa-ScottStulberg.jpg)
I visited Dubai in late 2016 expecting to capture the magnificent architecture of the city, which I had never visited before. After spending a short time there, I realized that there was much more to this electric city than its impressive buildings. Here I share some of my favourite images that, for me, sum up this majestic and truly captivating Middle Eastern city.