Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Travel Blogs

It's hard not to be overwhelmed...
Aug 4, 2006 (54 photos)

... that my feable mind can't even begin to process what I've seen or heard. Don't get the wrong impression - Sarajevo is not a doom and gloom city. The young beautiful people parade around the central hip area whilst the old men shout at each other, ...

Going loco down in Sarajevo!
Jul 13, 2005 (7 photos)

... waiting for their next story or headlining picture. Apparently it was 300 Deutsche marks per night back then! We found some 'Sarajevo Roses' too which are indentations in the ground where shells exploded. Some of them are filled in with red cement, ...

the night before
Jul 28, 2008 (43 photos)

... ;ek obwodnicą. ENGLISH: We`d been looking for a place to stay overnight in Sarajevo for over 2 hours. All the hostels and hotels  were full. We even got help from a Canadian girl from Quebec ...

Stepping into a War Zone
Aug 16, 2006 (36 photos)

... that there was a war fought a decade ago. Many buildings are bombed out, many are still scattered with bullet holes and the streets of Sarajevo are littered with what are called Sarajevo Roses, the outlines or mortar shells painted in red. The shame of it ...

Vrelo Bosna
Dec 8, 2007 (6 photos)

... kiosk and jumped on the number 3 tram that took us on the 12km ride to Ilidza. We passed through some of the outlying suburbs of Sarajevo and got off when the tram terminated in Ilidza. We had no idea where to go when we got off and it struck us that there ...

Dobre dan from Boznia & Herzegovina
Jul 3, 2008 (10 photos)

... gone into restoring this place. However on the back streets there are buildings that are ruined and derilict, all riddled with bullet holes. Our drive to Sarajevo is also beautiful along the Neretva River with a short stop in a peaceful medieval village ...

Sarajevo
Oct 15, 2008 (11 photos)

... .After touring the old town with its cafes, markets, and deliciously hypnotic pastry shops, we headed to the Sarajevo Brewery to sample their product and have a traditional meal.  The restaurant that they built is gorgeous and their beer! Wow.  After a meal ...

The Beauty of Bosnia
Sep 14, 2005

Bosnia, well more specifically Sarajevo and Mostar... I will start with Sarajevo given that came first. Set into the mountains Sarajevo is abit of a stunner really, a large sprawling city (alot bigger than I anticipated) its lush green surroundings ...

My Birthday in Sarajevo
Dec 7, 2007 (4 photos)

... the crown of Yugoslavia, the scene of the 1984 Winter Olympics and the place named in one of my favourite songs, Miss Sarajevo by U2. Jess and the girls had arranged a whole bunch of presents for me that they had bought in Turkey -yummy things to eat, a ...

Beyond the symbolism
Jun 19, 2006 (12 photos)

... it's hard to just think of it as a city. But it is just a city, and a pretty cool one at that. I crossed into Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday and spent a night in Mostar. The city was almost completely destroyed during the Balkan war, but massive ...

Finding Franz Ferdinand
Jul 14, 2005 (5 photos)

History lesson 1914 Whilst having a tour around Sarajevo, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, starting WW1 1984 Sarajevo have the Winter Olympics and everyone is happy 1991 - 1994 The war in the part of the former Slavic states Well, I ...

Dark and sharp mountains
Aug 14, 2003

Wonderful scenery, wonderful people (see issue 14 for more)

Muslim city: Sarajevo
Nov 24, 2006

... contre la ville a été presque complètement détruites durant la guerre de 92 a 95 pour les forces Serbes mène par Milosevic. Sarajevo est une ville musulmane, donc tu retrouves des dizaines de mosquées un peu partout. Tu peux apercevoir des dizaines de tours ...

Sarajevo
Apr 22, 2006 (2 photos)

... where two girls were shot, the first victims of a four year siege. We visited a museum which helped explain the history of Bosnia, and short lady with bulging eyes tried to explain everything to us. Her English wasn´t that great though and she spoke a ...

Sarajevo
Aug 16, 2008

... heard from that again. Too bad... but as you can see this doesn´t stop me from coming back to Bosnia. Germanwings flies to Sarajevo now. Every Wednesday and Saturday a plane leaves from Cologne-Bonn. A ticket costs 44 euro most of the time. If you book ...

