Is BAKU, Azerbaijan The Next DUBAI?

In today's episode, we leave the Azerbaijani countryside and head for the big city. The capital of Baku has been dubbed by many as "the next Dubai," and we were intrigued to find out if there was any truth to this. What did we think?🤭
Come along for a crazy and fun adventure in arguably one of the most up-and-coming city destinations around the world, right on the Caspian Sea🌊
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- Instagram: oskaranddan
- Music: share.epidemicsound.com/nqD7H
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We are Oskar & Dan, two boys from Sweden who decided to change the course of our lives, drop out of university, and live life full-time. We're trying to see and learn as much about the world as possible while we're young! Right now, we are attempting to visit 100 countries before the end of 2022🌍 Check our KZbin About page for more details👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻
Azerbaijan was country 91🌍
We started out Azerbaijan trip with a road trip across the country to Sheki, before heading down to Gobustan and ending the trip in the capital Baku.
Thank you for watching!🙏😍
0:00-0:22 Intro
0:23-2:45 First impressions of Baku
2:46-3:31 What is the Caucasus region?
3:32-5:02 DELICIOUS vegan local food
5:03-6:27 The INSANE Baku waterfront
6:28-8:40 Dəniz Mall (Oskar goes on a slide...)
8:41-9:34 Eurovision tourism
9:35-11:40 The Caspian Sea and war monuments (Martyr's Lane)
11:41-13:20 Aprilyn thinks we're exaggerated (but she liked the Laksa)
13:21-14:30 Last hours
14:31-14:45 Next time

[@OskarandDan]

Thank you guys for watching as always🥰 We appreciate you SO much🥺❤ Didn't watch the first (crazy) video from Azerbaijan? Check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npqzkp94o8abZ6c

[@GhulamRasool-gf3mf]

I am big fan of both of u ❤

[@GhulamRasool-gf3mf]

Come to the Pakistan 😍

[@derindeniz9975]

Dünyanın en güzel ülke başkenti Bakü. Kardeşlerime Türkiye'den selamlar ❤️🇦🇿🇹🇷

[@AykaAngelina]

Çox sağ olun, var olun. Istanbulda dünyanın ən gözəl şəhəri, başkəntidir. Sizi çox sevirik. Qardaş Türkiyəyə Azərbaycandan Selamlar sevgilər göndəririk ❤️

[@Aytan_Music]

@@AykaAngelina onlarda bashkent Ankara dir Istanbul deyil

[@AykaAngelina]

@@Aytan_Music Bəli, bilirəm. Mexaniki olub. Ama Istanbul doğrudan Türkiyənin əsas şəhəri, megapolisidir.

[@derindeniz9975]

@@AykaAngelina Aleyküm selam Qardaş. Çok teşekkür ediyorum ❤️🇹🇷🇦🇿

[@namusluaileheyati2678]

Deniz kiz bakunun neresi guzel sen birde bura kiw aylarinda gel insanlar ac neresi guzel

[@musicchannel800]

Azerbaijan is a beautiful country. both in terms of ancient history and culture. welcome to Azerbaijan 🇦🇿❣️

[@asalaarmenia9707]

🤣🤣 ancient history in you’re dream

[@user-bw7ev2ig5w]

​@@asalaarmenia9707siktir uebok xaiskii

[@gersonalvarez6382]

Թուրքիա 2 Հայաստան 1 Ֆուտբոլային հանդիպում Ադրբեջան 44 օրում ավերված է Դուք միշտ պարտվում եք Cry

[@gersonalvarez6382]

​@@asalaarmenia9707 Annene selam söyle

[@sorinpopa1442]

Beside Baku that has boom because of the oil, rest of the cities or small towns villages are at stone age level ^^

[@nihadsuleymanov7]

Baku is not even comperable to Dubai. It has lots of things that Dubai doesn’t have. Baku has history, culture, atmosphere, vibe, good climate and much more. Baku is not artificial. Baku has a soul❤️

[@Johntheviewer]

Dubai does as well tbh it's just a bigger tourism powerhouse

[@legouniverse2276]

Azerbaijan is only nice in the city the tourism spots once you leave it's garbage

[@roger7900]

What a beautiful city. It looks so clean everywhere, no craps at the sidewalks or streets. Really amazing!!! Great job guys!!!

