Introducing Bosnia and Herzegovina

Introducing Bosnia and HerzegovinaTime seems to move slowly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is evident in the regular stroll, called a korzo, which takes place in Sarajevo and numerous other towns and villages each evening. Families and friends stroll at a casual pace, pausing to greet people they know. Laughter and storytelling mix with background music. Coffee and food shops tempt the senses and line the streets where the korzo takes place. Teens taking the korzo look for friends or perhaps, for that special young man or woman they would like...

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Troy is in Bosnia?

Some people claim that ancient city Troy is in Bosnia,and they try to see it from the book Iliad from ancient writer Homer..Look this picture....

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Bosnian pyramid of the Sun

The Bosnian Pyramid, Visocica Hill, is the first European pyramid to be discovered and is located in the heart of Bosnia, in the town of Visoko. The pyramid has all the elements: four perfectly shaped slopes pointing toward the cardinal points, a flat top and an entrance complex. On top of the pyramid are also the ruins of a Medieval walled town, once the base of a Bosnian king Tvrtko of Kotromanic (1338-1391). Because of its similarities to...

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Neolithic Settlements in Bosnia

Archaeological findings attest to a human presence on the territory of today's Bosnia from the Neolithic period. Several sites, dating as far back as sixth millennium B.C., have been excavated in region of central Bosnia, between rivers Bosnia, Vrbas and Neretva. Most famous site is Butmir, about 10 km west of downtown Sarajevo, and this Neolithic culture is named after it. Butmir settlement had been discovered in 1893, and excavations by Radimsky and Fiala continued for three more years. Their findings were published in two volumes...

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Ancient tribes and cultures in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina throughout its history had wonderful mixture of different cultures, and it is quite hard to find any other European or world country, that was exposed to so many cultural influences ... Every culture had something specific to contribute to creation of Bosnia, and it would be unfair to skip any of them.  Illyrian tribesFollowing Neolithic people in Bosnia, next known inhabitants were Illyrian tribes. They were...

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Tourisam Destination

There are many fascinating destinations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina for every type of tourist. In BiH, one gets the best of both worlds. Here, the most interesting and attractive sites are a wonderful mix of this tiny country's cultural and natural heritage. It is almost impossible to separate them, for it is from this pristine nature that its cultures and traditions evolved.  Sarajevo's Bascarsija (Old Town) The Old Town 'Bascarsija' may be hard to pronounce...

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Cities in Bosnia

    * Banja Luka     * Banovići     * Bihać     * Berkovići     * Bijeljina     * Kozarska Dubica     * Brod     * Bosanska Gradiška     * Bosanska Krupa     * Bosanski Petrovac     * Brčko     * Bugojno     * Čajniče     * Cazin    ...

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Bosnian languange

Bosnian (Bosanski (Bosanski, Cyrilic: босански) is a name commonly used for Serbo-Croatian as spoken by Bosnian as a form of the Shtokavian dialekt, it is one of three Serbo-Croatian standards used officially in Bosnia. The same subdialect of Shtokavian is also the basis of standard Croatian and Serbian,  so all are mutually intelligible. Up until the dissolution of former SFRJ, they were treated as a unitary Serbo-Croatian languange and that...

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Ethnic Gropus

More than 95% of population of Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to one of its three constitutive ethnic groups: Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats . The term constitutive refers to the fact that these three ethnic groups are explicitly mentioned in the constitution, and that none of them can be considered a minority or immigrant. While each have their own standard language variant and a name for it, they speak mutually intelligible languages. On a dialectal level, Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks speak a variety of Štokavian dialects: Serbs, Bosniaks and Croats...

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