BAKU | Capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Exploring the fascinating city of Baku, the capital of the country of Azerbaijan on the edge of Europe and Asia. You can watch Part 1 here: • BAKU | The Incredible ...
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6:18 This photo is of Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan. They have a pit of fire there that was started during the Soviet times.
28:29 The house of Vagif Mustafazadeh, a music composer
31:19 this is a lottery
Woops, got the fires mixed up, thanks for the correction.
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Baku is so underrated city for me. So safety, clean, have a amazing places, meals and people are so kind
Says the person literally from Baku
@@ferhadsemseddinli3293 şəxsi fikirdi hər kəs razılaşmaya bilər
Wowwww A Truly Rich historical Culture, Unique Buildings, Structures, Very Clean City, of Baku Azerbaijan ❤❤❤I love this Vibrant if this place and The Mall design Outside is like a Opera house in Australia,
My dream travel destinations 😍 Soon Thank u so much sir Gabe for your wonderful walk around tour video stay safe Godbless, Godbless all People of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
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What an impressive city, extremely clean and the people seem friendly, I’m impressed.
This is a very beautiful city. There is culture and beautie everywhere. It's so clean without the ugly signs of advertising like it's in every city in Australia. The architecture is just amazing. Thank you so much Gabriel for your video. I would like to see more of this amazing place. 🙂
Wow! Never gave Baku a second thought before, but you have opened my eyes to this amazing city.
Interesting to point out that before 1991, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 was using the Cyrillic alphabet for Azeri language and when they got their independence in that year, the government introduced the Latin script and now the Cyrillic alphabet for the language has disappeared. Other former Soviet Turkic countries like Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 and Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 still use the Cyrillic script for their languages, although Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 successfully converted their language into Latin script from Cyrillic just like Azerbaijan 🇦🇿.
I thought Kazakhstan is currently working on transitioning to Latin alphabet.
same here I thought Kazakhstan recently decided to switch to latin @@salamanders6969
@@salamanders6969 That’s correct but at the moment they are still using the Cyrillic script. It’s interesting that some former Soviet Turkic countries like Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 and Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 succeeded in implementing Latin script amongst its population but others like Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 and Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 have been very slow or not bothered to do it.
I think Uzbekistan is now using the Latin Script for their Language
@@worldtexmexjj82jr For Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 it is a mixture. Strangely very similar to Serbia 🇷🇸 where their language has Cyrillic and Latin script used co-officially.
Wow!! You posted TWO travel videos today! Yay!! I’m thoroughly enjoying Baku, what an amazing place. Such an interesting combination of old and new, traditional versus modern. Thank you Gabe for showing and reminding me of the beautiful places on our planet despite such turbulent and conflicting times that we are living in. Thank you. ❤️
Azerbaijan looks so underrated 😍
28:29 In this house lived the founder of Jazz Mugama, Prominent composer and pianist, Vagif Mustafa-Zade.
If an underpass says something about a country then Azerbaijan is amazing. That underpass was so clean and had art and vending machines that weren’t destroyed or in this cages like in the U-Bahn.
Welcome to Azerbaijan . Thanks for presenting my country. Hope that you enjoyed and liked . Always welcome to Azerbaijan.
wonderful view of Baku from the tower and beautiful promenade at the Caspian Sea ...truly fascinating old town...only the weather was not fully co-operating
Wonderful city oh m'y gosh ❤
Wow this city looks so fascinating. Lovely blend of old and new architecture. Seems like lots to see outside of Baku as well. Another great video. Cheers🍺
I really wish to visit this country one day!
