Dhow Harbour

Kuwait City


Adjacent to Kuwait Bay, opposite the Dickson House Cultural Centre, you can see dozens of traditional dhows (cargo boats), most still operational and captained by local fishermen who bring their bounty to the next-door Fish Market every day to trade. It's a pleasant reminder of Kuwait's pre-oil-boom days.


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