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SOUQ WAQIF


East-West/West-East is a mysterious half-mile-long succession of soaring metal frames installed by the artist Richard Serra. More recent acqui- sitions include mammoth standout sculptures by Jeff Koons and Olafur Eliasson, and temporary exhibi- tions regularly showcase the world’s biggest creative talents. Londoners used to the queues and crowds of this city’s blockbuster openings will find that discovering art in and around Doha is a remarkably stress-free experience. And there’s much more to discover


besides. Voted the safest country in the world in the Numbeo Crime Index for the last five years running, Qatar


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has carved out a niche as an espe- cially family-friendly destination. A sunnier sibling to its Hyde Park name- sake, Lusail Winter Wonderland is the country’s latest theme park that’s set to re-open later this year, while Doha’s many malls are like miniature towns, perhaps incorporating their own theatres, Venetian-style canals and virtual-reality gaming centres alongside more conventional collec- tions of shops and restaurants. Te country’s newest retail destination, Place Vendome, Qatar’s central, cafe- lined courtyard, houses a colossal dancing fountain. For more locally inspired souvenirs, head to Souq Waqif for traditional


homewares


and delicate handmade jewellery; at neighbouring Msheireb Downtown Doha, Qatari designers’ showrooms sell curios, accessories and fashion. And just up the road from Place


Vendome Qatar, by the huge honey- hued Lusail Stadium where Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates won the World Cup in thrilling fash- ioon, the sweeping Lusail Boulevard is an entirely new shopping, enter- tainment and retail district whose boutiques and restaurants are further bolstering Qatar’s standing as a something-for-everyone holiday destination. As is customary, the location is crowned with ambitious public art and striking architecture, namely a 30-metre-long silver-sheen whale shark suspended between the four spiralling, lilac-tinted Lusail Towers designed by London’s Foster + Partners. Tat interplay could serve as an allegory for Qatar more generally, where a deep-rooted affec- tion for the country’s heritage is always apparent even as the nation looks to the future so ambitiously.


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