Sarajevo War History and Siege Guide

This route starts at the historic Baščaršija bazaar and follows the Miljacka river through the city's layers of war and peace. The bazaar founded in 1462 by Isa-Beg Isaković, the Latin Bridge of the 1914 assassination and the museums of the 1992-1996 siege join into one walk. The Yellow Fortress on the Vratnik slope completes the panorama. Current schedules, prices and opening hours are not stated without source-based verification; for missing details we say we don't know. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikivoyage)

The Siege of Sarajevo lasted from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996, about 1,425 days during which the city was shelled from the surrounding hills. First the Yugoslav People's Army, then the Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladić encircled the city. Records note roughly 13,952 deaths, and it is remembered as the longest siege of a capital in modern warfare. Current schedules, prices and opening hours are not stated without source-based verification; for missing details we say we don't know. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikivoyage)

The Tunnel of Hope was a secret passage linking the besieged city to the outside world. The Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina began digging on 1 March 1993, and the two ends met in the middle on 30 June 1993. The actual tunnel under the airport runway was about 340 metres; with its covered approach trenches the system reached roughly 800 metres in total, connecting the Butmir and Dobrinja districts. The passage was about 1 metre wide and 1.6-1.8 metres high; today a short stretch can be walked at the museum in Butmir. Current visiting hours and prices are not stated without source-based verification; for missing details we say we don't know. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikivoyage)

The Latin Bridge is an Ottoman-era stone-arch bridge over the Miljacka river, with the stone structure dated to around 1565. On 28 June 1914, near the bridge's northern end, Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. This assassination is regarded as the immediate trigger for the outbreak of the First World War. During the Yugoslav era the bridge was named 'Principov most'. Current schedules, prices and opening hours are not stated without source-based verification; for missing details we say we don't know. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikivoyage)

The War Childhood Museum on Logavina Street opened in January 2017 and grew from Jasminko Halilović's memory-collection project begun in 2010. Telling the Bosnian war through objects and testimonies of children, it won the 2018 Council of Europe Museum Prize. At the route's end, the Yellow Fortress (Žuta Tabija) built between 1727 and 1739 on the Vratnik slope offers a view over the old town; during Ramadan the iftar cannon is fired from here. Current schedules, prices and opening hours are not stated without source-based verification; for missing details we say we don't know. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikivoyage)