10 things to in the UAE this week

Staycation at Fairmont Ajman – Ajman
The National Suite Moments promotion offers a junior suite for AED1,349 per night, a corner suite for AED1,549 per night and a two bedroom corner suite for AED1,749 per night. As well as a pretty sweet room (see what we did there?) it includes breakfast and 20 discount of spa treatments and selected dining outlets. Minimum stay of two nights, available until December 4.
Where: Fairmont Hotel, Ajman, + 971 6 701 5757,

45th National Day Celebrations – Abu Dhabi
There are huge celebrations in the capital to mark the UAE’s 45th National Day. Expect impressive firework shows, heritage attractions, sailing regattas, art festivals and theatrical shows.
Where: Emirate-wide, Abu Dhabi

UberSEAWINGS – Dubai
Uber has a special offer for UAE nationals and residents this National Day. On Saturday December 3 you can grab an uber of a different kind – a seaplane that will give you a 25-minute aerial tour of Dubai. You even get Uber car transfers to pick you up and drop you off, for a special offer of AED500 per person. For more info, click here.
When: December 3
Where: Dubai Creek

UAE National Day at Yas Waterworld – Abu Dhabi
There are two major – and very different – activations  at Yas Waterworld for National Day this weekend. The first is The Biggest Water Battle in the history of the UAE. Starting at 11.45am, guests pick a team and head for the Amwaj Water Battle area to fight it out. Then, from 7pm, the park is hosting the UAE’s first Live Action Role-Play (LARP) – which is the launch of what will be a month of nightly adventures in “Legends of Arabia: The Quest of the Pearl Tribes”. Open to individuals, groups and corporates, too.
When: December 2
Where: Yas Island,

First National Day Sale – Dubai
While the USA inspired the global retail world to go crazy over Black Friday, the UAE has its own special crash sale over the National Day weekend.
For three days, more than 1,000 stores will be slashing prices between 30-90 percent. Already signed up include the likes of Paul Smith, Level Shoe District, Gap, Alexander McQueen, DKNY, Galeries Lafayette and Ted Baker.
When: December 1-3
Where: Across Dubai,

DIP Fest – Abu Dhabi
This is the fourth edition of Abu Dhabi’s biggest night-time pool party, but the first that helps celebrate National Day. More than 500 people are expected to attend this party and they’ll be entertained by Channel 4’s Saif and Sound, who can be expected to serve up the best in hip-hop and RnB.
When: December 1, 8pm
Where: Le Meridien Abu Dhabi,

Cinema – Allied (18)
Brad Pitt seems to have found a cinematic home amid the grey-blue rubble of World War Two in recent years. The darkly comic Inglourious Basterds and the claustrophobic Fury is now followed by Allied, a lavish, slightly soapy tale of a strained romance between a Canadian intelligence officer in Morocco and a French resistance fighter. The role of the latter is filled by Marion Cotillard, whose hair seems permanently waved in period styles, too. Sweeping and long, it’s ideal matinée melodrama material.
In cinemas from November 24