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6 BasiCs Learn about the facts and figures, the habits and attitudes of people and a little bit of Bosanski for a full filling time in Sarajevo. Disabled travellers Bigger shopping centeres in the city offer disabled facilities, including toilets and so does the main post office in the centre of the city. Pedestrian crossings in the city have dropped kerbs, and large intersections in the centre are equipped with sound signalling systems. Most restaurants and cafés are inaccessible to disabled patrons, and hardly any offer toilet facilities for the disabled. Money & Exchange The Bosnian currency is the Convertible Mark (KM), which was introduced in 1998. Coins come in the following denominations: 0.05, 0.10 0.20, 0.50, 1, 2 and 5. Banknotes come in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200. Since 11 October 2001 the Convertible Mark has been tied to the Euro at a rate of €0.51129 = KM1 You can change money at banks or any post office. The differences in exchange rates are negligible. Most banks in Sarajevo will change travellers cheques, American Express, Thomas Cook, VISA and Eurocheques. Western Union money transfers from abroad can be collected from the post office and most banks. You can find ATMs of the major banks present in the country all over the city. Cards widely acceptable in Sarajevo are VISA, VISA Electron, MasterCard, Maestro, Diners Club and American Express. You can buy almost all goods and services with credit cards. You will need cash for green markets, some small shops and bars, kiosks, parking fees and taxis. Basic data Country’s population: 4,590,310 (July 2008) (48 % Bosniaks, 37.1 % Serbs, 14.3 % Croats and 0.6 % others) Sarajevo’s population: 402,000 Surface: Total 51,209km2 Longest river: Drina, 346km Highest mountain peak: Maglic, 2386m Land boundaries: 1,459 Borders with adjoining country: Montenegro - 225km, Croatia - 932km, Serbia - 302km Politics: Bosnia and Herzegovina is an emerging federal democratic republic. The Council of Ministers of BiH is the head of government. Date of next local elections: General Elections in 2010. Members of the Presidency: Haris Silajdzic, Zeljko Komsic and Nebojsa Radmanovic Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Nikola Spiric Governing party: multi-party system Local time: Sarajevo is in the Central European Time Zone: GMT + 1 hours (in winter), GMT + 2 during daylight saving time. sarajevo.inyourpocket.com Price Level McDonald’s Big Mac (There is no McDonald’s restaurant in Sarajevo or BiH for that matter) Loaf of white bread 0.90 KM Snickers bar 1 KM Litre of vodka 15 KM Bottle of local beer (1/2 liter) 1.15 KM Pack of Marlboros 3.30 KM Public transport ticket 1.80 KM Roll of Kodak 200 speed film, 24 exposures 2 KM Security Touch wood, Sarajevo is a safe and secure city, a million miles away from its wartime past. Bosnian people are welcoming, friendly to and tolerant of foreigners - they’ve had thousands of them in their country for fifteen years - and it’s an engagingly safe place. Taxis are cheap, women walk home, the city-centre and environs are friendly and largely secure. Outside of some of its more deprived and isolated suburbs and quarters, Sarajevo is one of the safest cities in Europe. Obviously, normal, basic safety precautions should be observed, but, for instance, any fights in or outside pubs, bars and clubs are extremely rare. The occasional presence on the streets of Roma exploiting their children as begging accoutrements is an unavoidable let-down common everywhere in the region - except in Kosovo where they are still largely too afraid of violence to leave their settlements. Best not to give them money - it goes not to their well-being but their parents’ grubby pockets. And on the other end of the spectrum, the vibrant organized crime scene in Bosnia means that some real organized gang violence is mostly confined to the occasional shooting and car-bombing in the cities’ suburbs. Smoking In terms of smoking, it is safest, as with bars, to assume that everywhere you will visit in Sarajevo is a smoking zone, be it bars, restaurants, cafes, clubs or hotels, except where very strictly classified otherwise. This reviewer, for instance, once watched all three female staff at a health-club smoke while on-duty. A very high percentage of Bosnians smoke, both men and women, and a great deal of teenagers too. Despite vague and inaudible efforts to adhere to forthcoming EU policy once Bosnia eventually joins the Union, the idea of not being able to smoke anywhere in Bosnia would, rather nicely, be considered sacrilegious by much of its population. It is perfectly common to see people smoking in restaurants while others are eating at the same table, many people smoke half-way through a course, and the whole country is delightfully free of the smoking regulations so common in much of the rest of Europe and North America. National holidays January 1 - New Year, (all offices closed) March 1 - Independence day (all offices closed - only in Federation of BiH) May 1 - International Labor Day (all offices and majority of businesses closed) November 25 - National day (all offices closed) Sarajevo In Your Pocket sarajevo.inyourpocket.com
