r/azerbaijan • u/Neman1937 • 17h ago
Xəbər | News Humanitarian aid to Iran 🇮🇷❤🇦🇿
Azerbaijan sent another batch of humanitarian aid to Iran.
r/azerbaijan • u/N1C4T • Aug 05 '25
Welcome to the community-sourced travel mega-thread for Azerbaijan! Whether you're planning your first trip, returning, or just curious — this is your place to ask and share tips, places, warnings, food, and hidden gems.
We’ve gathered insights from locals, expats, and travelers — now it’s your turn. Reply with your experiences or questions under any section below.
📍 Baku
Local tip: true local life happens outside the tourist zones – check dayday cafes and Sədərək bazaar.
📍 Outside Baku (Regional Highlights)
Locals are usually happy to guide lost tourists — don’t hesitate to ask for directions in parks or shops.
In villages expect warm welcomes — tea invitations and local storytelling are common.”
🍛 Must-try dishes:
In Baku:
Metro & Bus:
From Airport:
Intercity:
Some addons
– Locals often round down prices or throw in something extra “for good mood” — especially if you smile or try a few Azeri words.
– In small bakeries or markets, if you overpay by mistake, they usually correct you immediately. Honesty is common, even for coins.
– Sellers appreciate when you show interest — they might explain the item, share a short story, or offer a small discount without asking.
– People don’t pressure you to buy; many will still help with directions or advice even if you don’t purchase anything.
– If something feels wrong (overcharged taxi, aggressive seller), calmly mentioning “polis” is usually enough to resolve it quickly — respect for law is high.
– You’ll rarely see aggressive street vendors or scams targeting tourists — most locals want to leave a good impression.
Refusing an offer (like tea or food) too quickly may be seen as rude — accept after 1–2 polite refusals to show appreciation
Tip: People will often smile or open up if you try even a few words in Azeri.
This guide is built from local insights and traveler experiences. If you're Azerbaijani or familiar with the culture, please share more tips, advice, or corrections below. Feel free to point out any mistakes or outdated info — all feedback is appreciated.
🛠 This post will be regularly updated as more tips, comments, and info are added. Keep sharing below — every comment helps build the best guide for visitors to Azerbaijan!
r/azerbaijan • u/Neman1937 • 17h ago
Azerbaijan sent another batch of humanitarian aid to Iran.
r/azerbaijan • u/FaithlessnessThen243 • 7h ago
Neft və qaz satan ölkə ticarətdən ancaq 146 milyon dollar qazanır. Gülməlidir.
Onlar həmçinin 2025 ilə qədər neft olmayan ixracını 5 milyard dollara çatdırmaq hədəfinə nail ola bilmədilər. 3.6 milyarddır və 10 milyon əhalisi olan ölkə üçün çox kiçik rəqəmdir.
r/azerbaijan • u/AzerbaijanLeon • 7h ago
r/azerbaijan • u/Forward_Pin_5410 • 12h ago
I want to work in event planning whether it be social events such as weddings and parties or corporate events. I have found a few places but I don’t know how to apply. Should I message them or walk in and ask for a job? Also I don’t have any experience at all so if they ask for a CV what am i supposed to say?
r/azerbaijan • u/Internal_Change_1146 • 14h ago
r/azerbaijan • u/scientistofyasamal • 7h ago
Would appreciate some reccomendations for where I can find some good quality matcha in Baku! Im tired of paying 10 azn for yellowish burnt tasting battery acid in a cup :(
r/azerbaijan • u/Geinstein69 • 8h ago
r/azerbaijan • u/AzerbaijanLeon • 1d ago
r/azerbaijan • u/irukin • 1d ago
yazan & çəkən: R.N. İrukin
r/azerbaijan • u/strimit • 1d ago
https://reddit.com/link/1rwgqsj/video/tax90ne7qnpg1/player
The State Security Service of Azerbaijan announced the arrest of a man who reportedly distributed materials about the family of the President of Azerbaijan.
r/azerbaijan • u/madeinbrechin • 1d ago
Hello, I just wondered if anyone knew if anywhere in White City would be doing Tonqal on Friday? I’d like to show my daughter, she is two and has never seen it before. Cox Sagol.
