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The Holiday Inn Sarajevo was the home of foreign correspondents during the 1984 Winter Olympics and throughout the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. The UNITIC Twin Skyscrapers were built in the 1980s. They were colloquially named "Momo and Uzeir" after two characters from a radio comedy show, a Serb and a Bosniak.
Parts of the modern-day city in Istočna Ilidža during the Bosnian War Istočno Sarajevo City Administration building is located in Istočno Novo Sarajevo. At the start of the Bosnian War, in late summer 1992, the Serb members of the pre-war municipality of Novo Sarajevo, elected at the 1990 multiparty elections, left the municipal assembly and set up their own separate council (Srpsko Novo ...
There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Belgrade, Serbia, donated by the city of Sarajevo in 1989 as a gift ahead of the 9th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Another replica in St. Louis , Missouri , in the United States, was donated by the Bosnian community to the city of St. Louis for the city's 250th birthday. [ 8 ]
TVSA or Televizija Kantona Sarajevo (Sarajevo Canton Television) is a public TV channel founded by Assembly of Sarajevo Canton. Headquarters of TVSA is located in capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina , Sarajevo (along with national and entity level public broadcaster – BHRT and RTVFBiH ).
On 28 November 2017, Sarajevo International Airport received its 900,000th passenger of the year, representing a record number of passengers in one calendar year. On 5 December 2018, Sarajevo International Airport welcomed for the first time its millionth passenger of the year. [15] On 3 May 2017, the airport announced a major terminal expansion.
Arhanđela Mihaila i Gavrila), also known as the Old Orthodox Church, is a Serbian Orthodox church in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 1539. [1] It was, however, built on older foundations. The Old Church is listed National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by KONS.
The Sarajevo derby (Bosnian: Sarajevski derbi, Serbian: Сарајевски дерби), also known as the Eternal derby (Bosnian: Vječiti derbi), is the name given to any football match between rival clubs Željezničar and Sarajevo, the two primary clubs in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the most viewed annual sporting event in ...
Originally called the “Social House,” the National Theatre building in Sarajevo was constructed in 1897 based on designs by Karel Pařík. [11] It officially opened on January 2, 1899, with a production of Medea by Franz Grillparzer, performed by the Croatian National Theatre from Zagreb, with Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević reading the prologue.