Kuwait information

Kuwait is situated at the North West shore of the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. It is known as an Arab Emirate and cover an area of twenty thousand square kilometres. Kuwait has a population of over 3 million people.

Kuwait gained independence from the British in 1961 and it was after this even that Kuwait's oil industry saw massive growth. The growth of the oil industry made it too interesting a target for nearby Iraq and Kuwait was invaded by said country in 1990. Iraq occupied Kuwait for approximately seven months and was only brought to an end by direct intervention by a US led force. Kuwait’s internal structure was in tatters after the invasion and reconstruction began in 1991.

Flights to Kuwait
Etihad offers direct flights to Kuwait in addition to indirect flights on a daily basis. Book flights to Kuwait online.

Kuwait attractions

Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum
The Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum is a museum in Safat, Kuwait City, Kuwait, located on Abdullah Mubarak Street. The museum explores the country's technological and scientific progress and it contains notable artifacts and demonstrations of the Petroleum industry in Kuwait, amongst the largest in the world. The museum is organized in the following departments: Natural History Department, Space Science Department, Planetarium, Electronics Department, Machinery Department, Zoology Department, Aviation Department and a Health hall.

Sadu House
Sadu House is an artistic house and museum in Kuwait City, Kuwait, located near the Kuwait National Museum. It was established in 1980 to protect the interests of the Bedouins and their ethnic handicrafts, Sadu weaving, which is an embroidery form in geometrical shapes hand woven by Bedouin people. The original house originally existed as a mud building in the early twentieth century but was destroyed during the 1936 Kuwaiti floods.