Sarajevo Wiki

**Welcome to Sarajevo**
**Sarajevo** is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and it also the largest city too with a population of nearly 276,000 within it's administrative limits and more than 550,000 inhabitants in total (per 2013 census).

Due to it's long history of religious and cultural diversity it is nicknamed the Jerusalem of Europe and Balkans and is only one of the few major European cities to have three major religions in one neighborhood.

Sarajevo was one of the cities in Europe to have a tram network operate in the 19th century as the first city to do so was Berlin which accomplished it in 1865 shortly before the Vienna tram was officially opened.

Sarajevo is also notable for holding two Olympic sport games, the first being the 1984 Winter Olympics and the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2019 on the 35th anniversary of the 1984 Olympics. In 2011, Sarajevo was nominated as the European Capital of Culture of 2014. In October 2019 it was designated as a UNESCO creative city and also is one of the eighteen cities of film.

In 1914, the Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was a local activist of the Young Bosnia movement. This sparked the First World War ending the Austro-Hungarian reign in 1918. From 1992 to 1996, Sarajevo was shelled by the army of Republika Srpska for 1,425 days (nearly four years) making it the longest siege in the history of modern warfare. After the war, Sarajevo went under a massive reconstruction period in which most of it's landmarks have been rebuilt from the war.

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## Important places

Emperor's MosqueSebiljVijecnica (City Hall)Avaz Twist TowerUNITIC Twin Towers
## References

===**Visiting Sarajevo**===
* Try checking out their official website

* By plane: Fly to Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ)
* By bus: Use the Centrotrans Eurolines
* By train: A one-way ticket from Zagreb to Sarajevo
* By car

### **Places to see when visiting**

* Ottoman structures such as Baščaršija, Sebilj and a couple of mosques.
* Austro-Hungarian urbanization and Vijećnica
* Tall landmarks such as UNITIC twin towers, Avaz Twist Tower, the Parliament, Bosmal towers and SCC. This also includes the Sarajevo Tower building.
* Mountains that surround the city

### **Why visit Sarajevo?**

* Multi-cultural and religious diversity, one of the very few European cities to house three major religions.
* Traditional food such as the Ćevaps (Sarajevan and Banja Luka), Bosnian Pot, Begova čorba, Burek...
* Historical significance such as the June 28th, 1914 assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1984 Winter Olympic games and 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival, longest siege in modern warfare history
* Annual Sarajevo Film Festival every year in August.
* Can offer you beautiful panoramic imagery from mountain views or Avaz Twist Tower.

1. ↑ http://www.popis.gov.ba/popis2013/doc/RezultatiPopisa\_BS.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=21006
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/jewstheirfuturec0000benb
4. ↑ http://www.bh-news.com/en/vijest\_det.php?vid=3827&r=1
5. ↑ http://www.eppgroup.eu/press/showpr.asp?prcontroldoctypeid=1&prcontrolid=10331&prcontentid=17480&prcontentlg=en
6. ↑ https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-celebrates-world-cities-day-designating-66-new-creative-cities
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://www.sarajevo.travel/en/tourist-info/getting-to