[@ih-p7914]

Thanks Roger , it s really beautiful. I did live in Dubai, Doha- Qatar , currently in US, love this countries but should to admit Baku is special.

[@ignacecasteele]

It is indeed very clean but once you go out of the touristic area it isn't.

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

Only in the central area of the city, outside of the areas where tourists tend to be there's extreme poverty and ghettos.

[@miraslansamedov1572]

@@Gohaz. so what ? Azadlıq awenue is also clean. Most part of Baku is clean, impressive and very well maintained like nowehere in another place in the world.

[@The_PacificOcean]

@@ArsenAl-zorK Extreme poverty and ghettos 😁😁 I think you are describing your own country Armenia where there's shithole all around.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Wow looks amazing didn´t know Baku was like this , thanks guys

[@RufetMuslimzade]

Thanks guys to film and share our country. We anytime glad to meet our guests. Love from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

[@jamesharris2058]

Azerbaijan is on my list!! Thanks for the video. Looks beautiful, but I think we'll need a guide. Hats off to you guys on a great video!

[@MensurLive]

I could be your guide for free. We are hospitable people. When you wanna visit Baku, just write me

[@williamgriffis8733]

Baku fits both of you very well. Beautiful city. Much love from the United States❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰

[@ismlvaa123]

thanksss💗💗🙏

[@mosura.rmnv.]

What a beautiful city. The architecture, food, people 👏🏻

[@cristinabb9956]

Yes, it looks very European...i didn t expect that! It also looks clean and civilized!

[@organizedchaos4559]

It is in Europe, lmao

[@famil1289]

it's transcontinental actually

[@Conii44]

@@organizedchaos4559 mostly in middle east but yea

[@AykaAngelina]

@@Conii44 Azerbaijan is a Caucasian country, not a Middle Eastern one.

[@rufatmursalov9433]

@@Conii44 South Caucasus is not a part of ME.

[@nahidgahramanov]

Azerbaijan has buildings and monuments with an ancient history 😍🇦🇿

[@TheFoxyb]

That slide looked epic! Baku in general looks really good, thanks for letting me see it xx

[@milanaalieva2096]

Thank you for visiting Baku❤️ we love guests like you 🇦🇿

[@uhsejackson3827]

Lovely place ❤ greetings from UK 🇬🇧

[@nailorucov7714]

thank you very much greetings from Azerbaijan🇦🇿❤️

[@nicat459]

🇦🇿💖🇬🇧

[@huseynresulov1728]

Wow! I'm Azerbaijan Love Sweden❤️

[@MrJamil8111]

AZERBAIJAN - definitely is one of the most beautiful, sincere, and warmest country in the world!

[@AykaAngelina]

Welcome to Azerbaijan ❤️ Guests are always welcome. Thank you very much for the video. Actually Baku is not Dubai. Baku is an Old city and has a very rich Architecture, which makes it more European, and the new buildings are reminiscent of Dubai. Azerbaijan itself is located in the Caucasus, between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. But we call ourselves simply the Caucasus, and Caucasian Country.

[@elchinedd.9217]

Qaradöt milletimizin biri bir komment yazmasaydi bu videonun içine qurd düşerdi.

[@sigmawolf228]

Baku is not Caucasus, even mentally, it more Asian/European country...

[@AykaAngelina]

@@sigmawolf228 Azerbaijan is a country of the South Caucasus.

[@sigmawolf228]

@@AykaAngelina İ live in Baku and İ lived in Georgia. Baku is more like Turkish culture...

[@AykaAngelina]

@@sigmawolf228 Baku and Azerbaijan have their own culture.

[@AlinaBekkuci]

Hehe. I love this video. It is always interesting what foreigners think about my country. Greetings from Azerbaijan

[@alakbaraliyev9460]

Welcome to our beautiful country❤️🇦🇿🙋‍♂️ Enjoy your travel through the city. And you guys can be my guest✌️

[@turqutnuralibeyli9907]

Our hospitality side 🤣

[@elchinedd.9217]

Amcuqellolar 😄

[@magicrecipes6895]

Ohh I miss Baku ♥️ the tastiest veggies, fruits & meat!! the basil growing in Azerbaijan is different from the traditional green one. It has purple- red colour and tastes a little different.

