The „Sarajevo Survival Tools” (http://h.etf.unsa.ba/srp/project.htm) project is an outcome of the cooperation between the Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo (ETF) and the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of cultural heritage digitization. Inside this project we created a virtual presentation of the exhibition “Sarajevo under the siege” from the Historical Museum, which contains the objects created and used by the citizens of Sarajevo during the 3,5 years period when the city was under the siege (1992-1996). The digital content was created by the 3rd year students of the Computer Science Department, as a lab coursework in the Computer Graphics course. Each object is presented by the basic information, photo gallery, movie about its creation and purpose and the interactive 3D model.

 

This project enables the Internet users to learn about the life in Sarajevo under the siege and an extraordinary creativity of its citizens, who succedded to survive and defend their town in terrible conditions with lack of food, water, electricity and heating, under the permanent life danger. Particularly interesting are the movies, which, apart from the details about the objects, present the each students personal perception of the war period that they survived as children.
 

Apart from the Internet presentation, we plan to display the created digital content in the Museum using an interactive display, enabling the visitors of the exhibition to find out more details about the objects and their origin, and to virtually turn them around and view them from all sides.

More details on: http://h.etf.unsa.ba/srp/project.htm
 

Project team:
Project coordinator ETF – dr Selma Rizvić, asisstant professor
Graphic design and web implementation of virtual musem, supervising the students, Aida Sadžak, MoEE, teaching assistant
Supervising the students, Anis Zuko, MoEE, student helper 
Students of the 3rd year, ETF, 2009/10

Project coordinator Historic Museum of BH
Museum director – Muhiba Kaljanac, museum counselor
Amar Karapuš, curator

Narators - Vanja Jovišić, Gina Landor
English translation – Amira Sadiković, agency „Diwan“

Text and editing of the digital story – Selma Rizvić
Autors of the photos used for the digital story: Rikard Larma, Roger Richards, Christian Marechal, James Mason, Danilo Krstanović, Kemal Hadžić, Emil Grebenar, Ron Haviv, Tošo Mitaševski 
Sound effects – Mirsad Tukić
Music selection – Gordana Karanjac Ekmečić

EXHBITION PHOTOS

 
 

Sarajevo is a city where bridges are very common thing to see.

River is not the biggest one, but the some of the bridges are really worth seeing while you spent your time in the city.

 

 Šeher-ćehaja bridge

Here we will mention those which are not to miss, for more see Bridges section among VISIT SARAJEVO pages.

• Latin Bridge place of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand,
• Goats Bridge, bridge on the famous Constantinople road,
• Roman Bridge, built around 480 years ago,
• Skenderija Bridge, so called Eiffel bridge, by the myth made of materials used on Eiffel Tower
• Ars Aevi Bridge, built by the great Sarajevo benefactor Renzo Piano.
• Vrbanja Bridge (Romeo and Juliet/Suada and Olga) place of first victims in Sarajevo, from the recent war,
• Šeher-ćehaja Bridge as the sven arches bridge long time ago, and today only five.

 Old Sarajevo bridges

For more informations and more bridges of Sarajevo move on to our Bridges section.

 Goat's Bridge 

Ok, you are in Sarajevo for the first time, or maybe about to visit this marvelous city for the first time, and you want a Sarajevo for beginners.

VISIT SARAJEVO gives some initial suggestions on what to do, what to see, where to go, in various categories, such as: History, Attractions, Going Out, Eating Out, Nature, Sport, etc.   

First, we shall start with some Historical data.  

First, you should know that Sarajevo is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was been founded in 15th century, by Ottomans, specifically by Isa Bey Ishaković, but some data show that this city dates even from 11th century.

Around this time, Sarajevo was the first city in Europe to have coffee (some data implies that first European coffee was made in Sarajevo, at Shabans Inn, long before 1645 when it was brought to Venice and five years later to London, in 1650), a Public Bathroom, a University, and many, many other improvements that have arrived with Ottomans.   

The Ottomans ruled Bosnia and Herzegovina for 400 years, and have left the most significant impact on Sarajevo whichis still evident today.

After the Ottomans left, Austro-Hungarian rule arrived to these areas.

It lasted from 1878 until 1918, but in 1914 one of the most unpleasant events of Sarajevo history occurred. The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie was the trigger for a World War I.   

Not everything was so bad for Sarajevo during the Austro-Hungarian rule. The city experienced fast growth and development.

Some most important buildings in Sarajevo were built then: Cathedrals, churches, Vijećnica (City Hall), the National Theatre, roads…

Something Sarajevans are quite proud of is that Sarajevo had one of the first electric trams in Europe, definitely the first in the Balkans, and aquired before it was installed in the streets of Vienna.

After the assassination and World War I, Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of Yugoslavia. During those times the most important event was the XIV Winter Olympic Games, which were held in Sarajevo and demonstrated to the world how succesful the Olympics could be.

After the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina voted for its independence in 1992 The Siege started. The Seige of Sarajevo was the longest Siege in modern history,lasting almost 4 years. Nearly 12.000 Sarajevans lost their lives.

After the war ended in 1996, a new era of the modern Sarajevo began. The city today is the biggest and fastest developing city in the region.

Places worth seeing while in Sarajevo.

Sarajevo is considered the European Jerusalem, for its temples of four world religions: Islam, Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Judaism.

