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Ben, you might be interested in Joe Sacco's graphic novel, Safe Area Gorazde, which is a great and beautiful read. It's about the war, but so much too about the city, its people and its struggle.

Great vid mate. Visited the tunnel in 2023 and its a must see thing in Sarajevo. One thing i want to say is that there wasnt an Army of The Federation of Bosnia,its was the Army of Bosnia and Hercegovina

Regarding the beer. Indeed the Federation and the Republika Srpska have different beer brands: A few months ago I made the mistake to task for Niksicko beer (a Montenegrin beer) in a café in central Sarajevo. In the Republika Srpska you will find it regularly, here the waiter gave a mini lecture of the downfall of Yugoslavia etc.

until 50 years ago, the Balkans were the largest producer of tobacco in the world. Then they came ..... and they demolished everything that had been done.

I am from the suburbs of Sarajevo and it is indescribable to say what this city survived from the Chetnik terror. My family members were part of the defenders of the city in the ranks of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and through their experiences I can only say that the war in Bosnia was certainly the worst war that happened in modern times. A large number of Serbs who were pre-war residents of Sarajevo did not want to join the aggressor Serbian army, but joined the defenders of the city in the ranks of the Army. And yes, before the war, Lukavica was an ordinary village next to Sarajevo, after the war, when that area was attached to the Republika Srpska, the Serbian government invested huge money to make that part an urban zone so that they could declare it a city out of sheer revolt. Serbs are still suffering to this day because Sarajevo defended itself and because Bosniaks make up 90% of the population in that city today.

and of course Bosnia and Herzegovina is a sovereign and independent state with its own borders and the entities were created after the war and they are only part of the state and there is no border between the entities and they are only parts of the state and Bosnia is a medieval state and the oldest state in Europe

And there is also unique ID cards,passports,money, flag, plates of cars, and etc. educated yourself before making videos clips about any country. Thank you

According to the Law on Ministries and Other Administrative Bodies, Bosnia and Herzegovina has nine ministries, namely: - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, - Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, - Ministry of Civil Affairs, - Ministry of Finance and Treasury, - Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, - Ministry of Justice, - Ministry of Communications and Transport, - Ministry of Security, - Ministry of Defense. The Presidency of BiH appoints the President of the Council of Ministers, who takes office after the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH confirms his appointment. The President proposes the names of candidates for ministers, and the House of Representatives appoints them. Judiciary The judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of: Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I went through it, i was 7 years old, august of 1994 and went to Croatia and then to North Africa

Food, water and humanitarian supplies during Sarajevo Siege: - During intensive, first period of siege from July 1992 to May 1993 average single citizen had received 39 220 grams of humanitarian food (av. 100 grams per day). - Major supplies of food and weaponry were imported from free territory through secret "Tunnel of hope" constructed in 1993. - Citizens were not supplied with daily bread from humanitarian convoys but entirely from local KLAS factory from their massive 35tons of wheat reserve supplies. Factory was massively bombarded on 18th october 1992 destroying wheat mill and some of import machines, and after managing production, it was bombarded again on 17th february 1993 in UNPROFOR presence. - Water sources out of the city were cut as well. But thanks to Sarajevo Brewery (built by Vienna industrial Heinrich Lewy in 1881) and their internal 300m deep water-well source, water was distributed and supplyed around 100 000 of citizens. In 15th January 1993 single grenade killed my neighbour along wiht other 8 citizens (2 children) and injured 23 that were waiting their water in front of Sarajevo Brewery on Bistrik. Many people died also from snipers in other water distribution locations. - Humanitarian support form West was mostly consisted of pre-Vietnamese war lunch packages and suspicious IKAR cans from which cats oftenly died. - From average 10 trucks of proper humanitarian support (Merhamet - Muslim charity foundation) 8 were captured by Croat and Serb smugglers in order to allow 2 trucks to pass to Bosnian free territory.

There was Yugoslavian in-depth study in 1984. in which 50 most known (serb) officers analysed for 3 years - How long can single city withstand siege? and by some "coincidence" chosen city was Sarajevo... They took in consideration everything from : water sources, electricity, gas, food supplies, road infrastructure etc., and they stated that Sarajevo can withstand 75 days of siege. Despite that, Sarajevo survived 1425 days and all Bosnians still managed to start defence with improvised weaponry and defend (despite embargo) against 4th strongest Yugoslavian (proserbian) army in Europe.

3:28 shows the municipality of Sokolac in the map, and it is a part of the City of East Sarajevo (if we can call it a city, tbh), but before the war, that municipality was not a part of the pre-war City of Sarajevo. It was just an independent municipality next to the City of Sarajevo. It was incorporated into the City of East Sarajevo between 1996 and 1999.

Thanks for this. Now I see that I was blind thinking people are making it up (talking about the differences, not the tunnels and the history).

Of course there were Bosnians/Serbs who moved to Istanbul or Anatolia for various reasons during Ottoman times but the first wave of migration from Bosnia to Turkey took place after the annexation of Bosnia & Herzegovina by the Austria Hungarian Empire towards the end of 19th century. My father side also came in that wave from Mostar and settled in a Bosnian village near Izmir. They must have feared a war or a lot of violence would happen, otherwise they would not leave their ancestors lands. You can find large Bosnian populations in in towns like Istanbul, Sakarya, Izmir, Bursa Canakkale etc, basically European part of Turkey and Western/North Western Turkey. It is estimated that at least 1 million people in Turkey have Bosnian origin.