WOW never thought about this country it is really amazing thank you Gabe
This video confirms that Baku is amazing city. A nice old and modern architecture. Caspian Sea (in fact a big lake) is exciting. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for taking us to different countries and showing different cultures
I knew as soon as you said you like the sound of the Caspian sea, that it was down to reading C.S. Lewis's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' ☺️ same as me! I read all the books in the series and loved them, hence the Caspian sea sounded magical. Cool 🎺🥁🦁 🧹☺️
Hi Gabriel. Thank you for filming great video about my home city. If you still in Baku I can buy that bus card from you to compensate your financial loss. I think on that machine there is note that there will be no change. If you are not in Baku, you can come back))) this is positive perspective of your loss)))
The village Qırmızı Qəsəbə, across the river from the city of Quba up north near the Russian border, is the only exclusively Jewish population center in the world outside Israel and the United States, would be a very interesting place to visit! Gobustan with it's mud volcanos and rock arts, near Baku, is also an absolute must.
I love Baku ❤
Was there in 1995, visiting Baku, Ganja, Sheki, an Udin village and caves in Lenkoran. A lot has changed but reckon on country side much of the same. People spoke Azeri outside and Russian in Baku. Had some nice old church ruins nearby Ganja.
Btw was only Lada and in Baku during that time, sometimes styled as other cars like Mercedes once
I had no idea there were 14 books after wizard of oz. Wow! Very nice country. Loved the tower
There are actually forty if you include the other authors.
Such an interesting country 🎺🥁🍂🍁
Hi Gabe, we love the city so cleaned and too many things to see. Thank you for showing us beautiful places. Chaos
"Somewhere over the rainbow..." beutiful Baku!! enjoy your new shoes!✌✨
Go to the North side of Azerbaijan, Sheki,Kish, Qebele, Khinaliq, then south side to the Talish mountains. There are a lot of old Albanian churches
That odd shaped building is Carpet museum. You should have visited it. Worth it. Caucasian carpets are very popular and expensive here in US
loved your Wizard stories of childhood reading --- fantastic --- great sharing TY !!
That "odd" building you mentioned was the Carpet Museum. It's really worth taking the funicular to the Flame Towers (although you can also easily walk up the stairs) since there is a nice park from where you have great views. Don't miss on visiting the Shirvanshak's Palace in the Old Town. If you want to make use of your pass, take a bus to the Heyder Eliyev Museum which has a very interesting architecture with a park surrounding it.
I can also highly recommend taking a day tour to Xinaliq in the North of Azerbaijan (I think the lady wanted to sell you a tour). I went there by taxi but we were two so it was cheaper. The road from Quba into the mountains is absolutely stunning. It will be a long day but totally worth the effort!
I like the design in the bricks. Haven't seen it anywhere.
Interesting undiscovered part of the world for us in west.
So interesting, beatiful country 😊
These is great Gabe!I always associated Azerbaijan with Tin Tin😂definitely a place I would love to see now…..what a great travelling journey this is
Yeah another video today from Gabe. We. Are. All so lucky. Another adventure we get to share I. Am. Grateful 🥰❤❤🌺🙏🏻
me too.,beautiful ❤
Hi Gabriel, have you seen the RUclips channel, Kand Hayati? All about a wonderful self sufficient couple in the countryside of Azerbaijan. The filming is exquisite, and the food they produce is amazing. I think you would enjoy it.
Agree, every video is a piece of art and a therapy session and a gastronomic delight at the same time. Wilderness cooking and relaxing village are great as well
What is wrong with this guy talking about the wizard of oz when is there so much to say about this amazing city the most beautiful I have seen so far, so clean and architecturally fantastic like no other in the world.
So cool. Thank you Gabriel.
About Futuristic builds i recommend visiting the Heydar Aliyev Center. That build has 0 corners (the build itself not the stuff inside) and is completely made out of curves.
Beautiful overview of a town that's not on many people's radar. Glaringly obviously that they don't put up with destructive graffiti and bonus points for that!
@16:00 I started to realize that we are not in Kansas anymore. We made it to Azerbaijan.
Looks like an interesting place
That awesome view was worth the price...💙❤💚
thanks hun, wish uou take a trip to our city you're welcome
Man that food looks delicious man.
i love that you gave the street musician in a wheelchair money!!
