Oil Rocks, Azerbaijan

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Oil Rocks is a full town on the sea: it has 200 km of streets built on piles and landfill, counting with a population of over 5,000 men (families stay on shore!). Most of the inhabitants work on shifts - a week on Oil Rocks a week on shore. There are tall blocks of flats, a bakery, a cinema, a garden, a school ect. You need to take a 3 and a half hour boat trip from Baku. There are also helicopters from Baku and from Artyom island. It is a journey for a whole day.

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