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Sarajevo

Description: Sarajevo is the capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an estimated population of ... more

Sarajevo ... 602,500 (as of December, 2006). It is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, and the de jure capital of the Republika Srpska entity, as well as the center of the Sarajevo Canton. Sarajevo is located in the Sarajevo valley of Bosnia proper, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated around the Miljacka river. The city is famous for its traditional religious diversity, with adherents of Islam, Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Judaism peacefully coexisting there for centuries.

Newest Review: ... just a few footsteps later, he ushered us into a wonderful nineteenth century apartment building on what is effectively Sarajevo's main square. For Euro12 a night we couldn't have asked for more. Sarajevo displays its diverse history for all to see. The Bascarsija district is the oldest part of the city; here you'll find mosques, the bazaar, silversmiths, teahouses, museums, cool bars and ... more

... the best eating places in town. At the opposite end of the main shopping street Ferhadija you'll find the legacy of the Austro-Hungarians with some grand public buildings such as the National Theatre and the central post office. Depending on which pa...more

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Sarajevo - simply sublime (2661 words)
by - written on 20/10/09 (Very useful, 121 readings)
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In 1984 Sarajevo hosted the Winter Olympics; just over a decade later, the world watched as Sarajevo burned and the sites of the games became cemeteries for those killed in the siege, at four years the longest in modern warfare. Before the war Sarajevo was often described as the "European Jerusalem" in reference to the mix of cultures who happily lived alongside each other; today an invisible line divides the city separating Bosniaks from Bosnian Serbs. Although I remember both the Olympic Games and the Siege of Sarajevo very well, it was an earlier event that ignited my interest in Sarajevo: a postcard from a family friend, who was in Yugoslavia on ... Read the complete review

Welcome back to Sarajevo (944 words)
by - written on 17/12/04 (Very useful, 1305 readings)
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My announcement that I would be spending my summer in Bosnia met with bemused silences. "But why?", they asked - "Be careful" or "Good for you". My neighbour told me "be sure to take a headscarf with you, it’s a Muslim country y’know." So many concerned family members asked me if it was safe, that I began to have doubts. After watching the film “Welcome to Sarajevo” and reading graphic books about the conflict in an attempt at researching this forgotten corner of Europe, I felt even more unsure. My worries were to prove unfounded. The hijab I didn’t pack proved to be unnecessary, and ironically, I felt safer ... Read the complete review