Baku Soviet&Modern Pop-Culture Free Walking Tour

OVERVIEW
In Soviet and Modern Pop-Culture Walking Free Tour you explore the social-cultural-leisure heart of downtown Baku labeled as “Tarqovı” (Nizami street) and learn about exquisite stories of love and hatred, rise and fall, happiness and tragedy, turmoil and tranquility, contrast and harmony from confluent lives of oil barons and everyday people in Soviet Time and Modern Pop-Culture.

You will be guided to the social and cultural formation of Fountains Square (then Parapet), Nizami (then Torgovaya) and Khagani (Xəqani; then Molokanskaya) streets in Baku based on real-life stories, urban legends and myths that have been developed through imperial Russian, socialist Soviet and capitalist modern times.


HIGHLIGHTS
– Explore city centre on 2.5 hours walking tour
– Modern history of Baku
– Understand architectural development of city centre
– Hear about Urban legends and myths
– Soak up atmosphere of modern popular culture
– Empathize with love stories of Baku
– Spot central pubs and cafes
– Led by a local guide

ATTACTIONS
– Fountains Square (Former Karl Marx Square)
– Nizami Street 
– Landau's House (Nobel Prize winner)
– House of Soviets
– Shahriyar Club (Former KGB Culture House)
– Opera and Ballet Theatre
– Sahil Park
– Museum Center (former Lenin Museum)
and many more