Sarajevo

Sarajevo is a city that you almost certainly most associate with war if you were born in or before the late 1980s. Being besieged for nearly 4 years certainly gave the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina a distinctive character, but its important position as a meeting point of Asian and European cultures over the past centuries has had a more lasting and noticeable impact. You can see this in the eclectic Old Town and the beautiful old churches, synagogues and mosques built almost next to each other.

But Sarajevo is more than just its history. In fact, it’s a very friendly and welcoming place. The compact city has a cosmopolitan feel, with a fun nightlife, a longstanding coffee culture and some really striking modern buildings.

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10 Best Things to Do in Sarajevo
Many of the best things to do in Sarajevo have Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman influences, with ornate towers peeking out from underneath a rustic backdrop. The city may be modest in size, but it’s a place where culture and history come...
10 Places in Sarajevo That Shaped the World
Sarajevo is a city that showcases a varied and often tragic history. The name itself, acquired during the mid-15th century, comes from the Turkish word saraj – meaning ‘palace’. It established itself as a crucially important market on the east-west...