Baghdad

Worth seeing in and around Baghdad

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   House of Wisdom

   The House of Wisdom, also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad. In popular reference, it acted as one of the world's largest public libraries during the Islamic Golden Age, and was founded either as a library for the collections of the fifth Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid in the late 8th century or as a private collection of the second Abbasid caliph al-Mansur to house rare books and collections in the Arabic language.

   1.6 km · library, translation institute and research center in medieval Baghdad · Wikipedia
2. 02
   University of Baghdad

   The University of Baghdad, is a public research university in Baghdad, Iraq. It is the largest university in Iraq and the tenth largest in the Arab world.

   8 km · university in Iraq · Wikipedia
3. 03
   National Museum of Iraq

   The Iraq Museum is the national museum of Iraq, located in Baghdad. The Iraq Museum contains relics from the Mesopotamian, Abbasid, and Persian civilizations.

   1.9 km · historical museum in Baghdad · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Al-Kadhimiya Mosque

   The Kadhimiya Mosque, also known as the Jawadayn Shrine, is the mausoleums of the seventh and ninth Shia Imams, respectively Musa al-Kazim and his grandson Muhammad al-Jawad, located in the Kazimiya suburb of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. It is a holy site in Shia Islam.

   7.3 km · mosque in Iraq · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Abu Hanifa Mosque

   The Abu Hanifa Mosque, also known as the Grand Imam Mosque, is a Sunni mosque and shrine, located in the A'dhamiyya district of northern Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The complex is one of the most prominent mosques in Baghdad, that is built around the tomb of Islamic scholar Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man, the founder of the Hanafi school, an Islamic school of Islamic religious jurisprudence.

   5.3 km · mosque · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Al-Mustansiriya University

   Al-Mustansiriya University is a public university located in Baghdad, Iraq. It traces its origin back to 1227.

   2.9 km · university in Baghdad, Iraq · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Iraq National Library and Archive

   The Iraq National Library and Archive is the national library and national archives of Iraq. It is located in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and was founded in 1920.

   1.7 km · national library, national archives · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon

   The Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad, or simply the Chaldean Patriarchate, is the official title held by the primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The Patriarchate is based in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Baghdad, Iraq.

   1.8 km · patriarchate of the Catholic Church established after the 1552 schism, based in Baghdad · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Baghdad Tower

   Baghdad Tower, previously called International Saddam Tower, is a 204 m TV tower in Baghdad, Iraq. The tower opened in 1994 and replaced a communications tower destroyed in the Gulf War.

   6 km · tower located in central Baghdad · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Umm al-Qura Mosque

    The Umm al-Qura Mosque, also known as the Umm al-Ma'arik Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. It was the city's largest place of worship for Sunnis, but it has also become the location of a Shi'a hawza and a place of refuge for many fleeing the terrorists' depredations in the Anbar Province.

    9.7 km · mosque in Baghdad, Iraq · Wikipedia

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Getting to Baghdad

Airports

Baghdad / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), 18 km · Al Najaf (NJF), 150 km · Kirkuk (KIK), 237 km

Stations

Baghdad railway station, 2.7 km

• Najaf → Baghdad

  146 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · $14–19
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• Kirkuk → Baghdad

  237 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · $21–28
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• Arbil → Baghdad

  319 km · quickest by road, 5h 31m · $28–39
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