100% FREEWahat Al Karama — memorial and sunset ceremony
Visit the memorial honouring the UAE’s fallen heroes and watch the daily Salute the Flag ceremony before sunset. The plaza also offers reflective views across to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
Leaning memorial tablets and palm trees at Wahat Al Karama. Photograph taken 2020.
Abu Dhabi · Wahat Al Karama, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
When to go
Ceremony daily before sunset; visitor centre 09:00–19:00; memorial plaza open around the clock
What’s free & what to know
- Free entry or participation in the activity described; optional purchases and transport are not included.
- Ceremony time follows sunset rather than a fixed clock time. Respect the commemorative setting and any official-event access instructions.
- This is the memorial across from the mosque; admission to the mosque is not included.
- Planner times refer to the memorial plaza. Check the sunset ceremony time separately; mosque admission is not included.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 14 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
Current Abu Dhabi Media Office notice explicitly describes the daily pre-sunset flag ceremony as free and open to public.
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Photo: Davide Mauro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Auto-oriented using camera metadata, resized and compressed to WebP; no content changes.