▲Residents of Jakarta are bathed in blue, against a backdrop of the Sudirman Central Business District.

▲Can you see through the dusk of Tokyo? As photographed from the towering Tokyo Skytree.

▲A glimpse of the divided wealth found in Mumbai.

▲A detailed view of Bethlehem, an ancient city with a history stretching back to Biblical times.

▲Check out this shot of Zurich, showing the Hotel Storchen, Fraumuenster church, and the stretching Limmat River.

▲Step into the business district of Futian, in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.

▲Here's an arty snap of the Strawberry full moon, rising over St Paul's Cathedral in Valletta, Malta.

▲Cape Town looks melancholic in the stormy winter weather.

▲Clouds reflect in the River Somme in Amiens, France. Check out the Cathedral of Notre-Dame d'Amiens in the background.

▲An alternative look at the Burj Khalifa, regarded as the world's tallest building.

▲The Polish city of Gdansk is known for its picturesque riverfront.

▲A couple selfie at the Choi Hung estate, famed for its rainbow color scheme.

▲Tourists flock to Petra, an ancient city situated in Jordan.

▲A bridge over to the Kallang public housing flats in east Singapore.

▲Midtown Manhattan glimmers at sunset. The New York City skyline never seems to get old.

▲Tourists selfie atop the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.

▲People convene at the Tekkiye Suleimaniye mosque in Damascus, Syria.

▲The Cathedral of Notre-Dame d'Amiens stands tall in Amiens.

▲Jaffa Port glows in front of Tel Aviv's high-rise skyline.

▲Traffic piles up in Jakarta, in the backdrop of the business district.

▲Madrid's Puerta de Alcala stands tall over bright pink flora.

▲A sunlit walk between the buildings in Kuldiga.

▲People rush past the Marjeh Square, which dates back to the 19th century, in the Syrian city of Damascus.

▲A sea of tower blocks and skyscrapers, as seen from the Tokyo Skytree.

▲Towers and skyscrapers make Dubai one of the world's most futuristic cities.

▲Cape Town's central business district lights up at night.

▲A neighborhood in Athens glows in the evening sun.

▲A boat rests in the foreground of Bahrain's financial district in the city of Manama.

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Age shows on this shop window in Kuldiga, Latvia.

Why not marvel at more striking city views?

▲Banksy's Walled Off Hotel sits in Bethlehem, found in the occupied West Bank.

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Some skylines are so iconic they can define a whole city. Dubai, Tokyo, and New York have some of the world's most impressive cityscapes, but it doesn't stop there. Underappreciated locations like Valletta and Kuldiga also have incredible city skylines you need to see for yourself. Take an alternative look at the world's cityspaces with this new gallery.

Stunning cityscapes of the modern world

Alternative angles of the world's most stunning cities

10/06/24 por StarsInsider

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Some skylines are so iconic they can define a whole city. Dubai, Tokyo, and New York have some of the world's most impressive cityscapes, but it doesn't stop there. Underappreciated locations like Valletta and Kuldiga also have incredible city skylines you need to see for yourself. Take an alternative look at the world's cityspaces with this new gallery.

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