[@ayxanyusifli5622]

Прошу вас никогда не сравнивайте Баку с Дубаем.Баку это живой старый и калоритный город с красками в отличии от песчаного и жаркого бездушного Дубая.без обид

[@saraa338]

It looks like an interesting country,thanks for sharing your journey with us!😘

[@OskarandDan]

Thanks for watching🙌

[@saqartvelo3203]

Baku is beautiful ❤ it looks like Georgia 🇬🇪🤝🏼🇦🇿 btw , Batumi is the next Dubai 😉☺🇬🇪💖

[@AykaAngelina]

Georgia is also beautiful. I was in Tbilisi. Only good emotions. With love from Azerbaijan to brother Georgia 🇦🇿🇬🇪

[@AykaAngelina]

@POLY STUDY Thank you brothers ❤️ I think you are from Israel? Greetings and big LOVE from Azerbaijan to Israel ❤️🇦🇿🇮🇱❤️

[@LivefromBAKU]

🇦🇿❤️🇬🇪

[@skay9071]

Hello bidjo ..qamar djoba👋😉

[@AykaAngelina]

@POLY STUDY You are always welcome. We really love you.

[@hummus22]

I can rewatch the video again and again. I'm glad you liked Baku🎈 Hope to see you again in our country💫

[@OskarandDan]

Thank you🙏

[@ninettemurk7492]

OMG, my ribs hurt, laughing so hard about Oskar squeaking on that slide. Perfect film work too ;-)

[@manusiabahagia7081]

Wow... it makes me wanna visit Azerbaijan. many places in the world are underrated simply because they get less exposure. People focus more on Europe, Europe is overrated.

[@Ivan-or8fi]

Azerbaycanda avrupaçılık yok.

[@muradbabayev6389]

Azərbaycana xoş gəlmisiniz. Ümüd varam xoş və yadda qalan günlər keçirdiniz. Növbəti səyahətinizdə sizə uğurlar arzulayıram.

[@mammadyusubov]

Välkommen til Azerbaijan! Tack för denna video om min hemland. Greetings from Skåne. 😃🇦🇿🇸🇪

[@OskarandDan]

Tack🙏

[@wenchepedersen4937]

Bor du i Sverige?

[@rovshanzeynalli9297]

Welcome to our country. Azerbaijan best tourism destination! 👍

[@aaronenriquez4026]

As a language lover and learner, I can't stop replaying any time you speak Swedish.

[@inaraguliyeva1720]

Beautiful video about Azerbaijan,Baku.Thanks guysss

[@louvain2542]

😍😍😍😍 INCREDIBLE BAKU!!!

[@jay-jayprinsloo553]

Yo I am living here at the moment, it is a really beautiful city. Would defs recommend it as a new place to check out. Great food, friendly people, but a tad expensive and windy in the winter.

[@MatthewL1973]

Oskar’s loon call in the slide was EVERYTHING. Canadians will be proud of your abilities! Lol! 😎🤣

[@OskarandDan]

HAHA yay😂😂

[@ericburton5163]

I was looking for a comment like this! That can be a new side gig for Oskar - bird calls! (stictly for entertainment, environmental, and media reasons and not hunting of course!).

[@Cyberwolfization]

I love Baku city! Beatiful city!

[@salehheydarov6204]

Welcome to Baku, Azerbaijan guys🇦🇿, enjoy warm weather, nice people outside. I hope you had great vocation. We will wait you to host in our beloved country again guys. Take care!

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job you guys.

[@elvinjabbarov]

Thanks for visiting! I really love your energy. I would love to meet. You are also a Eurovision fan... 😋❤️

[@blackdalia1065]

Wow! I would have never looked in that area !! Great info thank you 💗👍

[@rodankw]

I would watch you boys tour an empty cardboard box because I know you would make it an absolute experience for all of us. Well done, yet again !!!