😆 I remember reading the chronicles of Narina! I remember one of novel was called prince caspian
Hi Gabriel, I couldn't believe how fascinating this City of Baku and Azerbaijan is just a really revealing video about this the structures were fascinating from the roof side showing and displaying all the areas around it. The park was incredible with a life-size chess set. Your narration of the Chronicles of Narnia and the Wizard of Oz is based on stories and how they have influenced you and you read the entire book in one unreal evening. You are right it does have a resemblance to the Sydney Opera House. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Looking forward to seeing those boots or shoes. That was a beautiful tortoiseshell cat.
Azerbaijan literally means translated „the land of flames“
Interesting, didn't realize that.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos yes, the local name of the country is, "Land of Fires (or Flames)". It's like a brand of Azerbaijan.
I was just typing a comment that the Deniz mall reminds me of the Sydney Opera house when you said it yourself 😂There's even also a Ferris wheel nearby.
Love the street music esp at 25:10
it is shape of Azerbaijani flag, which has 8 corner star
Music is called " Bayatilar". You can easily found it on RUclips. Also there nor than 50 remix of this music by different composers all over the world.
Thanks Azer, will look it up . Ben aslında Kıbrıslı Türküm. Azeri kardeşlerime selamlar 🧿👋🎶
@@user-qj2bi3ph6p Salamlar olsun kardeşlere)
One of the symbols of Zoroastrian is the “ the holy fire” and is linked to Persian culture…..love your Azerbaijan tour….❤️❤️🇺🇸
Lol yeah I was intrigued by the Caspian Sea too because of Prince Caspian.
Azerbaijan is a great country. if you go to see the mud volcanoes and cave paintings at Gobustan Look for a battered Lada taxi at the roundabout before cave paintings visitor center. He wont rip you off unlike the other taxi drivers.
Cool, good to know.
I hope you’ll visit the Ateshgah of Baku. If you don’t know what it’s is, type it in Wikipedia and there is an article about the place. It was a temple that was used as a place of worship for Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian people.
At least they use their money to build stuff for people, its not as corrupt as in the other ex USSR countries
the mall resembles a lotus flower fyi
Looks beautiful
Hey Gabe! Reviewing your Hungary and former Yugoslav videos for my upcoming trip. Thanks for all of your great content! I travel a lot, but not as much as you.
32:35 Fun fact. Freddy Mercury's family, being from Zanzibar, practiced Zoroastrianism. One could do worse than read some Zoroastrian Scriptures. Then listen to some Queen. Then read Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra. Already your perception of reality will be different. Then one could end the day and/or night with Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, which itself was inspired by Nietzsche's work. For the extra ambitious, go ahead and put on 2001 A Space Odyssey on in the background. You will forever be changed...
I also read the whole Narnia series as a kid Gabe.
All those photo's of the nature sites are stunning. You should really come back and rent a car to explore i feel. I know Baku but for the rest i know nothing. I think you can spend weeks here for exploring haha.
Very interesting video
Excellent expedition..The comments are concise and based on smart observations..😊❤
23:50 That's Carpet museum. It has a lot of historical carpets all made by hand. They are surprisingly in good condition.
27.04 just keep left and go all the way up to and to will see glass pyramid shape subway station. And behind the subway station there’s another door of old city. Ask for shirvanshah palace
Azerbaijan a beautiful jewel of a city... Do watch Bill Still's The Secret of Oz, it was all about banking ;) Loved the Narnia books... If you havent read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast otherworldly trilogy with great characters.
I am surprised that the climate is not warmer because Baku and the whole region is below sea level.
Haven't been there, just a guess but it's right on the Caspian Sea. Having lived in Chicago for 3 years I experienced how cold such places can get.
your waiter had amazing nail beds !
That tower go up, way up!
The Patchwork Girl of Oz was hilarious. 😊👍
Enjoy the new shoes.
Please show the Baku cultural center by Zaha Hadid 🙂
2 Gabe videos today hell yeah
Gabe, you should of tried some of that popcorn!
11:28 Ohh man. I think you missed a good opportunity there to get 2(!) Albenis for the price of 1!!!
Irishman living and working in Baku for almost 4 years now. Baku is a great place to live and work. But...sssshhhh...don't tell everyone. 😊
Dang homey. Regards from Cali
Very Interesting.
You should have bought that popcorn man
You mixed up with Turkmenistan regarding the crater with fire😅
You mean the photo? Woops...I guess I'll confirm that today since I'm going on a tour to the one near Baku.
enjoy ur trip
Nice
Nice Walk! Please not another Eye. They tried one in Times Square but fortunately ditched it.
Hi Gabriel , that Street musician try to tell you he like margarit Tetcher former British president he thought you are English,because you said you speak English so that’s why , probably This men fall in love whit Margarit ,
Margaret Thatcher? Ha, that's hilarious.
Dangle/loop the sandals off the straps of your backpack.
Why not try and sell that bus card to a local (for a discount if it makes them more willing to buy)? You can go to a bus stop and offer it there - they can check the balance with you on the bus if they doubt its legitimacy (unless there's a machine or whatever that shows the balance?).
I'll need the card to catch a bus back to the airport, so maybe give that a try there. It could end up kind of like trying to sell my bike in Athens though.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Well you never know, just like that guy Greece (Naxos?), whoever gets that card from you might end up being a future contact/help for you later if you go back to Baku. Good luck with it anyway, probably in with a chance to offload it around the airport if you have time.
@@japankofun I was actually referring to the other time I tried to sell my bike in 2016, when I ended up standing in Monastiraki square in Athens for several hours and finally just gave it away. But I agree, it's worth a try for a little while at least. You never know what's going to happen.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Oh yeah, you did mention Athens there initially, I'll read properly next time! Well it's no bike (which you'd think would sell easily at a fair price) but it's a pretty valuable bus card so best of luck with getting something back for it. Keep us updated if you do manage to do so, I'm curious.
Someone said I might be able to get a refund at a metro station, I'll give that a try.
Sometimes you were spinning around in one place😊🙃 It would be better to visit the Miniature Book Museum (free) in the old city fortress, relax in the Philharmonic Park. Look at the unique Baku Book Center, the Futuristic house without corners - the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center - by architect Zaha Hadid. Visit the old German Lutheran Church, listen to organ music, concerts. Visit the Nobel Brothers House Museum in Baku - Villa Petrolea. Eat and try national cuisine - kutaby, dushpara, dolma. Visit a very cheap farmers' market on 8 kl (take the metro).
show the shoes :D
Super!
Oh man I remember return to Oz. The wheelers traumatized me
Zoroastorians were fire worshipers. There is a large community in Mumbai-the Parsis.
Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion, and places that are part of ancient Persia are Zoroastrian, such as Azerbaijan or Central Asian countries
Of course, after the arrival of Islam, many Persians who did not want to change their religion went to India
One of the famous Persians or Zoroastrians of India was Freddie Mercury
@@living_peace I thought Freddie Mercury was from Zanzibar though his family was from India.
The Parsi burial rites are the result of walking across the desert to get to India.
The Tatas are Parsi and well known at least in India.
Yes , It is a Mosque.
You should continue to post unedited videos like you did recently when you made the Palestine/Israel videos.
Strange looking mall. Nice not to see any graffiti. 😊😊😊😊
Cheers @ 31:28
Thanks a lot. ✌️
He was saying "I love you America"
That would make more sense. 😛
did you get yourself a new laptop Gabe?
Yes, last spring when I was back home in the US, bought another Lenovo Yoga.
Check if you can pay in a taxi by that overloaded card.
Which camera are you using?
DJI Osmo, there's a link in the description.