SarajevoŠejla Čebir ić

B&H - Some figures

• Area: 51,197 km2

• Population (2014): 3,871,643

• Capital: Sarajevo (around 400,000

people)

• Ethnicities: Bosniaks, Croatians, Serbs +

Others

• Religions: Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism

+ Others

• Official languages: Bosnian, Croatian,

Serbian

Perspective

Challenge:How much chaos can you fi t in such a space?

A bit of history

• Populated since the Neolithic age

• Ancient Illyrians, Celts, Slavic

pagan tribes

• Roman occupation – Christian

influence

• Ostrogoths, Alans, Huns, Avars

• Contested by Kingdom of Hungary

and Bizantine Empire• Independent state under the rule

of local bans

• Heretical Bosnian Church• Bosnian Kingdom

• Greatest expansion of the territory

Ottoman Empire (400

years)

Austro-Hungarian Empire

(40 years)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

(1918-1941)

NaziOccupation

(WWII)

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995)

Post Dayton

Architecture

Trivia

First tram in Europe119 years ago

Food & Drinks

Ćevapi

More ćevapčićiBegova

čorba

Sogan dolma

Sarma

ZeljanicaSirnica

Burek

Average coffee drinking time: 2 hours

Rakija is used to cure all illnesses

to celebrate all occasions

and as a massage lotion

Sports

Mirza Delibašić Kinđe

KK Bosna European Basketball Champions 1979

Winter Olympics 1984 Sarajevo

Vučko

Today

But snow and Olympic spirit still there

Lavording...

First time in World Cup this year in Brazil...

Paninimania

Bosnian mentality – high level overview

We know it can always be worse...

so we never forget to enjoy.