[@OskarandDan]

That is an incredibly sweet comment❤️

[@Vibe2575]

My motherland is amazing.Thanks a lot to show our country to the world

[@randomamericansescreaction1590]

Loved the nod to Eurovision! Also I love any and all of your videos :)

[@OskarandDan]

Thank you so much🙏

[@lunaeacqua3500]

Thanks for coming guys❤️ You are always very welcome to Azerbaija

[@moazhmi]

Slick , heading there next week - will surely check some places here 😊

[@afatahmadli1952]

thanks guys for video. Baku 🤩 is my hometown

[@t08.sh8]

Azerbaijan, my motherland ❤🇦🇿

[@illuminator8712]

Comparing Baku with Dubai is not entirely correct. Dubai has nothing to offer other than high-rise buildings in the form of boxes. The city is gray and monotonous, while Baku has a rich historical and cultural background and a variety of magnificent architecture.

[@gorgon5633]

20 years of history

[@hasinabegum1038]

​@@gorgon5633over 200 year's of

[@singaporenoodles7189]

I'm still laughing at the video of the woman messing up saying Azerbaijan 🤣🤣🤣

[@OskarandDan]

Swedish icon Sarah Dawn Finer😌

[@singaporenoodles7189]

@@OskarandDan lol Sarah Dawn is really a swedish icon 🤣😂

[@ih-p7914]

Thank you for nice video about my Motherland ❤❤❤

[@abitnajs9479]

The part from the slide was the best --- Wuhhuhu :)

[@HigherPlainGames]

8:16 - future ringtone sample for sure. The archetecture is absolutely stunning though. Thanks for the speedy tour. Definitely high on my list to get to.

[@OskarandDan]

ringtone...😂🤣

[@kamranaliyev9782]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jhnleung]

Great slide footage, Oskar! With 🐔🐔🐔sound effects

[@OskarandDan]

😂😂 At least the audio was worth it lmao

[@glowingacid8739]

Soooooo beautiful, thanks ❤❤❤👍

[@GoldenL00]

Welcome to Azerbaijan 💖I hope you had a nice travel , thank you very much for perfect video 👌🏻More videos about Azerbaijan please ✨

[@srinivasasr8200]

voww the video quality is just fantastic .

[@FoodTourss]

Thank you for the lovely video ;)

[@sabrinastraveladventures4263]

Woop 🙌 woop 🙌 for Aprilyn I love when she comes along her snazzy comments are always on the cherry 🍒 cake 🍰 🤣 She cracks me up 😜😂😂😂😂 I’d love to visit Baku and Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 properly not in a day but thx for an intro of what to expect😅😉 Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧

[@OskarandDan]

She's amazing❤️ And hilarious😆

[@sabrinastraveladventures4263]

@@OskarandDan I can tell!🥇

[@jamessocal8946]

In playlists, could you add another category - “Videos with Aprilyn”? So I’ll know the ones I want to watch? 😆 Just kidding (maybe).

[@milanaalieva2096]

Come to Azerbaijan.❤😊

[@GalileoHQ]

Love the adventure

[@knanbabayev1582]

Thanks for coming!!I hope you like our people and city!

[@user-vx3nl7fp8j]

Дюшук олмайын...

[@scottishsuzuki8132]

Amazing place. Worked there many times.

[@asimanmammadli9431]

I hope, you guys, haven’t missed to visit main street - Nizami st. Because i couldn’t see in video. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful city!

[@lircbov6224]

I like this video , it is very interesting one of your videos . Tanks a lot ❤❤

[@elvinaliev5796]

Perfect !!!!

[@mistermerlinkamelotski1799]

on a second 5:34 is amazing Deniz Yacht club hotel with balconies to the sea. awesome 👍

[@adayofcats]

What a beautiful city❤i love this city🥰

[@sevincisrayilova3230]

Happy see u guys my hometown 🧿💕

[@SyifaAdriana]

I am impressed by the distance you covered in Baku solely! I can totally empathise and imagine the extreme heat with talk, walking, filming arent the best combination! I have done that myself and usually despise doing it under such a weather. Well done for the hard work guys. I cant wait to see Armenia from your eyes, as I’ll be there in December. Hope to cross our path somewhere somehow in England, where I reside.

