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Michelin chef brings taste of Sweden to Abu Dhabi
Swedish chef Niclas Yngvesson opened his restaurant Bhoga in Gothenburg with partner and friend Gustav Knutsson. The Scandinavian restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 2014. We sat down with 42-year-old Yngvesson ahead of his trip to the capital as …
UAE campaign to save children in Pakistan
The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (PAP) has launched the second phase of the Emirates Polio Campaign to vaccinate children in Pakistan. Over 280 fixed and mobile units will vaccinate 17 million children in the first three months of 2015. Poliomyelitis, …
Residents show compassion with recycling campaign
An annual recycling campaign organised by Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (Adnec) is returning this February. As part of the Stop and Drop campaign, residents can donate second-hand items and recyclable waste materials such as empty plastic bottles or cardboard …
Masdar sheds light on solar-powered flight
Abu Dhabi will become the arrival and departure point for a new type of aircraft this year, as a solar powered plane gets set to travel the globe without using a drop of fuel. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) is the …
Environment Agency encourages green resolutions
Many of the capital’s residents will be giving up chocolate or hitting the gym as their 2015 New Year’s resolution, but a new initiative by Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) will promote green resolutions via a new social …
Sustainable ideas flow at local water summit
Sustainability experts, business innovators and members of the academia gathered at the International Water Summit (IWS) to discuss sustainable solutions to the region’s water challenges. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – the intergovernmental union that includes most Arab states …
Irish stars to sing in Mina Zayed
The Club in Mina Zayed is opening its doors for an evening with the Irish trio The Celtic Tenors. Musicians Daryl Simpson, Matthew Gilsenan and James Nelson have scored three platinum albums, as well as number ones in Ireland …
Solar-powered car race to light up capital
The capital will be charged with excitement in January as the inaugural Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge takes place. From 15th to 19th January 2015, 20 international teams and a UAE one will race their solar-powered vehicles against each other in …
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Camel contest at Al Dhafra Festival
Thousands of camel owners are expected to register their camels in a beauty contest, in what is being billed as the world’s largest camel beauty competition. The contest, known as mazayna, is to take place in Madinat Zayed in the …
‘I am so glam I sweat glitter’: tween dreams come true in capital’s glam boutique
Emirati businesswoman Mayassa Al Tajir, a business graduate and mother of two, sat down with Abu Dhabi Week to talk about her passion for travel, art, literature, mythology and her boutique, Shabby Chic. First launched in Dubai in 2011, …
