Next to it is the museum of the 1914 assassination. Now we’re inside the museum. The museum is very tiny, about the size of a studio. Entrance fee shouldn’t be no more than 3 Km. The gun used to kill him. One crazy friend of mine.
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Books and booklets you should check out
Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide by Tim Clancy You can buy this book, used version, from Amazon.com for $9. In case you forgot to shop for a guide book from home, you can always find this book in at least Sarajevo and Mostar. I think this is because the author of the book, [...]
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Travelling by train, you will not be able to see the awesome landscape as if you would on a bus. The rails are in the lower levels, thus your view is blocked by the surrounding mountains. There is only one early train at 6:25 in the morning and returns at 5:55. It takes about 2.30 [...]
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http://www.oglasi.com/ The nice thing about this website is that your online post will be listed for a month on the weekly classified newspaper, free of charge. I found a room through that newspaper, and my roommate who rented out that room placed an ad on that website.
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Currently in used 5, 10, 20 and 50 fenning (equivalent to American cents)1 and 2 in coins1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 in paper notes 1 EU ~ 2KM1.5 dollars ~ 2KM Tied to the German mark, therefore the name Konvertible Mark or KM. They say that you get better rate at [...]
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Origin: The origin of this coffee dated all the way back to the period of Ottomen’s occupation of Bosnia during the 13th century. The Turks barging into this country and brought along the coffee tradition. Taste: The Bosnian coffee is very strong and has a total different taste from the regular expressos, cappuchino you normally [...]
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For a lively chess game on the street, take a walk to the centar square called Trg Cslobodenja facing the main walk Ferhadija, Orthodox church, Branilaca Sarajeva street, and Bata shoe shop to the north, east, south, and west respectively. There are benches to sit down.
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Tourist map (you can also get this one for free at the tourist office) A really good mapGo to any kios and buy a map for 10KM Sarajevo within Bosnia A map generated by mapquest http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&zoom=6&mapdata=bl3Q9Jkzx7%2fzwpUaarcWypJi%2bQVNnE4wwtyCn%2b%2fVDnQmroOJqjk3%2bHVOSUv1ISfrp3tFpIshBEkV81YNu%2bLG5M1dAItTZMEhs7v%2fj9CyIZoHjuw07ENHId6ZGb3Pea7LxJqTY%2b%2ffk98CrzRQEzerDERTFnH4XZx3uOP8dls0niUtNeKOe1S7mYonaLy3fdYbAwvQ%2f7lnSPHhtTjfq88uVDu67W%2bJOpPZfGCO2nsMPBlvB3w%2f4HmWfIqbNF%2bxzO3ym0K3ATbYz7Nzbmu02gXtKQLUWok2%2bF6YlciociOKblAusv58A5VRVNzNMrlsoFfW4%2fFYufBnr5t%2b1AeBk4I3%2f%2biNXFEe2P5xGV%2fetb6wR493xilbVPyXeX%2bx0cjXXqWze9onjlKFLEipX1asKeeV9jHpxzoryzo9krDtqaJTo1w%2bdAuKb2glj3moCZtHsojLRUTIjjNsB50xcVtp3ExRY9vhuVNjRt98jMRC72wJ8e5CpTDB5A7t15HFvf6HMr1eebVxSZ8jHPLQj%2ftRxGZ265%2blenBaTohfT9aFbvlZPbYMWyu8dfDpG3aThkc9DN701NxQFgM%2bXzX%2fR%2bNGXJt6MaAiJKvx0ooAuhQ7CSs70%2fAwHx%2fn1trzOd44O93HWQvV1lCqVxyLWGxeQCHHyr0Q3wR7gDZ2KQqx#map1-link#map1-link
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www.britishcounsil.ba Address:Ljubljanska 971000 Sarajevo +387 33 250 220 (phone)+387 33 250 240 (fax) Email: Information.Centre@britishcouncil.ba Working hours:Monday – Friday: 8.30 – 17.00Saturday: 12.00 – 17.00 Provides internet access and resources in English (books, magazines, audios, movies, etc..) which you can check out if you have a membership, 20km/year. If only stay here for a few [...]
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