[@MuratAltay20]

Armenia?

[@yusiftalibov6447]

Əla çəkmisiz. Dolma yemədiz bir çox milli təamlar yemədiniz. Tez tez gəlin 👌👍👍

[@slloo7692]

Love the Singapore connection and Aprilyn's comments. That's so SG! How did laksa manage to find its way there?

[@OskarandDan]

No idea but thank god it did🤣

[@Axuramazda]

I hope next time you will visit us for a longer period of time. Because you haven't seen so much!)))

[@songvideofi7291]

Azerbaijan❤️🇦🇿

[@erosalexander5240]

I think it looks much better than Dubai, should not strive to be Dubai and please don't compare it to Dubai

[@Conii44]

Both are great countries love to dubai from azerbaijan

[@Conii44]

@Andy Ash we arent poor

[@davidgross9321]

Baku made up for the rest of the country. Great video.

[@HasanovaFatima]

BAKU is BAKU , Dubai is Dubai !!!

[@Latexhandske]

I think it`s looks like "Nya Backaplan" 😂 Nice vid guys! Stay safe 💗

[@nihatallahverdiyev81]

Bättre än Backaplan lol

[@Latexhandske]

@@nihatallahverdiyev81 Tänk vad skönt det hade varit om det hade satsats på oss medborgare och få se vackra byggnader här på Hisingen? En riktigt fin strandpromenad från bro till bro.

[@ing-marielindstrom4071]

Hej killar, tack för en härlig film.En undran bara,var är alla människor såg väldigt folktomt ut.Ha det bäst tills nästa gång.Kram.

[@OskarandDan]

Ja vissa delar var definitivt rätt folktomma! Ju längre ut på strandpromenaden man går desto längre kommer man från centrum :) Tack!

[@milanaalieva2096]

It's very hot in Baku, in the morning and afternoon. All people go out in the evening

[@emila.lazade5660]

Just back from Baku, Azerbaijan on 12.11.2022, but I miss Baku.. I am planning to go back in very short time!

[@azesecret9436]

Crystal hall and Euphoria ❤️

[@blackmmblack6982]

oh wery good to see you in my country bro

[@jalecfrova5861]

Nice picnic regions Ganja, Guba Sheki Gabala, Sumgait performans ..👍👍👍

[@user-jy9mj8jo5t]

Welcome to Azerbaijan ❤

[@ramildadashov7436]

Thank you, we didn’t forget and showed our martyrs

[@stj53]

So interesting to enjoy unknown cultures!

[@PA-of6lr]

Millenium Dome.. Belinda Blinked.. such a niche reference. I see you boys are into MDWAP 😉 explains a lot !

[@OskarandDan]

Haha yay another Belinker!!

[@fa7285]

Me, eating dolma while watching, literally waiting for you to taste in Baku (unfortunately, it’s not vegan, and it translates like “stuffed, filled with smth” which is usually meat😂)

[@natiqbayramov361]

Guys thank u✨️

[@marygracenagoy]

I’m literally on this a plane going there right now ! 😂

[@aliev8030]

Love from Azerbaijan guys❤❤❤

[@JUNEY_90]

THENK YOU❤

[@foxymoon7860]

Man, that camera angle was... interesting for sure.

[@sharkan44]

I like Oskar's shirt at the beginning of the video. Where is it from? :) btw. Eurovision-references. I relate :D

[@OskarandDan]

It's from Zara!😊

[@moonlyme7409]

My lovely city ❤

[@qalibmsimov8447]

Xoş gəlmisiniz.

[@heatherdavies1894]

How did Oskar manage to sound like a crazy owl on the slide, absolutely hilarious 🦉😂

[@OskarandDan]

😂😂 It was all in the moment, can't be repeated😉

[@heatherdavies1894]

@@OskarandDan 🤣😂

[@quizanime]

wow amazing

[@azizmdv]

Thanks for visiting baku🇦🇿

[@camilaabduli6145]

Welcome our country❣️

[@mansuramustafayeva]

Welcome to Baku❤

[@sureshkumarch4986]

Beautiful city