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17 places
Herzegovina · Mostar
A bar-club set inside a natural cave in the rock right off Mostar's old bazaar — you step through a cleft in the stone into a cool cavern of music and drinks.
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
The green, riverside capital of Republika Srpska — Kastel fortress, leafy boulevards, a famous nightlife and the Vrbas canyon's rafting on the doorstep.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
A cosy courtyard bar tucked behind Baščaršija specializing in house rakija (try the walnut or honey) plus tavern food — a relaxed local spot for a long…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
The 15th-century Ottoman bazaar at the heart of Sarajevo — a warren of coppersmiths' alleys, mosques, hans and the wooden Sebilj fountain where pigeons swarm.
Herzegovina · Mostar
A riverside pub by the Crooked Bridge with craft beer, cocktails and frequent live music — the social hub of Mostar's old-town evenings.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
The city's go-to large-format club for big DJ nights, concerts and regional pop/turbo-folk stars — where Sarajevo goes for a proper late club night.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
Sarajevo's craft-beer scene has matured into a clutch of pubs and taprooms pouring local microbrews alongside the classic Sarajevsko lager — relaxed,…
Banja Luka & RS West · Banja Luka
Banja Luka has a deserved party reputation, and pedestrianized Gospodska Street is its heart — café-bars by day that spill into a buzzing bar-hop by night,…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A beloved basement live-music club where local jazz, funk and blues acts play to a packed, dancing room — a cornerstone of the city's music scene.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A gloriously faded old cinema turned legendary kafana — its Monday/Tuesday live sevdah nights, when a house band plays old Bosnian songs and the whole…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Baščaršija
A snug cellar jazz-and-blues bar in the old town with live music, low light and a devoted regular crowd — the soulful end of Sarajevo nights.
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
The grand hall of the historic Sarajevo Brewery (founded 1864, it kept brewing and supplied water during the siege) — beer hall food and the city's own…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar/Marijin Dvor
A new generation of rooftop and cocktail bars (around Marijin Dvor's towers and central hotels) gives Sarajevo polished drinks with skyline-and-mountain…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Sarajevo
The capital and obvious base — where Ottoman bazaar, Austro-Hungarian boulevards, synagogues, churches and mosques sit within a few hundred metres, ringed…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A big, long-running club/cultural venue famous for its themed nights — salsa, live bands, student parties — and a multi-generational crowd.
Northeast Bosnia · Tuzla
The north's biggest city, built on salt — home to Europe's only inland salt lakes (with beaches in summer), a lively student scene, and the birthplace of…
Sarajevo & Surroundings · Centar
A jewel-box café crammed with antiques, oddities and curiosities — the bill arrives with a small gift. Equal parts bar, museum and time machine.