Exploring BAKU, the Caspian Sea capital of AZERBAIJAN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2023
- Hello everyone! This is the first video in my new series on the Caucasus, which will see me travel in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
In this episode, I explore the legendary capital of Azerbaijan - Baku. Baku is situated next to the Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water in the world. In fact, Baku is 28 meters below sea level.
The vlog starts with me giving some background as to the name 'Baku', explaining some of the various interpretations and nicknames. I then point out some of the buildings along the Baku Promenade, including the Deniz Mall and the iconic Flame Towers.
After gazing upon the Flame Towers, I talk about the Azerbaijan flag in the square, before providing some more first impressions of the city. I then go to the area outside the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, admiring the design and talking more about the history of the country and, in particular, the importance of the year 1918.
For our next stop after walking along the Baku Promenade and visiting several sites of interest, including the beautiful gardens, I head to the city center where I have a coffee at a place based on a famous TV series - I won't spoil the surprise just yet!
I then visit the Old City or Icherisheher, where I talk more about the history. We also visit the areas around the Maiden Tower and Shirvanshah Palace, after which we enter the (free) Baku Museum of Miniature Books.
The city center is the next stop, where I make comments on how it feels to walk there and compare it to other places I have been.
Finally, I head to the metro station 28 May, but along the way we also pass Leo Tolstoy street and an area that has a more local feel than the cosmopolitan center. I also stumble across the Winter Park and the Heydar Aliyev Gardens.
Hope you enjoy! Please remember to hit the subscribe and like buttons if you haven't already, and please leave a comment for me in the comment section - I love your engagement!
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Thank you Willie, for visiting my city! You are always welcome back!
Cheers Emil! Really appreciate all these comments and support for my channel my friend!
Willie I learnt something today. Azerbaijan and Baku, I never knew existed I have to be honest. The spectacular buildings the cleanliness of the place the art work blew me away. The people so friendly, what an amazing and pristine place. Thank you. Kiwi from Virginia
Thank you for your kind words Swanoaks, as always! Delighted to show you and others the world off the beaten track. It is quite apparent that the locals take good care of their city as evident by the cleanliness and beautiful art. I really enjoyed my visit and the hospitality of the people was central to that. Hope you look forward to more videos coming shortly!
What a cool video, Willie Explore. Love your easy-going style and the fact that you do actual research on the places you visit. Keep it up, we'll keep on watching!
It is comments like yours that keep me going as a content creator! Thank you so much for your support!
Very cool seeing Second Cup as far away as Azerbaijan! Nice to see Canadian coffee chains spreading across the world (recently discovered that the Philippines is home to quite a few Tim Hortons, another Canadian coffee chain, was a little taste of home while I was there). Baku looks like a very clean city, or at least the areas you visited. And I too am a big fan of their flag. :) Great video as usual, my friend.
Cheers Landshark! Always a pleasure having you travel along with my vlogs. I did not know that Second Cup is Canadian, so thanks for that bit of information! I did enjoy a few Tim Hortons when I visited Canada in 2018, so definitely familiar with them :) Hope all is well on your side
Excellent vlog Willie, highly enjoyed your representation of Baku Azerbaijan as well, looking forward to more interesting videos
Thank you Zhala! Appreciate your support for my channel :)
Always welcome to this beautiful city
Thank you Madov! Really enjoyed my visit to this incredible city. I will publish some more vlogs about Azerbaijan shortly so I hope you are looking forward to those!
Always welcome to Azerbaijan. Greetings and love to you from Azerbaijan.
Thank you very much! Appreciate your support for my channel :)
The best video on Baku I have seen! It is very informative!
Wow, thank you so much for your feedback and kind words! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for showing us around the Baku
You are most welcome! Thanks for supporting my channel :)
Your videos are always so informative! Baku is on my list of places to visit, so it's great to get your insight. I do have to admit to being a bit confused by how a coastal city could be 28m below sea level, but Google sorted that out for me, so it's all good. 😁
Cheers Andy that is a great compliment to receive! Definitely a great place to visit, especially if you like architecture. Haha re the Caspian Sea - yes it an inland body of water :)
Dear Willie,
I'm just in oaw how well you've prepared for this tour, this video about Baku! You gave a lot of correct information, including historical, in this video. Great job! Thank you very much for being so interested in our country and our city. You are amazing! :) And I just sooo sorry that I can give this video only 1 Like ((( ;) You are always welcome back to Baku.
What a wonderful message to receive! Thank you very much. I'm really pleased that you enjoyed it. Haha yes I studied very hard for this particular video and read up a lot, but that is something I also enjoy and it adds to my experience of a place. Really appreciate you checking out my videos and taking the time to comment :)
Great video! Thank you very much for sharing with us! Baku is indeed a very beautiful and clean city!
