Introducing Banja Luka
There’s little to attract visitors to the Republika Srpska capital. The only reasons for stopping are to take a breather en route to Belgrade, Zagreb or Sarajevo, or for the rafting.
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Banja Luka was never much of a tourist centre. A 1969 earthquake destroyed about 80% of the town and in 1993 local Serbs updated the damage by blowing up the city’s mosques, including the famous 1580 Ferhadija. In 2001 a bussed-in nationalist mob stoned an attempt to lay a new foundation stone
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: 6 days in Bosnia
by shahafs 30 August 2011
Thanks all for your replies. @battybilly I'm not really intersted using those days to go to Croatia, as I will be coming from Dubrovnik…
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RE: 6 days in Bosnia
by mattoni 30 August 2011
I found Travnik and Jajce not extremely impressive compared to other sights of the region; yet these are good reasons to travel through…
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Re: Train Belgrade - Banja Luka
by kostakenenishanu 11 August 2011
In present time (Aug. 11th) workers of FBiH Railway company conducting a strike. Use Google Translate to read this: [http://www.zfbh.ba/zf…
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