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Azerbaijan
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- Baku
- Currency
- AZN
- Languages in source
- Azerbaijani, Russian
- Geographic region
- Western Asia
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Baku / Airports
Heydar Aliyev Airport to Baku: Visa Rules, Metro and BakıKart
How to get from Heydar Aliyev International Airport into Baku, how the ASAN e-visa process works, and how Baku's metro and BakıKart transit card work.
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Oil: The Industry That Built and Rebuilt Baku
How Baku's early industrial oil wells shaped the city, and where the oil industry's history and present are actually visible to a visitor today.
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Renting a Car in Azerbaijan: Licence, Camera Fines, Roads
Azerbaijan's speeding fines run from 10 to 300 manat, cameras issue them electronically and paying within 10 days saves 10%. Licence rules and closed land borders.
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The Azerbaijani Çayxana and How to Read a Caucasus Carpet
How Azerbaijani teahouse (çayxana) culture works, and how to read the regional patterns of a Caucasus carpet before buying one in Baku.
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Baku in Three Cities: The Walls, the Oil Mansions and the Towers
How to read Baku as three layered cities: the walled Icherisheher old town, the oil-boom mansions around it, and the modern towers beyond both.
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