Sarajevo – the capital city of BiH and its administrative, cultural and educational centre is located in the Sarajevo valley. It is urrounded by Bjelasnica and Igman mountains in the south-west and Trebevic mountain in the south-east. Sarajevo is the seat of the greatest higher education institution in the country, Sarajevo
University, and series of other education institutions, which classify this city among the greatest university centers in entire South-Eastern European region.Along
with several national and city theatres, museums and cultural centers, Sarajevo is also famous for culture of this part of the European continent. Sarajevo hosts a range of cultural festivals of international character every year, among which are: Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF), Sarajevo Jazz Festival, summer culture festival dubbed Bascarsijske noci (Bascarsija Nights), International Theatre Festival „MESS“, Sarajevo Winter and the World
Oriental Music Festival.Some oriental parts of Sarajevo, which gained specific character, as it is Bascarsija, are being reviving for twenty years. Bascarsija was a meeting point of tradesmen, craftsmen, tourists and other travelers. A spirit of old Sarajevo has already been revived in this part of the city, specially at such locations as are Morica han, Daire, Bezistan and other attractive
catering establishments. In the same way, Sarajevo has significant place in the European relations as well. Sarajevo city is among the most significant tourist centers. Even bigger European cities and capitals with such qualitative and differentiated tourist offers are rare.Tourist season lasts whole year in Sarajevo, what is very characteristic for this city, because Sarajevo is modern and complex tourist city for local and international tourism.This high rating is not valorized enough in economic policy unfortunately.
