One day in Erbil, Iraq

A day through Erbil’s best-known sights that lie close together: Jalil Khayat Mosque, Citadel of Erbil, Erbil Stones and Gems Museum, Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum, Khalidiya Khanqah Mosque and Tekke and Erbil Civilization Museum. 6 stops, about 3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Jalil Khayat MosqueMosque · On the map
  2. Citadel of ErbilArchaeological site · 1.4 km on from Jalil Khayat Mosque · On the map
  3. Erbil Stones and Gems MuseumMuseum · 0.1 km on from Citadel of Erbil · On the map
  4. Kurdish Textile and Cultural MuseumMuseum · Next to Erbil Stones and Gems Museum · On the map
  5. Khalidiya Khanqah Mosque and TekkeMosque · 0.2 km on from Kurdish Textile and Cultural Museum · On the map
  6. Erbil Civilization MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km on from Khalidiya Khanqah Mosque and Tekke · On the map

6 stops, 5.1 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 2 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

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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