Tel Aviv, Israel, Live Webcam

More info: Tel Aviv is Israel's second-most populous city after Jerusalem and is the centre of economy, culture and the media of Israel.

The city is located north of the ancient port of Jaffa, it was founded as a suburb of Jaffa by Russian Jewish immigrants in 1909 and named Tel Aviv (literall:y "Hill of Spring") a year later.

Tel Aviv's population is made up predominantly of Jews (90 %), Muslims and Christians. About 400,000 people live in the city and a total of 3 million live in its metropolitan area.

Tel Aviv has a collection of over 4,000 buildings that were built in the 1930s based on the international style known as Bauhaus and because of this, it is also known as the “white city”. Named a World Heritage Site, the white concrete structures are perched on leg-like pillars and have flat roofs.

With more than 200 museums, Israel has the highest number of museums per capitain the world and Tel Aviv is home to the country's three largest. Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, is the biggest in the world specializing in the history of Judaism and the Jewish diaspora.

Often referred to as the Miami of the Middle East, Tel Aviv has been named one of the world's top party cities. Because Shabbat is observed on Friday, Thursday nights are the busiest with revelers partying until dawn. Not surprisingly, it's also been called the city that never sleeps.