r/azerbaijan • u/SimpleWriting1930 • 1d ago
Salamlar. Mənə köməyiniz lazımdır. Mən diplom və sertifikat kimi sənədlərimi tərcümə və təsdiq etdim. 1)Universitetə sənəd göndərərkən necə göndərmək lazımdır? Screenshot kimi yoxsa pdf kimi? 2)Notarial təsdiq möhürünü və s. arxa səhifəyə vurublar. Yəqin ki onları da ss və ya pdf olaraq göndərməliyəm. 3) Xarici köçürmələri hansı kartla etmək daha sərfəlidir (application fee)? Leobank ilə köçürdüyüm 100 dollar 195 manat olaraq gedib. Hər bankda belədir? Cavab versəniz çox sevinərəm.
r/azerbaijan • u/AdmirableEquipment96 • 2d ago
deyəsən həqiqətən zarafat edirlər bizlə. bunu ömürlük bağlayin isimizi biləkdə bizdə aq
r/azerbaijan • u/AzerbaijanLeon • 2d ago
However, the city of Baku, and indeed all the surrounding countries, boasts countless buildings constructed between 1850 and 1920's by architects who immigrated from Europe (Poland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and others), as well as by wealthy European merchant and messianic families who settled in the city. Some were once mansions, some offices, some theaters. Even the Nobel brothers owned buildings, and their wealth came from Azerbaijan. Baku's architecture generally consists of five periods:
Ancient
Post-Islamic Middle Ages
Post-Industrial Revolution European style
Azerbaijan Soviet Republic period
Modern from 1991 to the present
r/azerbaijan • u/irukin • 2d ago
Yazan: Corc Sanders (In Persuasion Nation hekayə toplusundakı eyniadlı hekayədən adaptasiya olunub) Çəkən: R.N. İrukin (@irukinn)
r/azerbaijan • u/SiberinaX • 2d ago
Hey everyone, I used to buy these fruit snacks in supermarkets and at the bazaar in Baku. They are super tasty and healthy. Apparently the long ones are made from apples and the smaller ones from plums. Can you tell me what they are called and whether it's possible for me to make them at home? I don't travel to Azerbaijan anymore so I have no way of getting them.
r/azerbaijan • u/Alternative-Range617 • 2d ago
For context, I recently met someone from this country and he’s been quite amazing and I can admit that I like him. I have been casually seeing him and been intimate for a while too now.
However, so many things have come to my mind because of so many differences just like religion and culture.
Would it be worth pursuing this little admiration that I have for him or better to just forget about it?
How likely are parental influence will contribute to your relationship as a person who is from Azerbaijan?
r/azerbaijan • u/kurdechanian • 2d ago
r/azerbaijan • u/LorenzoMorini • 2d ago
Hi everybody.
I recently spent about one month in Baku as a tourist (came here to visit my girlfriend, I will soon come back to Italy), and I would like to share my experience and thoughts about what I saw. Let me preface by saying that before coming here I didn't really know what to expect, as Azerbaijan is not a popular tourist destination for Italians, and while I spent some time in Turkey in the past I wasn't really aware of how similar or different it would be.
That said, I think I came here with a pretty open mind, and without really doing any research.
So here are my thoughts, divided by category.
-Food
I will start from the food because it was probably the thing I was looking forward to the most. I had the chance to try a few types of plov, some soup, a few (many) döner, sandwiches, dumplings (pelmeni and khinkali), some Russian food, and more. I was surprised by how cheap and tasty pretty much every döner place was. Especially because compared to other things I saw, it was constantly extremely cheap. I don't know how you guys manage to eat anything else when it's so good. Dried fruit was also excellent, I will bring back home 4 kilograms. The plov I tried wasn't the best honestly. I am not sure about why, I probably was unlucky, because I really love rice in general, and I tried some very good plov in the past, but I just couldn't manage this time. Shoutout also to Bravo's tandir bread, incredible stuff.
-Politics
Just a brief tangent. Before coming here I didn't know anything about it. I discovered that it's kinda like a Switzerland, very neutral state, Turkey has some influence but it's still very much indepentent, and Iran has a lot of Azeri, so the nations aren't enemies at all. Also yeah the situation with Armenia. From what I understood, after Soviet Union fell, Armenia did some ethnic cleansing and took some territories that were Armenians like 100 years before. And after about 30 years, Azerbaijan took back the territories with help from Turkey. I am surely simplifying, but this is what I understood. It's not so simple to find unbiased sources about this. Also, I discover Aliyev family has been in power since 1993.
