Terminal 4: أبوظبي

Welcome back my Trendy Nail Travelers, this is once again your flight attendant Beata! 

Today's stop will be to one of the most beautiful and extravagant places in Abu Dhabi.  

Terminal 4 will be flying you into one of the most largest mosque's called The 

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. It has the capacity to hold 40,000 worshipers, has over 1,000 columns, 24 carat gold gilded chandeliers and the world's largest hand knotted carpet. The Grand Moseque  started as a vision of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, he imagined a place of worship that would help people come together, understand Islam and see it as a religion that has a message of peace, tolerance and diversity. After his passing in 2004, Sheikh Zayed’s vision for the mosque was carried on by his sons who brought professionals and materials from all over the world to finalize their father’s dream. 

 

The main prayer hall is dominated by one of the world’s largest chandeliers –10 meters in diameter, 15 meters in height and weighing twelve tonnes, which equals to about 26 thousand pounds!! It was made in Germany using thousands of Swarowski crystals from Austria and glass-work from Italy.  Isn't this chandelier so breath-taking!?

The reflective pools which surround the mosque, only amplify the beauty of this wonderful architecture. At night this mosque has unique lightening systems which reflects the phases of the moon. 

Here are your very own nail inspired Abu Dhabi nails! Simple yet the design of these nails inspires the intricate layout of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Moseque itself. The pieces in the middle resemble the crystals that are found on the beautifully sculpted  Chandelier. Keep it simple and beautiful like Abu Dhabi.