10 Reasons to Visit Sarajevo

When to Visit

July

July

While the heat of July can be oppressive, Sarajevans find relief up on the nearby mountains and at various picnic spots, where temperatures are pleasant, thanks to the high elevation, and there is the deep shade of the forests and a refreshing coolness from rivers and streams. More

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Sarajevo Stories

Sevdah and Sevdalinka

Sevdah and Sevdalinka

In early December 2024, a significant announcement was made – sevdalinka, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian urban and folk song, was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. More

  1. When you enter a coffee house and look for a place to sit, you need to be very careful not to trip over the long pipes which smokers, who are seated on low pillows, leave in the middle of the coffee house floor. If you step on one of these long pipes or even touch it, it can cost you dearly, for you are disturbing the Sarajevans’ “pleasure”. Notwithstanding all of the commotion outside in Čaršija, inside there is silence. All you can hear is the bubbling of the water pipes and the sound of coffee boiling on the embers.

    Robert Stanhopes, a traveler who visited Sarajevo in 1634
  2. This city and its people really are something special. There are no words to describe them. I adore this city and I can call the people I've met here "brothers".

    Alex Elena, musician

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