Bosnia: The Heart Shaped Land

Bosnia and Herzegovina is the heart shaped land that lies in the heart of southeast Europe. It is here that eastern and western civilizations met, sometimes clashed, but more often enriched and reinforced each other throughout its long and fascinating history.
With a long name for a country that measures just over 50,000 km2, bordering Croatia to the north and west and Serbia and Montenegro to the south and east, the country has a tiny stretch of Adriatic coastline (20km) in the southeast. Bosnia is the central and northern region of the country while Herzegovina is the entire southern region. The land is diverse, dominated by mountainous and hilly terrain through central and southern region, and flatlands along river Sava in the north.

This wondrous country has plenty to offer with its rich history, monumental heritage, tradition and humor, uniqueness and wisdom. Bosnia & Herzegovina is the country where various worlds, cultures and civilizations have collided and merged the country of the three religions – Catholic, Orthodox and Islam.

This country is unique in many ways. It is a mosaic of contrast, where the traces of material and spiritual, colors and scents as well as optimism and pride are interwoven. A meeting point of continental and Mediterranean climate, as part of its identity and way of living it has preserved national costumes, music and songs, especially the famous “sevdalinka” type, which represent a :reflection of the soul”, a melancholic love song with a long tradition.

There is folk creativity, customs, cottage industry, old crafts, especially filigree work, which requires the precise hand of the master and the patient weaving of fine gold and silver strings, creating exquisite jewelry and other decorative objects that numerous visitors have taken home with them throughout the world as cherished memories of the spirit of this country and its people. In this manner, Bosnia and Herzegovina opens itself to all, its reality and imagination, the traditional and the contemporary, its yesterday and today, all of which can be felt and seen at every step. Today Bosnia & Herzegovina is considered as the continent's last great undiscovered tourism destination.