Thanks for your kind words and watching my videos! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Wow, Willie ... what a pleasant surprise is Baku! Very nice video, quite enjoyable! I didn't know anything about Baku before, but now I'd like to pay a visit! As always, you do such a nice job in showing us all around! Thank you. So ... you're not that far from Ashgabat ... truly a unique city, eh? Any chance you're going there, too? Wherever it is, know you'll share some great times with us "stay at homes"! [Greetings from Tucson, again]
Hi Jim! Always lovely to hear from you and thank you for your kind words. Glad you could tag along for our Baku visit and learn something about this incredible place! I won't be visiting Ashgabat on this trip but it is definitely on my list, as per my recent poll :) There are ferries from Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan so that is one way to get there. Hope all is well in Tucson!
Great video mate just explored your channel I liked your spontaneity keep it up brother ( subscribed )
Thank you very much, and welcome on board! I hope you get a lot of joy from my channel :)
You deserve more views 👍
Baku is beautiful i hope you will be visit Iran as well 👍
That is a very kind comment my friend! My channel is only less than a year old and building something special takes a lot of time. But I am up for the challenge! The most important thing is to enjoy the travels and create memories, whilst showing the world to others :) Appreciate your support!
Very interesting place Willie! Thanks for showing us! 🎉
You are most welcome Hendrik! Thanks for exploring with me virtually!
By the way, about Baku, Gary Kasparov was born into a Armenian-Jewish family, this is since decades ago baku was a multicultural city, inhabited by Shirvani Turks (North Azerbaijanis), Tat Iranians, Armenians, Russians and Turkic tribes. But Kasparov and his family were forced to flee Baku, due to the Baku pogrom which targeted the Armenians of the city. Till this day, most buildings are build by Iranians (Shirvanshah palace, Maiden Tower, Mosques and medieval buildings of the old city), Armenians (Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater or Mailov Theatre in Armenian, Sadikhov Residence, Sabunchi Railway station, Tigran Melikovs house and many more), Polish (National Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Palace of Happiness, Ismailiyya Palace, Institude of Manuscripts, Tigran Melikovs House and many more), Russians and Germans (Palace of De Boure, Residence on Krasnovodskaya, Church of the Saviour and many more) and North Azerbaijanis, who built most modern buildings, like the flame towers.
That is interesting. Thanks for sharing and for watching my videos, it is much appreciated!
@@willieexplore ur welcome!
Brilliant video thanks for your time especially considering making these videos
You are always most welcome Simon, thanks for supporting my channel the way you do!
I am also planning to go to Azerbaijan in the later of the year, do you have anything recommend to me?
Hi Beichen, thank you very much for watching my videos! It is much appreciated. Well, my recommendations would very much depend on your interests. For example, do you like nature or architecture? Or both? Do you like visiting museums, or are you happy to skip them? I would definitely recommend exploring Baku for a couple of days and just stroll around the promenade hugging the Caspian Sea, whilst taking in the magnificent architecture. I would also highly recommend doing a day trip from Baku and see the mud volcanoes and burning mountain. Whatever you decide to do, just make sure you relax take it easy and don't rush things! It certainly is a wonderful place to visit and I'm sure you'll have a great time :) Hope that helps, let me know if you need more tips / hints!
If you feel comfortable doing so, will you review your room and food more? Just something I like seeing form other places. Great channel!😊
Yes, Willie Explore I agree. Thoroughly enjoyed your review of local `’vetkoek” in your Lambert’s Bay vlog.
Yes of course! I do a room show and breakdown of the cost in most of my locations, albeit not in every video. Re my Baku stay, you can see details of that in the latest Azerbaijan video I posted :) Appreciate your kind words and support for my channel my friend!
@@MardivanZyl still one of the best things I've eaten on my travels! Nothing like a taste of home
@@willieexplore it says so much about you and your channel that you’re willing to read and reply to comments. :)
@@ihartmacz you are most welcome! I love the engagement from all my viewers. That is the great thing about content creation - it builds a community around you, for you and others!
Willie baie intressant land en stad! Goed gedaan! Groete
Dankie Tosca, hierdie plek het my baie verbaas!
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Thanks for watching!
Thank you for such a warm and sweet description of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 ❤
Thank you for watching and supporting my channel, I really value your support!
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Thank you for the introduction
Any time my friend! Thanks for watching!
Hope you make it to Armenia my friend 🇦🇲
Cheers mate, I know that was your favourite :)
Velkome Azerbajan Baku❤🇦🇿
Thank you my friend, I enjoyed my visit :)
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Thanks for watching!
7:25 I heard the same rumors about the project idea -not too sure whether it's true or not but anyway, it sounds romantic, doesn't it??))) enjoy yr travel
Thanks for commenting Javed! Yes it seems an interesting anecdote :)