Baku (Baki) Shopping

Shopping in Baku (Baki)

  1. A

    Book Shop of the Presidential Administration

    Sells an amusing selection of hagiographic literature about both Әliyevs, as well as postcards and several guide-pamphlets that you could have got for free from the tourist information office.

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  2. MUM

    Also known by its Russian acronym TsUM, Baku’s oldest department store is MUM with four floors of stall-shops selling everything from cheap electronics to wedding dresses.

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  3. Kitab

    The most reliable place to find excellent 1:500,000 topographic maps of Azerbaijan (AZN4). They’re rolled up amid other much poorer versions so ask to look at a few. No English spoken.

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  4. B

    Tourist Bazaar

    The colourful tourist bazaar, along with various souvenir and ‘antique’ shops, mostly sells tacky rubbish, though the old Soviet-era badges are cheap and fun.

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  5. C

    Grand

    Grand, with another branch on Nizami, offers a wide left-field selection of Western music, as well as Azeri and Russian music. Some staff are remarkably knowledgeable.

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  6. D

    Chiraq Books

    Baku’s friendly English-language bookshop stocks a decent range of classics, bestsellers, travel guides and locally relevant titles, along with plenty of Christian literature.

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  7. E

    ABC

    ABC offers a wide left-field selection of Western music, as well as Azeri and Russian music. Some staff are remarkably knowledgeable.

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  8. F

    Təzə Bazar

    For photogenically piled fruit and illicit caviar (beluga around AZN50 for 113g), head to Təzə Bazar

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  9. G

    Ziya

    Ziya is well stocked, but overpriced, and aimed at Hyatt guests who can’t be bothered to shop around.

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  10. H

    Central Vegetable Market

    The central vegetable market is loveably dilapidated.

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  12. I

    Akadem-Kitab

    Has a wide range of books but predominantly in local languages.

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  13. J

    Qlobus

    Sells intriguing 20-year-old postcards.

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