08 Jun 2012

Are these world's bravest window cleaners?

Special workers, hanging by ropes, clean the windows of the world's tallest skyscraper of Burj Khalifa in Dubai
Dirty work ... teams tackle skyscraper

DON’T look down! These window cleaners deserve a high wage - working on the world’s tallest skyscraper.

Teams tackle 24,348 windows - which works out to more than 120,000 sq meters of chamoising.

Workers are suspended by ropes to go about their business keeping the 828m-tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai gleaming.

Record breaker ... Burj Khalifa
Record breaker ... Burj Khalifa

Building work on the mega-structure - which has 160 floors - began in 2004 and finally opened in 2010.

Glass act ... workers chamois 24,348 windows
Glass act ... workers chamois 24,348 windows

As well as being the tallest structure in the world, it also boasts the record for the highest observation deck on the planet, up on the 124th floor.

Tennis ace Andy Murray earlier this year played football on the viewing area as part of a publicity stunt during the Dubai Open.

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