VISIT SARAJEVO highly recommends visiting the following:

Religious temples 

• Gazi Husref beys Mosque,

• Cathedral of Sacred Jesus Heart,

• Old Orthodox church of St. Archangel Mikhail and Gabriel,

• “Il kal Vježu” (the Old Temple). Historical attractions:

• Baščaršija Square, and Sebilj fountain,

• Vijećnica Library (City Hall)

• Tunnel of Hope,

• Yellow Bastion,

• White Bastion,

• Sarajevo roses,

• Goats Bridge,

• Latin Bridge, and Museum next to it.


Then food, we have brilliant Food.

• Ćevapi - Ćevapčići, as a major specialty,

• Pita (all kinds),

• Klepe,

• Begova Čorba (Bey’s Stew),

• Sogan Dolma,

• Bosanski Lonac,

• Filovana Paprika,

• Sarma.

Then drinks, brilliant Drinks are being produced in Sarajevo as well.  

• Water (regular water)

• Sarajevsko Beer,

• Variety of domestic Rakijas (Kruška, Šljiva, etc),

• Bosanska Kafa,

• Boza.

And in order to sweeten up your meal try these:

• Baklava,

• Tufahija,

• Hrumašice,

• Halva.


Regarding Arts & Culture, check the Calendar and see what is going on in Theaters, Cinema, Galleries, etc.

For more, everything you need can be found on the VISIT SARAJEVO pages, so feel free to check it out. 

 

Public Transport in Sarajevo is very useful feature, but at certain times it can get pretty nasty on foreigners, so be careful.

That is why Sarajevo Funky Tours brings you some of the tips & trick regarding it.

 

• Always buy a ticket when travelling by public transport.
• Once you have bought it, put it in the machine if needed (trams). For any other kind of public transport, as soon as you buy it with a driver he will scratch it as being used (bus, trolley bus, mini bus)
• The ticket can be bought at small kiosks or at the driver.
• The ticket is valid for one ride, no matter how long is it.
• Beware of pick pocketing inside of public transport, especially trams.
• Also you can buy a daily ticket that is valid for all kinds of public transport (trams, bus, mini bus, trolley bus).
• The public transport control is really “looking forward” to tourists, so that is why we always recommend buying the ticket.
• If buying the ticket with a driver, always prepare some change, since occasionally the want have change, and control is always there somewhere. 

 

Public Transport Prices

Prices	At Driver	At Kiosk	Kids 6-10 yr.
Tram	1,60	1,60	0,5
Trolley Bus	1,80	1,60	0,5
Mini Bus	1,60	-	0,5
BUS	1,60	0,5	0,5

 * All prices are in KM (1 EUR = 1,95 KM).

 

• Daily ticket costs 5,30 KM and is acceptable in all kinds of transport, except in Bus Line 31E, where one ride costs 1,60 KM, and after 12:00 PM, 2,80 KM.
• Daily ticket can be used indefinite number of rides in the A zone of public transport, and for indefinite number of persons, but only for one person during one ride. Exception Bus Line 31E.

Sarajevo is a city where four major world religions meet, and together, live a life made of, harmony, peace and tolerance. 
Sarajevo temples are not as those which you would find in metropolises worldwide, as gorgeous or famous, but it is still unique and universal for its temples of four world religions. 

Sarajevo is a city where four major world religions meet, and together, live a life made of, harmony, peace and tolerance. 

Sarajevo temples are not as those which you would find in metropolises worldwide, as gorgeous or famous, but it is still unique and universal for its temples of four world religions. 

In order to emphasize that universality, Sarajevo could be compared to ancient Jerusalem, although in Jerusalem, there are impassable wall barriers between Jewish Wailing Wall and Islamic Al Aqsa and Al Quds. In Sarajevo, like nowhere else, that is not a case, no walls no barriers between temples, so that is why this unique and harmonious city is one of its kind.

Their existence next to each other and survival up to date confirms the unity of religious contrasts, which was literary unthinkable, especially in the middle ages.

Today if you walk the old part of Sarajevo, Baš?aršija, you would be amazed to find that only in the range of 100 – 200 meters you would be able to see Gazi Husref Bey's Mosque and its complex, as most significant piece of Islamic architecture in Sarajevo, the Old Orthodox Church of St. Archangel Mikhail and Gabriel, which is a structure of unknown date of creation, and a monument of design that is not common to Orthodox architectural style, Cathedral of the Hearth of Jesus, as the most significant monument of Christianity in Sarajevo, and The Old or New Jewish temple, which are the oldest and most significant monuments of Jewish presence in Sarajevo.

In Sarajevo, temples were exclusively built on charitable basis, not only among the Moslems but also other confessions.

For something like that, European middle age platitude: “The one who owns the state owns the religion too.”, was not a scenario here.

Besides that, the benefactors could appear in free and guaranteed craft and trade businesses. These conditions were set by the Ottoman arrival. Since then, instead of middle-age establishment donjons and burgs, open cities appear in which mass crafts and trade were able to develop, so the people enriched by that became Maecenas and benefactors in building sacral buildings.

This is the way old Sarajevo was founded with its rich old part, Baš?aršija, which gave benefactors of all four religions of the world, who thorough their temples overcame the contrasts and thereby became the symbol of benevolence and tolerance.

Of course, these are not the only monuments in Sarajevo, there is a large number of others around the city, which are most definitely, not less important, since every one of them has a story, story that speaks about Sarajevo, the only place in the world where tolerance, peace and harmony, ideas of ideal are most beautifully spoken.

Sarajevo, European Jerusalem.