Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo, the multi-cultural metropolis in the middle of the Bosnian mountains – Bosnia and Hercegovina
The most famous tourist attractions are the city square where you will find the Serbian-orthodox, the Roman-catholic church and a mosque side by side, the Turkish market Bascarsia (where you absolutely have to eat the typical Sarajevo meatballs Cevapi and afterwards the Turkish sweet Baklava), the eternal flame (WWII monument) or the national library that after having been damaged in the 1992-1995 war is about to be renovated. All those attractions are situated around a crowded pedestrian street that leads through the whole old town. Sarajevo lies in a long valley in the middle of several mountains, along the Bosna river. In the “tunnel museum” you may visit the tunnel where people and goods were smuggled under the airport into town centre during the Sarajevo siege by Serbian troops from 1992 until 1995. The museum lies outside of town, behind the airport; is reachable by tramway and bus, and is too expensive, but worth a visit. You may save the money you’ve spent for by staying in probably one of Europe’s best Youth Hostels with double rooms with your own bathroom (about 12 Euro by person), just some minutes foot walk uphill from town centre; it makes part of the Bijelave student dormitory.
In the winter, the Jahorina Mountain next to Sarajevo attracts ski tourist.
Travelling to Sarajevo from Belgrade is a mess, as bus companies think they have still to fight a war against Bosnia instead of serving their customers. Several daily and night busses are stopping in irrelevant places like the mountain village Pale, but instead of driving to the central bus station, they go round the city and arrive after about seven hours trip in the so-called “Srpsko Sarajevo” from where you can reach the town centre only difficultly.


photo by Wili Hybrid

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