Summer on Vrbas in the city of Banja Luka takes place under the walls of the Kastel fortress. Writers, actors and artists take part in kayak racing, rafting and swimming competitions, as well…

Sarajevo's old Turkish quarter comes alive during the summer for the Bascarsija Nights festival. As well as folk dancing, opera, classical concerts, ballet, poetry and rock, the programme also…

The Banja Luka Summer Games are held every year in the city's Kastel fortress, attracting artists, singers, actors and musicians from all over Bosnia and the neighbouring countries.

The MESS International Theatre Festival in Sarajevo celebrates a tradition of diversity and unconventionality in the spirited world of theatre.

Follow the steps of millions to Bosnia and Herzegovina's holiest shrine. Medjugorje (meaning between the hills) is well known throughout the Christian world. The story goes that on 24 June…

The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded in 1888 and is the oldest among the modern cultural and scientific institutions in the country. Having undergone many restorations…

The Ashkenazi Synagogue is the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo today. Constructed in 1902 on the south bank of the river Miljacka, its highly decorated neo-Moorish (or Mudejar) style…

Bascarsija Market is a colourful Turkish market located in the Old Town of Sarajevo, full of wooden shops dotted along pink stone medieval alleys with names reflecting the trades that once…

Pliva Waterfall is located in the town of Jajce in central Bosnia, where the river Pliva plunges into the river Vrbas. Pliva was 30 metres high, but after an earthquake during the Bosnian war…

Sutjeska is Bosnia and Herzegovina's oldest national park, boasting 75 square kilometres of magnificent untouched wilderness. Famous as the site of a Partisan victory over the Germans in the…

The grandest of seven public baths in Sarajevo, the Gazi Husrev-beg hamam (Turkish bath) dates from 1539. Free tours are given on Saturdays - please contact the institute three days in advance.

The magnificent Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, in the heart of Sarajevo's Bascarsija (Old Town), is the most important Islamic building in Bosnia. Gazi Husrev-beg had it constructed by a Persian…

A gem of Bosnian urban domestic culture of the 18th and 19th centuries, Svrzo House shows how a Bosnian beg (nobleman) lived with his family.

The spacious Ottoman architecture of this restored covered market, made of arches and ornamented by six domes on its roof, was conceived by Gazi Husrev-beg in 1555. Reminiscent of Istanbul's…

The hump-backed, 24 metre high Stari Most Bridge in the city of Mostar dates back to the 16th century, when it was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to replace an old…

The Bosninan Pyramid of the Sun, also known as Visocica hill, is located in the town of Visoko, north-west of Sarajveo. The 213-metre hill has all the elements of a pyramid, including four…

Built in 1889 by Josip Vancas and inspired by the Notre Dame cathedral in Dijon (France), this cathedral is the centre of Christian worship in Sarajevo. It is located in the heart of the city…