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Baku

Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan and is the largest city in the Caucasus. Baku's Old Town has UNESCO World Heritage status. Wikivoyage

Population 2,300,500 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Azerbaijan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Azerbaijan

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Baku. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Baku Jazz Festival

    June

    Organised by the famous saxophonist and Baku resident Rain Sultanov to showcase Azerbaijan's love of jazz which grew during the Soviet era when it was banned by the authorities.

    Official site

  2. Baku International Tourism Film Festival

    November

    The Baku International Tourism Film Festival (Azerbaijani: Bakı Beynəlxalq Turizm Filmləri Festivalı), is an international film festival in Azerbaijan. It is a non-profit cultural event that takes place every year.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Baku); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Baku Central Railway Station 3.2 km, Dərnəgül stansiyası 3.8 km, Koroğlu 4.1 km, Bəhram Gur 5.7 km, Binəqədi 5.8 km

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