The viewer is taken behind the scenes of the fast-growing city of Dubai. With its three million inhabitants, 52,000 of whom are millionaires, this ultra-modern metropolis serves as a tax haven. It also houses the largest building in the world, the world's largest shopping center, and the most expensive hotel on earth. Luxurious cars parade around wrapped in gold, and the ATMs almost seem to spit out gold bars. What kind of people actually live here? And what is their job? A number of Britons who have chosen to live and work here are being followed. They explain what attracts them to this young city, which is only fifty years old. And how has this city changed during its short existence?