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10 best places in Baghdad
Baghdad, seat of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid on the banks of the Tigris, comes alive every Friday with a book fair on Al-Mutanabbi Street, holding onto centuries of poetry through decades of upheaval.
Al-Mutanabbi Street
Baghdad's legendary book street, named for the great Arab poet, hosting an open-air book market every Friday.
Iraq Museum (National Museum of Iraq)
One of the world's most important archaeology museums, home to treasures of Sumer, Akkad and Babylon.
Al-Zawraa Park
The city's largest green park, with a zoo and tree-lined paths, Baghdad's favourite family outing.
Qishla (Al-Qishla Square)
An Ottoman-era square with a historic clock tower on the Tigris riverfront, popular for evening walks.
Abu Nawas Street
A riverside boulevard along the Tigris named for the poet, famous for its open-fire masgouf fish grills.
Al-Kadhimiya Shrine
A gold-domed Shia shrine holding the tombs of Imams Musa al-Kadhim and Muhammad al-Taqi, a major pilgrimage site.
Baghdad Zoo
Iraq's oldest and largest zoo, rebuilt after 2003, set within Al-Zawraa Park.
Shabandar Café
A historic 1917 teahouse on Al-Mutanabbi Street that has drawn Baghdad's writers and intellectuals for generations.
Al Rasheed Street
The city's oldest modern street, lined with early 20th-century colonial-era arcades.
Masgouf grills of Abu Nawas
A strip of riverside restaurants grilling masgouf over open fires, Iraq's signature river-fish dish.
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