Sites, art, culture + sport, in Sarajevo
Whatever it is that you are into, there are plenty of historical and cultural things to see and do in Sarajevo.
The town is steeped in history, both distant and near, and you can view it through glass with a placard by its side in its many museums or up close in the streets where buildings from distinct epochs wrestle for space and compete to age and dilapidate the most gracefully.
There are remnants of Roman conquest, extensive reminders of Sarajevo’s annexation by the Ottoman Empire, most notably the Baščaršija quarter, architectural and infrastructural testaments to Austro-hungarian administration, as well as of Tito’s socialist Yugoslavia.
It goes without saying, there are also still many scars from the devastation caused by the conflict that the town withstood for over 1,400 days between 1992 and 1995. Newer buildings, mostly residential, pop-up here and there, looking to a fresh future.
It’s against this backdrop that the town’s folk go about their day to day life, commuting to work on a tram that first operated in 1885, playing chess in a public square, feeding pigeons at the Sebijl fountain, walking along the Miljacka river, and sitting in cafes discussing whatever or scrolling on their mobiles.
