1. Sarajevo
Šejla Čebirić

2. 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

3. Perspective
Challenge:
How much chaos can you
fit in such a space?

4. A bit of history

5. • 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

6. Ottoman Empire (400 years) Austro-Hungarian Empire (40 years) Kingdom ofYugoslavia (1918-1941)
Nazi
Occupation (WWII)
Socialist Republic of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (1992-1995)
Post Dayton

7. Architecture

10. Trivia

11. First tram in Europe
119 years ago

12. Food & Drinks

13. Ćevapi
More
ćevapčićiBegova
čorba
Sogan dolma
Sarma
Zeljanica
Sirnica
Burek

14. Average coffee drinking time: 2 hours

15. Rakija is used to cure all illnesses
to celebrate all occasions
and as a massage lotion

16. Sports

17. Mirza Delibašić Kinđe
KK Bosna European Basketball Champions 1979

18. Winter Olympics 1984 Sarajevo
Vučko

19. Today

20. But snow and Olympic spirit still there
Lavording...

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

22. Paninimania

23. Bosnian
mentality – high
level overview

26. We know it can always be worse...
so we never forget to enjoy.