A century and a half after Baku became the world's first oil city, President Ilham Aliyev ... who also lends his name to the futuristic cultural center Heydar Aliyev, on Heydar Aliyev Avenue ...

Walking around the center of the Old City ... I wouldn’t think enough time had passed, but Soviet chic is in style in Baku. The city’s Intourist hotel, which for five-plus decades accommodated ...

but it’s far from the only architectural showpiece in Baku. Over the past decade, the center of the city has been transformed by such projects as a new seaside boulevard, the modernist Crystal Hall ...

In Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, the walled Medieval city, the UNESCO Heritage site ... landmarks such as Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center designed by Zaha Hadid and the skyscraping trio of Flame ...

Wonder no longer. We’ve brought together an abundance of facts about the beautiful port city that is the cultural, commercial and political capital of Azerbaijan. Baku, capital of Azerbaijan ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan—One of the more unusual experiences on offer in Azerbaijan is the opportunity to wallow in a bath of warm crude oil. The treatment, if you can call it that, is billed as having ...

The six previous F1 races at the Baku City Circuit have produced six different winners, coming from as far back as 10th place on the starting grid. There’s been last-lap drama, champions ...

The organisers of the Grand Prix of Europe have released on-board footage of a lap around the Baku City Circuit which hosts its inaugural F1 race later this month. Azerbaijan joined the calendar ...