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Right now, if you’d like to visit the Louvre and the Guggenheim in one day, you’d need to cross international borders.

But with Abu Dhabi’s long-awaited cultural district on Saadiyat Island nearing completion, by the end of the year, you’ll be able to walk between them.

The new cultural district will feature international outposts of the world-famous Louvre and Guggenheim museums, along with other institutions, including an immersive digital art space from teamLab and a natural history museum.

“Many places around the world have fantastic cultural institutions; many of them are much older than these. But I think the proximity of all of them is what makes this quite special,” says Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi.