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This is one of my favorite areas, this part of Sarajevo (stari Grad) has so much to do. One of those things is feeding the pegions (who are always there) You pay the guy sitting there-not alot (the guy who has the bird food) and then you put it in your hands and then just watch all the pegions land on you :)
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Grbavica is probably my favorite area next to Bascarsija. I guess it's because I spent alot of time there. It's in Novo Sarajevo (New Sarajevo) And it's a great area. There is a street there that around 6 o'clock gets completely closed down so that way the neighborhood childern/teens can just come out and hang out (like roller skate, ride their bikes, and hang out in the cafes on that street- which there are quite a few of) Leave a Comment
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Backpacking has a specific meaning in Sarajevo: During the almost 4 years siege 1992 - 1995 citizens got large parts of their provisions carried into town in backpacks. After the 800 m long tunnel under the airport from Dobrinja on the city side to Butmir, was opened in 1993, through the up to 1.60 meter tall tunnel. At times they had to wade through knee high water seeping through the soil, they had to avoid the high voltage power line and the gas line, and most of them could not walk upright.
The tunnel was dug out with hand tools only, from both sides of the airstrip. The only communication between the two digging teams, was brave people running across the field while avoiding snipers bullits from the hills. On the city side 45 tons of metal from factories was used to support tunnel walls and roof, on the other side 170 cubic meters of wood from the mountains. A total of 2800 cubic meters soil was dug out, and reused to build protection against snipers.
The tunnel was used for military purposes by night, and by day to let citisens through to buy supplies on the country side. At the beginning everything was carried on their backs or in their hands, but after a while metal tracks were laid down, and different kinds of wagons built. Wounded and sick people were brought through, too.
Only the first 20 meters of the Butmir side of the tunnel is preserved. The preservation and establishment of the museum is done by father and son Bajro and Edis Kolar. Digging of the tunnel started in the back yard of their bombed house in the village Donji Kotorac. Both father and son were enrolled in the Bosnian army, and were after a while assigned tasks concerning the tunnel. The grandparents of the family moved back to the house, father and son made themselves a shack in the remains of the garage. Grandmother Šida was regularly seen providing tired tunnel wanderers with water and sometimes bread, and she also invited people into her house to get warm during winter.
One day maybe a larger and more up to date museum will be built, and more of the tunnel preserved. But if it wasn`t for the Kolar family, all of it would have been lost by now.
Pic. 2: Tunnel
Pic. 3: Map with front lines
Pic. 4: Backpacks and pictures from the tunnel
Pic. 5: Tools used to dig the tunnel
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While walking around, it is impossible not to notice the graveyards. They are everywhere . Some cemeteries were quite large, but most of them were very small, with just a few graves placed next to mosques or people’s homes. The dates were mostly 1992 and 1993, which told me that most of these people were killed in the last war. Leave a Comment
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Bascarsija was a bustling center of activity in Sarajevo, with wonderful small shops where local merchants sold their wares. So many people busily making their purchases - in 1986 no one suspected what would happen in a few years.
The Old Town Center was heavily damaged during the war. Leave a Comment
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Based on news reports of the events in Sarajevo in 1992-95, it is easy to picture a city divided. On our trip to Sarajevo in 1986, we saw a Serbian Orthodox church next to a Muslim mosque next to a Catholic cathedral next to a Jewish Synagogue. Not divided. Leave a Comment
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I am a Winter Olympics junkie. I must have watched almost every 1984 Olympic event on TV. So for me, two years later in 1986, it was very exciting to be in the city where these Olympics were held.
This is the bobsled run on Mt. Trebevic as it looked in 1986. Most Olympic facilities have been destroyed by the war. The bobsled run now starts in Republika Srpska and ends in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Leave a Comment
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Not "favorite thing", really, but nowhere else to put this tip.
In 1986, you could find the footsteps of Gavrilo Princip, where he stood in 1914 as he assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Princip was a 19 year old Bosnian Serb who believed that Bosnia and Herzergovina should be free of the Austro-Hungarian rule.
Even in 1986, it was debatable whether Princip was a hero or a terrorist. As a result of the war in 1992-95, all tributes to Princip were removed - the bridge and street named after him were renamed. I understand that the cement block which marked his footsteps and monument to Princip shown in this picture have also been removed. Leave a Comment
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The Miljatska River winds through the center of Sarajevo. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in 1914 just after the Archduke and his retinue crossed the bridge in this picture. The assassination was one of the events that led to the start of World War I. Leave a Comment
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This is an example of the beautiful architecture in prewar Sarajevo. My slides and photos are 18 years old and many were not labeled. I am still trying to identify buildings. If you can help with this one, please send me a note. Did this survive the war? Leave a Comment
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