I would change the title because Zenica is definitely not the ugliest city in Europe😳Zenica is a beautiful city, with wonderful people, full of greenery. Every city is ugly and dirty in winter! Also,every city has its own beauty👍

So called serbia was always a CRIMINAL STATE (google-NACERTANIJE) with a GENOCIDE NATION and today 2024 still it is a big criminal and a very corrupt state with a Genocide Nation...greatings from Hungary ❤ free VOJVODINA ❤ from the belgrade criminal Regime

Jozo the legend!

Bro I am Bosnian and I love you! Good man!

Visit central-western Bosnia. We got fucken wild horses!!!

Small correction: there was no Army of the Federation of BH, it was just called Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina(in whole, by todays (same) borders). The terms federation and republika only exist after the war

Those vans are people that you can sell old metal to, like old washing machines and such

Hvala lijepo Benjamin. I have visited Bosnia long ago, and I live now in Ankara. Based on your invaluable information, I will visit this interesting village. Cheers buddy.

you are officially the number 1 foreigner at pronouncing "Hercegovina"

Novi Pazar and sandzak and other villages belongs to northern of albania.

Kakve su cijene u east sarajevo Je li jeftinije od čaršije

Nuk ka ktu Boshnjak por Shqiptar te asimuluar ne Boshnjak ne kohrat e Ttos dhe Rankovićit...

Excited to see your trip back and hopefully you go to Bihac 😉

Your videos are so interesting and no shade on anyone but so much more intelligent and thorough than the top 10 tourist schlock that seems to be impossible to escape. Great and impressive work, man.

My hometown

great storytelling and video! keep up the good work !

the editing in this video is excellent! you are documenting an important part of history and I can only commend you for that. good job

4:00 the word 'East' in this context represents the orientation of Serbs as an ethnic and cultural group. They identify themselves to the East the same way Russians do. For a very brief period in time, during the war, the part of Sarajevo they conquered was renamed to "Serb Sarajevo" but it was outlawed after the war because that name was glorifying the ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs from this place. The same thing happened to a bunch of other towns around Bosnia, where Serbs tried to erase Bosnian identity and renamed towns with a "Serb" prefix. The OHR removed those names from the cities in an effort to deny glorification of ethnic cleansing after the war. So, the closest thing to that prefix they had was the word "East" which represents their religious and cultural orientation.

Your comment " it is infesting thing you notice --you cannot tell you are in Serbia ..because of no Serbian flag except on official building " and "as you will move to the north toward orthodox Christian, you will see more of the Serbian flags." is very racial , islamophobic and offending comments. You are telling the people thar Serb Muslims are not as patriot as Serbian Christian are. For God sake, stop this discrimination . Palestinian flags are being raised by thousand of people all over the world in support of Palestinian people in the wake of the recent Israel atrocities and human right violation in Gaza and west bank. Muslim and Christian are equally Serbian, there is no distinction except their religion.

great video

Is awesome to hear how the local bosniak guy referes all the Serbs as Chetniks.The Bosnian-Croatian SS Nazi division was established in Bosnia, made of Bosnian muslims, Croats and Albanians, named Khanjar division. Just saying that it is not smart to call the whole nation by the WW2 military reference, as than the same behavior can be applied back. Not smart 🎉

Thank you for sharing this video. Dobrinja I was my childhood neighborhood me and my brother was living there form 1983-1992. Left Bosnia during war... 07:24 to your right side was frontline durind war and to the left side was my school 07:41 to your right side is my childhood street Miroslava Krleže ...😀 my mother still living there

Great Video!

Very nice

The van belongs to gipsy, they drive around collecting scrap metal.

Ben u r stupid

lol its spelled munitions not municians

At tunel you got ticket for locals 😂😂, probably cuz you spoke bosnian 😂😂

Jelen Beer, at least it rhymes in English Deer Beer....LOL

Part of me wants to say "Fvck them, they don't want to live in Bosnia anyway, they should do everyone a favor and just move to you-know-where." Besides, their little "republic" was quite literally formed out of a series of war crimes and internationally recognized genocide. Germany wasn't granted the Sudetenland or France at the end of WWII, now were they? Exactly. You don't reward war crimes with territorial concessions. But it's all good... I believe in karma in one form or another, and I'm convinced it'll all straighten itself out in the end. Sorry for the rant, but, I mean, we're talking about the Balkans here... Passions will be stirred, you've been warned, enter at your own risk, blah blah blah. (and Thanks for yet another video, Ben.)

Great video. Seems like you’ll be heading to the krajina region soon? I went to that ww2 memorial in Mrakovica last summer. Let me know if you need some suggestions on places to check out.

Van od collecting scrap metal

I love absolutely every video from you, thank you for this passion

Brate, vrati se i u Hrvatsku.

There is no border between so called "rs" and rest of the country. Please don't call it such. You make it seem as if you are crossing into another country.

You healed my broken heart ❤