The 2,683 feet tall Burj Dubai will be declared the world's tallest building when it is opened on Monday, the Guardian writes.
 
Life in present-day Dubai is not for the faint-hearted. But for those who fear neither heights nor financial crisis, the Gulf city-state is to offer an entirely new experience: the chance to spend the rest of your days thousands of feet up in the air.

Monday sees the long-awaited opening of the Burj Dubai, not only the world's tallest building but the world's tallest building by some 1,000 feet. At 2,683 feet tall, it is the height of the current highest skyscraper, Taipei 101 in Taiwan, with the Eiffel Tower perched on top.

 It has been designed so that those who wish to do so will never have to leave, or even descend below the 108th floor, at about 1,300 feet. That is the height up to which there will be residential apartments. For work, you can nip to the offices upstairs - anywhere up to the 160th floor, in fact. To eat, you can visit the restaurant on the 122nd, and to exercise you can use the gym on the 123rd, about 1,440 feet off the ground.

The gym has both an indoor and, unnervingly, an outdoor swimming pool.  One might fear such a high-flying yet enclosed life would get a little dull. But the tower's developers have a solution there, at least for the young. The Burj Dubai is also intending to host the world's highest nightclub, 20 floors higher still than the gym.

Since ground was broken on the project in January 2004, the tower has inspired huge debate in Dubai which has mirrored the fortunes of the emirate after which it is named.