A week in Baghdad, Iraq

Seven days in Baghdad, each a walk through best-known places that lie close together, the best known first: day one starts at National Museum of Iraq. 29 stops in all.

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Day 1

  1. National Museum of IraqMuseum · On the map
  2. Mosque of AhmadiyahMosque · 1.7 km on from National Museum of Iraq · On the map
  3. Haydar-Khana MosqueMosque · 0.4 km on from Mosque of Ahmadiyah · On the map
  4. Baghdadi MuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Haydar-Khana Mosque · On the map
  5. Latin Saint Joseph Cathedral BaghdadCathedral · 0.7 km on from Baghdadi Museum · On the map
  6. Sheikh Abdul Qader al-Jilani MosqueMosque · 1.1 km on from Latin Saint Joseph Cathedral Baghdad · On the map

6 stops, 6.2 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 17 min of walking.

Day 2

  1. Victory ArchMonument · On the map
  2. Great Celebrations squareSquare · 0.3 km on from Victory Arch · On the map
  3. Baghdad ZooZoo or aquarium · 1.2 km on from Great Celebrations square · On the map

3 stops, 2.3 km on foot along the streets: about 30 min of walking.

Day 3

  1. Al-Rahman MosqueMosque · On the map
  2. Baghdad TowerTower · 1 km on from Al-Rahman Mosque · On the map
  3. As-Salam PalacePalace · 0.7 km on from Baghdad Tower · On the map

3 stops, 3.1 km on foot along the streets: about 39 min of walking.

Day 4

  1. Al Khalani MosqueMosque · On the map
  2. AlKhulafa MosqueMosque · 0.9 km on from Al Khalani Mosque · On the map
  3. Al-Wazeer MosqueMosque · 0.9 km on from AlKhulafa Mosque · On the map
  4. Al-Sarai MosqueMosque · 0.3 km on from Al-Wazeer Mosque · On the map
  5. Azbak MosqueMosque · 0.6 km on from Al-Sarai Mosque · On the map
  6. Garden of RidvánGarden · 0.5 km on from Azbak Mosque · On the map

6 stops, 4.7 km on foot along the streets: about 59 min of walking.

Day 5

  1. Firdos SquareSquare · On the map
  2. Mosque of 17 RamadanMosque · 0.1 km on from Firdos Square · On the map
  3. Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral in BaghdadCathedral · 1 km on from Mosque of 17 Ramadan · On the map

3 stops, 1.4 km on foot along the streets: about 18 min of walking.

Day 6

  1. Al Mardiyah MosqueMosque · On the map
  2. Al-Sarafiya bridgeBridge · 1.4 km on from Al Mardiyah Mosque · On the map
  3. Buratha MosqueMosque · 1.1 km on from Al-Sarafiya bridge · On the map

3 stops, 5.4 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 6 min of walking.

Day 7

  1. Abbasid PalacePalace · On the map
  2. Mosque of MorganMosque · 1 km on from Abbasid Palace · On the map
  3. Cathedral of Mary Mother of SorrowsCathedral · 0.2 km on from Mosque of Morgan · On the map
  4. Taj PalacePalace · 0.6 km on from Cathedral of Mary Mother of Sorrows · On the map
  5. Mosque of Sayed Sultan AliMosque · 0.1 km on from Taj Palace · On the map

5 stops, 2.7 km on foot along the streets: about 34 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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