Azerbaijan / Practical city guide
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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.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingHow 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.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingAzerbaijan'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.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingHow Azerbaijani teahouse (çayxana) culture works, and how to read the regional patterns of a Caucasus carpet before buying one in Baku.
Editorial preview · factual review pendingHow 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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About 14 km from Baku.
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