Flame show
Moving night lights.
Rufatazizzade — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Galen Anderson — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dr. Matthias Ripp — CC BY 2.0 · Khalilov — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Francisco Anzola — CC BY 3.0 · Avisadehh — CC0 · Stomatoloq Fərid Zey… — CC BY-SA 3.0 · İhsan Deniz Kılıçoğlu — CC BY-SA 3.0
Three flame-shaped skyscrapers on a hill above Baku Bay and the Old City, which since their completion in 2012 have become the best-known symbol of modern Baku. The tallest is 182 metres high, and together they hold apartments, a hotel and offices. Their shape stands for fire, a nod to Azerbaijan's nickname «the Land of Fire», which comes from natural gas seeping from the ground here and burning in never-ending flames, as at Yanar Dag and the Ateshgah fire temple. The towers' facades are covered with giant screens of more than ten thousand LED lights, which at night show moving flames running from base to tip, then the colours of the Azerbaijani flag and other images, a show visible across the whole city. Viewing the towers from outside is free, and the best views are at night from the boulevard or the Old City, or up close from Highland Park, reached by the funicular. Access inside is limited to hotel guests and visitors.
Moving night lights.
Above the city.
Towers over the bay.
Hilltop above the boulevard and the Old City, Baku
Baku Funicular and Highland ParkA small funicular that climbs from Neftchilar Avenue near the boulevard to the t3 minutes walk
Azerbaijan Carpet MuseumAzerbaijan's national carpet museum, holding the world's largest collection of A10 minutes walk
Palace of the ShirvanshahsA fifteenth-century palace complex in the upper part of Baku's Old City, built b12 minutes walk
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Old City of Baku (Icherisheher)Baku's historic heart, a walled town on a hill above the Caspian bay, known in A17 minutes walkFrom the boulevard or the Old City walls at night when the flame show runs, or up close from Highland Park on the hill.