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26 places
History & heritage · Baščaršija
City Hall (Vijećnica)
The striped neo-Moorish City Hall, burned in 1992 with the National Library and restored in 2014.
Sacred sites · Baščaršija
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque
The finest Ottoman mosque in the Balkans (1531), with a courtyard fountain, a clock tower and a covered market built by the same patron.
History & heritage · Baščaršija
Sebilj Fountain
The wooden kiosk fountain at the heart of Baščaršija — legend says drink from it and you will return to Sarajevo.
Museums & galleries · Ilidža & Vrelo Bosne
Tunnel of Hope Museum
The 800 m tunnel dug under the airport runway that kept the besieged city alive (1993–1996).
Museums & galleries · Kovači
War Childhood Museum
Award-winning museum of personal objects and stories from people who were children during the siege.
Places to stay · Bistrik
Bistrik House
A small family guesthouse on the Bistrik hillside, a five-minute walk to the Latin Bridge and the cable car.
History & heritage · Ferhadija & the Austro-Hungarian centre
Latin Bridge
The Ottoman stone bridge beside which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on 28 June 1914.
Nature & viewpoints · Trebević
Trebević Cable Car
A 2 km gondola ride from Bistrik up to 1,164 m — the fastest way out of the city into the pines.
Nature & viewpoints · Ilidža & Vrelo Bosne
Vrelo Bosne
The springs of the Bosna river — a park of clear streams, wooden bridges and swans at the foot of Mount Igman.
Nature & viewpoints · Vratnik
Yellow Bastion (Žuta tabija)
A fortress bastion turned café terrace — the city's classic sunset viewpoint.
Food & drink · Baščaršija
Ćevabdžinica Željo
Classic Sarajevo ćevapi in somun bread with raw onion and kajmak — no menu needed.
Nature & viewpoints · Trebević
1984 Olympic Bobsleigh Track
The abandoned Olympic bobsleigh and luge track, now a forest ruin covered in graffiti.
Food & drink · Baščaršija
Inat Kuća
The "House of Spite" — moved brick by brick across the river by an owner who refused to make way for the City Hall.
Food & drink · Baščaršija
Kuća sevdaha
A museum-café of sevdalinka, the Bosnian love song — with Bosnian coffee, rose sherbet and a small exhibition.
Museums & galleries · Marijin Dvor
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The country's oldest museum (1888), home to the medieval Sarajevo Haggadah and a botanical garden.
Museums & galleries · Kovači
Svrzo's House
An 18th-century Ottoman family house showing how wealthy Sarajevans lived: separate men's and women's quarters around shaded courtyards.
Food & drink · Baščaršija
Buregdžinica Bosna
Pita baked under the sač lid: burek (meat), sirnica (cheese), zeljanica (spinach) and krompiruša (potato).
Nightlife · Marijin Dvor
Café Tito
A Yugo-nostalgic garden bar behind the History Museum, with WWII-era military vehicles in the yard.
Food & drink · Baščaršija
Dveri
A tiny, cosy konoba hung with garlic and peppers, loved for its home-style cooking and wine list.
Museums & galleries · Ferhadija & the Austro-Hungarian centre
Gallery 11/07/95
Memorial gallery dedicated to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, with photography and documentary films.
Places to stay · Ferhadija & the Austro-Hungarian centre
Hotel Europe
Sarajevo's grand old hotel (1882) between the bazaar and the Austro-Hungarian centre, with a spa and a Viennese café.
Crafts & shopping · Baščaršija
Kazandžiluk (Coppersmiths' Street)
The coppersmiths' lane, where džezvas, trays and coffee sets are still hammered by hand.
Museums & galleries · Ferhadija & the Austro-Hungarian centre
Museum of Sarajevo 1878–1918
A small museum at the assassination corner covering Austro-Hungarian Sarajevo and the events of 1914.
Sacred sites · Baščaršija
Old Orthodox Church
A modest 16th-century church hidden behind walls, with one of the Balkans' finest icon collections.
Sacred sites · Ferhadija & the Austro-Hungarian centre
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sarajevo's neo-Gothic Catholic cathedral (1889), modelled on Notre-Dame de Dijon.
Nightlife · Ferhadija & the Austro-Hungarian centre
Zlatna Ribica
An eccentric bar packed with antiques, gramophones and the city's most surprising restroom.