Hot
Jul 16, 2009

Haggadah, locked down.

Sarajevo film festival, summary
Aug 22, 2008 (3 photos)

... and ask for 'Ultra start paket'. It will cost 15km and you will have 10km of credit. I called for like 20mins inside Bosnia and sent numerous text messages to Bosnian and Dutch friends. I still have 2km left! Also, the credit will expire after three ...

Sophisticated Sarajevo
Apr 16, 2008 (14 photos)

... Kitties" to the angry post office lady who yelled at me about my letter.  You're right about Sarajevo - this is a pretty resilient place, and the people are friendly.  I'm happy our car with Serbian plates was locked away in the hotel garage.

And a city is reborn
Mar 21, 2007 (4 photos)

We have made our way to the capital of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sarajevo.... And lucky for us, the rain decided to join us!  Not joking it more or less never let up! We toured around the city and inevitably returned to our room to dry off and regain ...

Bosnia
Nov 1, 2005 (4 photos)

... apartment drinking Bosnian coffee and mineral water, getting to know each other. We talked about our trip, life in the US and in Bosnia and all of our upcoming plans. We were thinking about staying for a couple of nights, which was good with them because ...

Sarajevo film festival. Great experience
Aug 18, 2008 (9 photos)

... It really sucks to have so many tourists around here. Luckily my main purpose is the film festival this time.. and not Sarajevo itself... I will leave Haris Youth Hostel tomorrow and stay at Hostel Posselipo. Haris is way too crowded atm. People keep ...

Sarajevo
Aug 25, 2006 (13 photos)

... tour out to the tunnel that provided to city with supplies during the seige, which was amazing. the man who took the tour lived in sarajevo and survived the seige, and used to go through the tunnel himself as a child, so he had amazing stories to tell. ...

B-Roads and Bombshells...
Jun 5, 2008 (23 photos)

... invention of a brand new driving game... Using your out of date road map, decipher Bosnian place names and direct yourselves towards Sarajevo. Easy, you think. Not when Bosnian letters resemble UFOs... Consequently, I couldn't begin to tell you what ...

Welcome to Sarajevo
Sep 8, 2007 (22 photos)

Across the border into Bosnia. We didn't really know what to expect from Sarajevo but as we'd be arriving at 10:30pm we had made the effort to book ahead so that we'd have somewhere to sleep. Just as well, as it was pi**ing it down. Delighted to get ...

La ciudad de las mezquitas
Sep 10, 2007

... un hostal, pues a veces tienen libros para intercambiar (con los clientes, claro). Aun asi esta idea aun no esta muy difundida en Sarajevo pues la muchacha nos miro con una cara muy rara. Y se lo debimos parecer pues nos hizo un regalo: un libro que tenia ...

En ruta
Sep 8, 2007

... entre todo esto, el paisaje desde el autobus es fascinante, viendo las mezquitas, las sinagogas y otros templos iluminados. Llegamos a Sarajevo a las 23'00, con un hotel reservado pero ni idea de como encontrarlo. Un taxista nos llevo al que creiamos ...

Suprising Sarajevo
May 28, 2005 (5 photos)

... in some parts and it gives the impression that the country is moving forward pretty quickly. On our second day in Sarajevo Dragon took us and the five students from Budapest on a little excursion out to the tunnel museum. On this day, the rain was ...

2 Days in Sarajevo
Jul 23, 2004

We arived in Sarajevo in the middle of the day.. found a hotel with a "norwegian" owner - perfect. Multicultural. An experience!! Now we're on the night train towards Budapest.

Sarajevo
Apr 21, 2008 (5 photos)

... bridge where Border Police entered the bus, checked passports and the luggage hold.  Noted that a lot of the houses in Zagreb and Sarajevo are two storey. Checked in the hotel and then back on the bus for a tour of the old city.    ...

Sarajevo
Sep 3, 2007 (9 photos)

I had two days in Sarajevo. First day I meet two English guys Ed and Luke who were taking a tour of the city that morning. S I thought I tag along. It was a interesting  tour mainly for the guide who obvious gone though it first hand. Type of man you ...