The Iran Mall
If you thought the biggest shopping mall in the world was in America, think again! It’s actually located in Tehran and it’s called the Iran Mall. In the first of two phases, a 1.4-million-square-metre area was unveiled in 2018, encompassing a 20,000-squaremetre hypermarket, a fashion avenue, a diamond and crystal atrium, three food courts with more than 200 restaurants, a 3,300-square-metre book garden with 67,000 books, a cinema complex with 12 IMAX cinemas, a family entertainment centre with a roofed amusement park, a museum, art galleries, a permanent car showroom, an Iranian bazaar, and three hotels, including a five-star luxury hotel with 450 rooms, a 3,000-seat conference hall, a convention centre, several galleries, and meeting and banquet facilities. The roof of the mall serves as a sports complex, and includes 15 sports fields, tennis courts, a 12,000-square-metre ice rink, and swimming pools. When the remaining area is opened after the completion of the second phase, sometime in 2020, the mall will sprawl across a total area of 1.95 square kilometres – about three times the size of Disneyland!