Tourists, back-packers, visitors and business travellers should be aware that this is a full-on smoking country, and that any complaints by outsiders about cigarette smoke and the perils thereof will be met with total derision and scornful laughter by both Bosnians and foreigners who live there. War Take a walk through the centre of Sarajevo, and even fifteen years after the war ended in 1995, bullet-holes, pockmarked pavements hit by mortar and artillery blasts, Language Pronunciation š as in ship č as in cello ž as in pleasure đ in jam dž as in enjoy Niceties & Necessities Yes - Da No - Ne Good - Dobro Please - Molim Thank you - Hvala Sorry! - Izvini Good morning - Dobro jutro Good day - Dobar dan Hello - Zdravo Good night - Laku noć Excuse me! - Oprostite How are you? - Kako si? Practicalities When? - Kada? Where? - Gdje? Who? - Ko? Why? - Zašto? I have... - Ja imam I am... - Ja sam What’s your name? - Kako se zoveš? My name is... - Zovem se I’m from... - Ja sam iz… ...UK - Velike Britanije ...USA - Sjedinjenih Američkih Država I don’t understand - Ne razumijem I don’t speak Bosnian - Ja ne govorim bosanski How much does this cost? - Koliko košta? Signs Open - Otvoreno Closed - Zatvoreno Entrance - Ulaz Exit - Izlaz Push - Gurni Pull - Vuci Numbers 0 - nula 1 - edan 2 - dva 3 - tri 4 - četiri 5 - pet 6 - šest 7 - sedam 8 - osam 9 - devet 10 - deset 20 - dvadeset 50 - pedeset 100 - sto sarajevo.inyourpocket.com BasiCs and the occasional shredded building that has not been renovated or demolished are all around you. Look down at the pavement when you walk: you’ll see many a familiar shape of a large ‘bears’ paw,’ the residue of an explosive mortar impact on the ground: fading, pink plastic has been poured into some of them to preserve the shape for posterity, sites that are known as ‘Sarajevo roses.’ The war in Bosnia saw 100,000 people die, a million people displaced or turned into refugees before NATO troops, and massive international humanitarian intervention, flooded into Bosnia to try and re-construct the country after the Dayton Peace Accords were signed in 1995. Days Monday - ponedjeljak Tuesday - utorak Wednesday - srijeda Thursday - četvrtak Friday - petak Saturday - subota Sunday - nedjelja Months January - januar February - februar March - mart April - april May - maj June - juni July - juli August - avgust September - septembar October - oktobar November - novembar December - decembar Time Now - sada Later - kasnije Today - danas Tomorrow - sutra Yesterday - juče In the morning - ujutro In the afternoon - poslijepodne In the evening - naveče At night - noću Restaurant talk Waiter! - Konobar! A table for two - Sto za dvoje Non-smoking / smoking - nepušačka zona / pušačka zona The menu please - Meni/jelovnik, molim Vas I’d like to order - Želim da naručim Do you have vegetarian food? - Služite li vegetarijansku hranu? Surprise me! - Iznenadite me The bill, please - Račun, molim Vas Bar talk One coffee, please - Jednu kafu, molim Vas A beer, please - Pivo, molim Vas Cheers! - Živjeli! You have beautiful eyes - Imaš lijepe oči Can I have your number - Mogu li dobiti tvoj broj telefona? Autumn 2009 7
Page 1: Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife
Page 4 and 5: 4 foreWord The heart of Bosnia and
Page 8 and 9: 8 BasiCs A word from the mayor Welc
Page 10 and 11: 10 history Sarajevo is the administ
Page 12 and 13: 12 Culture & events La Boheme at th
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Page 16: 16 Where to stay Accommodation in S
Page 19 and 20: Gaj B-3, Skenderija 14, tel. (+387)
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Page 23 and 24: Pravda B-3, Radićeva 4c, tel. (+38
Page 25 and 26: A night out in Sarajevo comes no be
Page 27 and 28: Clubs Aqua Disco Mali Kiseljak 8, I
Page 29 and 30: Galleries National Gallery of BiH B
Page 31 and 32: Ghazi Husrev-beg Ghazi Husrev-beg B
Page 33 and 34: Public transport Gras Public Transp
Page 35 and 36: Car travel Sarajevo’s roads are m
Page 37 and 38: The standard starting rate for taxi
Page 39 and 40: Internet To log in over a phone lin
Page 41 and 42: Grand Centar Butmirska 14, tel. (+3
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