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Sarajevo (/ ˌ s ær ə ˈ j eɪ v oʊ / SARR-ə-YAY-voh) [5] is the capital [6] and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. [7] [4] The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, Istočno Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rutmap offers street view for center of Bosnia and Herzegovina capital Sarajevo. Bulgaria: Bulgarian based companies BusinessView and VisionTech are Google StreetView Trusted photographers and provide high quality virtual tours for Google Maps; Czech Republic: Panorama is available at mapy.cz. It provides free street ...
In 2005, the European branch of the Airports Council International awarded Sarajevo the award of Best Airport Under 1 Million Passengers. [8] In 2013, Sarajevo International Airport handled 665,638 passengers which was more than all of the other airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina combined and a 14.7% increase from 2012. This was till then the ...
Tourism in Sarajevo is chiefly focused on historical, religious, and cultural aspects. In 2010, Lonely Planet's "Best in Travel" nominated it as one of the top ten cities to visit that year. [217] Sarajevo also won travel blog Foxnomad's "Best City to Visit" competition in 2012, beating more than one hundred other cities around the entire world ...
Sniper Alley in 1996, seen from a IFOR vehicle. Hand-painted warning sign: "Watch out – Sniper" "Sniper Alley" (Bosnian: Snajperska aleja / Снајперска алеја) was the informal name primarily for streets such as Ulica Zmaja od Bosne (Dragon of Bosnia Street) and Meša Selimović Boulevard, the main boulevard in Sarajevo which during the Bosnian War was lined with Serbian snipers ...
The Sarajevo Canton contains Sarajevo and its metro area. Since the city is the largest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is also one of the most populous Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 population census, the overall population of Sarajevo Canton is 413.593. 84% of population are ethnic Bosniaks, 4,2% Croats, and 3,2% Serbs.
Only at 20 minutes distance of Sarajevo, it is a tourist attraction for hiking and skiing. Bjelašnica was, in certain areas, the site of extensive combat during the 1992–95 Siege of Sarajevo and particular areas pose a high mine risk. There are numerous trails set up and maintained by local mountain clubs that lead to the bald peaks higher up.
Sarajevo City Center (SCC) is a business complex and shopping center in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, that consists of three main parts: a shopping mall and leisure complex; a five star hotel tower; and a commercial offices tower, with a common 4-story underground parking area with more than 1100 parking spaces.