Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
One of those places that stays with you because its history is visible everywhere you walk. First mentioned in the 15th century, Mostar grew as an Ottoman frontier town around a river crossing, and the city’s very name comes from the bridge keepers. Its position on the Neretva made it a natural meeting point for traders, travellers and different cultures, which shaped its character over centuries.
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Kravica waterfalls, tucked away in the lush countryside of Herzegovina, are one of the region’s most captivating natural sights. The falls stretch in a wide, semi-circular cascade, where the Trebižat river spills over limestone cliffs into a vivid emerald pool below. Surrounded by dense greenery, fig trees, and moss-covered rocks, the entire setting feels refreshingly untouched and quietly dramatic.
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Počitelj fortress, above Čapljina on the Neretva, is one of those places where the landscape and the history feel tightly bound together. It began as a medieval stronghold, traditionally linked to king Tvrtko I in the late 14th century, and later grew in importance as the Ottomans reshaped it into a fortified settlement guarding a strategic route between the Bosnian interior and the Adriatic coast.
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The Tekija at Blagaj is one of those places that feels quietly remarkable rather than overtly grand. It is a historic Dervish monastery built into the base of a sheer cliff, creating a striking harmony between architecture and nature. The whitewashed structure seems almost suspended between rock and water, and its setting alone makes it one of the most memorable cultural sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The city of Konjic sits quietly in Herzegovina, yet it carries a weight of history that feels far greater than its size. Approaching from Sarajevo, the journey itself sets the scene: after passing through the long tunnel beneath mount Igman, the landscape subtly shifts. This tunnel feels like a gateway, not just geographically but climatically as well, as you leave behind Sarajevo’s cooler, more continental air and descend into the softer, Mediterranean-influenced climate of Herzegovina.
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The Yellow Bastion sits like a quiet sentinel above Sarajevo, a compact yellow fortress tucked into the rocky slope of the hills that embrace the city. From the outside it looks modest compared with grander castles, but its thick stone walls and narrow embrasures reveal a purposeful design: a defensive bastion once integral to the city’s fortifications. Perched with commanding views over the Miljacka valley and the labyrinth of rooftops below, the fort’s compact geometry and robust construction speak of an era when protecting the approaches to the old town was a daily concern.
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The massacre of Srebrenica in July 1995 stands as one of the darkest chapters in recent European history. It has been recognised as a genocide, carried out with the explicit aim of ethnic cleansing in eastern Bosnia. What unfolded in and around this small town was not a chaotic by-product of war, but a systematic and organised effort to eliminate the Bosniak population from the region.
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The Holiday Inn (now Hotel Holiday) in Sarajevo is one of the city’s most recognisable modern landmarks, originally built in the early 1980s as part of the preparations for the 1984 Winter Olympics. Designed by Sarajevo architect Ivan Štraus, it was intended to project a fresh, international image for the city and quickly became a symbol of that Olympic era.
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Perched high above the village of Üssinghausen, the Sohnreywarte – also known locally as the Sohnrey-Hütte – is a modest observation shelter rather than a grand tower. It sits on elevated ground at the edge of the Solling landscape, offering wide views over wooded hills and open countryside. The structure itself is simple and functional, stone-built with a covered seating area that invites walkers and hikers to pause. It was created in 1931 as a place of remembrance and quiet reflection, intended to honour Heinrich Sohnrey while also encouraging appreciation of the rural landscape he so often wrote about.
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Tucked away in the wooded hills near Uslar, the Bergsee at Delliehausen is one of those quietly atmospheric places that feels far removed from modern life. At first glance, it appears to be a natural mountain lake, its dark, still waters framed by dense forest and steep slopes. In reality, however, it is a relic of the region’s industrial past, shaped by human activity rather than nature alone.
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