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Transportation in Riyadh
Riyadh – a Car-Friendly City In Riyadh, there are thousands of kilometers of, generally well-developed roads, including the King Fahd Highway (north-south) and the Makkah Highway ...
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Geography of Riyadh
Riyadh – Nucleus in the Desert The landscape in the center of the Arabian Peninsula is largely characterised by sand and scree deserts. In the ...
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Climate in Riyadh
Sarawat Mountains and the Desert The Sarawat Mountains, which stretch from north to south along the entire west coast to the Red Sea, form a natural ...
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Religious Life in Riyadh
Riyadh and its Mosques It is said that Riyadh’s population, like that of the country as a whole, tends to think and live conservatively. This ...
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Ad Diriyah
The Crown Jewel of Saudi Society – Made of Clay Today’s Saudi Arabia and today’s Riyadh are hardly conceivable without their common birthplace, Ad Diriyah (not to ...
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Riyadh’s Contemporary Architecture
Introductory Remarks For reasons of space, this part of the blog must limit itself to a few separately presented architectural examples that are solitary in ...
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King Abdullah Finance District (KAFD)
City within the City The King Abdullah Finance District (KAFD) is located in the northwest of the city. It’s previous goal was it to create a ...
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Parks in Riyadh
Riyadh is surrounded by desert and arid areas. Therefore, green spaces are becoming increasingly important for life in Riyadh. Existing and newly planned parks play ...
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Diplomatic Quarter
Planned more than 40 years ago, the Diplomatic Quarter (DQ) is a government and embassy district, but it is not limited to the 80 or so embassies, ...
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King Salman Park
King Salman Park is to be the largest city park in the world (https://kingsalmanpark.sa/en). It is being worked on at full speed. And it is ...
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