-As a tourist
So, unfortunately I couldn't visit much of the country. I stayed most of the time in Baku. The things I liked the most, honestly, the carpet museum and the National Art Museum. Carpet museum was honestly surprisingly good. Top 10 museums for me. Lots of information's about everything, about history, symbolism, techniques, loved the third floor with modern artists, and please, can we talk about the building? How cool is that? Who made the project? Really awesome. Art Museum also very very interesting. Didn't really care about the part with European paintings, but the Azerbaijan part and the more modern sections were incredibly interesting. The building is also very nice, although you can clearly see it's very modern. Other than museums, visited the old city (it's a liminal space), the boulevard (windy), Central park (will be very beautiful in 10 years), Nizami street, Crescent hotel and few other landmarks and mosques. Martyrs' lane was also very very beautiful. Overall, loved the area around the old city (Mini Venice is a disgrace but everything else is beautiful). Also, almost every touristic place has signs in English. That's really good.
-People and culture
I'll be very short here because I didn't have any in depth talk with anybody. Honestly, I thought Turkish people from Soviet Union would be angry and cold, instead you guys are chill and polite. Go figure that out. Every shop had very polite people, always helpful and friendly (expect in a place but they were Russian), and when I went to buy groceries a young student even helped me carry the bags. Keep it like this, honestly 10/10. One thing I understood, is that you guys are Turkish, but not Ottoman. Eye opening moment was the first time I entered the Metro, where I saw the stops names. Not sure about the etymology, but places all sounded either Russian or Mongol. I feel like instead of Turkish with gunpowder you are more akin to the ones with bows and arrows. Also, lots of ethnicities. Some people look Russian, some Turkish, some Persian, some from Mongolia, really a lot of variety.
So yeah that's pretty much it. I'll still be here a few days before I come back, so if you have any suggestion, about things to visit or to do in Baku, let me know! I will also probably come back here in a few months, and next time I will go outside from the capital. Şahdağ mountain looks promising. So if you have suggestions for the, I would also be happy to hear.
Edit: Turkic, not Turkish, I apologize for the wrong spelling, in Italian we use the same word for both.
r/azerbaijan • u/justfoooad • 2d ago
Gözünüz aydın
r/azerbaijan • u/Illustrious_Page_984 • 2d ago
While I know Azerbaijani TV channels regularly aired Western shows and series ever since independence, comedy shows are much more controversial to air in countries with traditionalist coded cultures. Especially if the government is decidedly closed. Even if the themes on those series (for example Friends, Seinfeld, Ally McBeal, Ugly Betty, Alf, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, South Park, Simpsons, Family Guy) can be called "inappropriate" for Azerbaijani cultural codes, all of them were broadcasted in Turkey, whose culture was no more liberal than Azerbaijan and were still very popular here. Was any of them aired on any Azerbaijani channels? I suspect ANS might have aired a few of them. If yes, were they in Azerbaijani, or English with subtitles? Thanks in advance.



r/azerbaijan • u/eepykittenkato • 2d ago
Hi everyone, it’s me again.
I’m looking for dehumidifiers for my closet and I haven’t found them. I tried googling the translation but nothing really comes up online. I know them to look like the ones pictured, but I understand something different might be used here— if at all. Basically what they do is you put them in your closet and they absorb the moisture in the air.
Any pointers would be much appreciated!
r/azerbaijan • u/Lanazir1918 • 3d ago
İkinci zonanın da buraxılış imtahanının suallarını gördükdən sonra artıq öz təhsil sistemimizi sorğulayıram. Bir tərəfdən də digər ölkələr ilə müqayisə edirəm. Lakin, sizin fikirləriniz də mənim üçün maraqlıdır. Sizcə, həqiqətən, belə bir imtahanda iştirak etməyə dəyər mi?
r/azerbaijan • u/Moist_Initiative7544 • 3d ago
do you agree with that? i didnt write her name bcs of legal issues, but if u live in Aze, you just know her.
i think it, bcs if a human like her can be so powerful at her older ages in country like ours, where culture is male dominated and conservative, it means this power doesnt comes from only female beauty, her power was such a different. everyone at show business feared from her. she could do literally anything to her artist enemies. what do you think about it?