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croisbeauty Says: The town was first mentioned at the end of the 13th century when Bosnia was ruled by the Croat kings. Around 1577 the whole Bosnia was conquested by the Ottomans and Velika Kladusa become important garnison from where Turks have undergone their attacks to neighboring Croatia...
Jasen71 Says: The Fethija Mosque was once a Gothic Church called St Anthony. After the conquest of Bihaæ, it was turned into a mosque and given the name Fethija (from the Arabic meaning, Victory). The Mosque/Church was built circa 1255 AD.The Ottoman Army, led by the Bey of the Segedin...
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The Una river, near ruins of Hotel 'Sunce' on the outskirt of the town.
While you are waiting, refresh yourself in a clean water of the Una river.
Favorite Dish: There is a small restaurant here with pretty good food, and more importantly very cheap
Updated Aug 26, 2002
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This is the bar that we went to most. It is a friendly atmosphere. One thing that amazed me was there was a power outage and in the US every would have went home. Not in Bihac: candles kept the party going!
Written Aug 9, 2004
d_d Says: The main buses station is near the uneversity library, close to the city center.You'll have all the info you need there.
The best way is getting by car...
croisbeauty Says: The best way is getting by car from direction of Plitvice lakes.This is remaining from the Otoman's period, right in the centre of the town and close to Kula tower.
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This supermarket is located in the main street of the city center.
I bought here some copy books (one for 0.18EUR), some spices and some patè (0.18 EUR the small box)... very good!
Updated Aug 3, 2003
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Everyone in Bosnia shops at the market. It's got the best fruit and vegetables...and the best price deals.
Written Aug 18, 2005
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The Muslim cemetery, by the look of the monument one can find out wheater it was man or women, rich or poor and position that passed away have had in the society.
Updated Aug 26, 2002
The oldiest part of the Castle...
croisbeauty Says: The oldest part of the castle dated to the end of 13th century when it become the seat of Dukes from Blagaj. Since the castle was burned down, in several ocasions, it undergoned many reconstructions in mixed styles. There are rumours it will become private property again and...
The castle Park, once the Art...
croisbeauty Says: During times of Yugoslavia the castle used to housed artists from all over the world, offering free summer workshop. Sculptors were donated stones for their peaces of art, free accomodation and food while they had to donate their works in return, once when finished. However,...
croisbeauty Says: During the rules of Austro-Ungarian, the castle was bought by Lothar von Berks who was governor of the place. Although the ownership was disputed, von Berks constructed magnificent house inside the walls and on the ruins of former building. He used to live at Ostrozac untill...
croisbeauty Says: The castle of Otrozac, situated 15 kilometres north-east of Cazin, was first mentioned in 1286 as a seat of dukes from Blagaj. In 1577 it was conquered by the Ottomans becoming important garnison. In its history the castle was burned down, several times and therefore...
Mina17 Says: Bihać served as headquarters for the liberation army Of Josip Broz Tito during W.W.2 1939-1945.
d_d Says: On the street lamps, you can notice many dead advices with arabic writings: they give you the info about the death of a man, as in Italy they do from the walls with Italian writings.
d_d Says: But many houses are unbelievably damaged by the war, but equipped with many accessories as satellite TV.
d_d Says: If you just walk around the city, many new buildings will face to you.They are mainly public or comercial buildings, as this bank.
d_d Says: All over the city, the war's signs are still clearly evident.I was astonished by the succession of new building and old damaged ones.In this picture one damaged buiding near to the mosque.
d_d Says: In all the city i saw only one building, really ruined, with cyrillic writings on the walls.it's an optician shop in the city center.
d_d Says: There's a great number of new bars and pubs wherever in the city center and near the river.they seem to say to you that the people want to forget and to start with a new life.
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It's really difficult to write a page about Bihac. Before this trip, I knew this city only for the war in Bosnia in 1992 and all the war images we had from this city. Nowadays, you can see both...
Years ago, before the highway to Split was build, Bihac was important place and favourite stop for many tourists on their way to middle Dalmatia. It is small but nice looking town situated along the...
Bihać is a small town in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main sources of employment is wood, food, and textile industries and the town's electric-power plant. The town remained part of...
War ended, time for tourism - GOOD LUCK BIHAC :-))
Building called 'Kula' - tower. As far as I know it used to be a prison. (corrected by oja - thank you very much). Bihac is worth seeing because of picturesque riversides of Una with cafes and...
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