Sarajevo is what Europe would like to be!

He sees multiculturality as the city’s essential feature.

- Sarajevo is what Europe would like to be. The melding of east and west gives it the epithet, “European Jerusalem,” and walking through its center is like traveling through different periods of history.

He insists that this city has been marked by tragic moments, like the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, which made Sarajevo a name known around the world; or the Siege of the 1990s, which tourists can learn about on war-themed tours.

- The Museum of Sarajevo 1878-1918, where the Sarajevo Assassination occurred, in front of the building, looks at Austro-Hungarian rule in BiH and the event that led to WWI; while the Siege of the 1990s is covered by many other museums, with the Tunnel of Hope being the most visited.

XIV WOG

The XIV WOG of 1984 is a positive event that turned the world’s attention to Sarajevo.

- Most of the Olympic infrastructure, including the Olympics Museum, was ruined in the 1990s. We are now rebuilding that capacity for the EYOWF, the Youth Olympic Games that will be held in Sarajevo and East Sarajevo in February 2019. If we pass that test, we can also hope for new Olympic events.

Nermin is glad the reconstructed city symbol – the Trebević cable car – has brought people back to Trebević, and he says an advantage of Sarajevo is that the mountains are only 20 minutes from the city center.

He says the city can compete in many types of tourism: congress, sports, health, religious….

- Hills and Terme Hotels have large congress centers; Ilidža, with its healing thermal waters, is a famous spa center; and Mt. is a “fresh air spa.”