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Azerbaijan: Baku Metro

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Arts & Culture, Travel

Baku Fragments pays homage to the city's metro system [1]. Unfortunately known for the worst subway disaster in the world when hundreds died, the blog says Baku's metro stations house some of the best if blatantly propagandist public art in the city. The blog is also impressed by the cheerful melodies which sound when trains arrive at each stop.