1. Is there still war? No. It ended in 1995. 2. So now you live in Yugoslavia? No. Yugoslavia is the old name of the 6-state union before they broke up and declared independent. Montenegro is the last. Yugoslavia is still used though, mostly to refer the country Serbia. 3. How do the Bosnians look [...]
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Cevapi – The Best Meal in Sarajevo
What is Cevapi? Cevapi is a very popular dish, probably Bosnia’s most well-known food, in Sarajevo. A cevapi meal is very simple. Small grilled rolls, five for a half portion and ten for a full portion, of minced beef, lamb mixture of both are stuffed in a half somun, a pita-like pocket bread. Often the [...]
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Inat Kuca Veliki Alifakovac 1 033 447 867 National 5 seats, all cards How to get there: South bank of the Miljacka, directly across from the National Library. This restaurant has a distinguished green top, therefore the nickname “Greenhouse”. Comment: Nice soup and combo Bosnian plate (not too expensive). Traditional look with ornaments and wooden [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The movie “Grbavica” directed by Jasmilom Zbanic
Grbavica is a part of the city Sarajevo. Won 1st Prize on the Berlin Movie Festival. Sypnosis (source) Single mother Esma lives with her 12-year-old daughter, Sara, in post-war Sarajevo. Sara wants to go on a school trip and Esma starts working as a waitress in a nightclub in order to earn the money. Sara [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Short film: 10 minutes by Ahmed Imamovic
This film depicts 10 mins of daily life in Sarajevo during the aggression 1991 – 1995 won best short film award in Europe. If you know the music at the beginning of the movie, write me the title. Thanks
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All embassies are in Sarajevo. Austria: Dzidzikovac 7;tel: 033 279 400; fax: 033 668 339 sarajewo-ob@bmaa.gv.at Bulgaria: Soukbunar 15;tel: 033 668 191; fax: 033 668 182possar@bih.net.ba Canada: Grbavicka 4/2;tel: 033 222 033, fax.: 033 222 044; sjevo@international.gc.ca China: Brace Begic 17;033 215 102; fax: 033 215 108 Croatia: Mehmeda Spahe 16;tel: 033 444 330/1; fax: [...]
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This is a match between Sarajevo and Zeljo (also the name of the most famous cevapi eating house in Sarajevo) By the way, I don’t understand heck what they are saying! The reason for this post, I guess, is to present a normal daily life of Bosnians or in this case, Bosniaks. Navijanje sa derbija [...]
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