Baku

Baku is a city renowned for both its old and contemporary buildings. It’s fun to stroll around Baku’s streets, which all lead to the two Flame Towers, which are top-notch structures and tourist attractions. The nightlife in Baku is renowned for being the most diverse and exciting. In Baku, you may go to live music performances after pubs and clubs close.

Baku has twelve administrative regions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the Baku Archipelago’s islands, as well as the town of Oil Rocks, erected on stilts in the Caspian Sea 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Baku. In 2000, the Inner City of Baku, as well as the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower, were declared as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The city is Azerbaijan’s scientific, cultural, and industrial centre. Numerous important Azerbaijani organisations have their headquarters there.

Baku has grown in importance as a destination for international events in recent years. It held the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in 2012, the 2015 European Games, the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games, the European Grand Prix in 2016, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix since 2017, the final of the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League, and was one of the UEFA Euro 2020 host cities. Baku International Sea Trade Port can handle two million tonnes of general and dry bulk cargo per year.

Baku is known for its strong winds, which inspired the city’s moniker, “City of Winds.”

The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre was inaugurated in 2007 and was created by Pritzker Prize–

winning architect Zaha Hadid. Azerbaijan National Museum of History and Baku Museum of Contemporary Art are two of the several museums in Baku that are known for their collections of historical relics and contemporary works of art. As Baku was named the capital of the Islamic culture in 2009, several of the city’s cultural landmarks were honoured. To host the 2010 Eurovision Dance Contest, Baku was selected. In 2015, it will serve as the first city to host the first European Games.

In the early 2000s, late modern and postmodern architecture first appeared. With economic growth, outdated structures like Atlant House were demolished to make room for new ones. The International Mugham Center, Azerbaijan Tower, Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre, Flame Towers, Baku Crystal Hall, Baku White City, SOCAR Tower, and DENIZ Mall are some of the most notable examples of the city’s new all-glass constructions. International media outlets were also drawn to these initiatives since renowned programmes like the Discovery Channel’s Extreme Engineering included articles highlighting improvements to the city. The prehistoric Baku town is referred to as the Old City of Baku, also known as the Walled City of Baku. After being reinforced, the walls and towers survived the Russian occupation in 1806.