Banja Luka is one of the few cities in the world that has its own boat, which only floats on the part of Vrbas that flows through this city. It is a well-known boat - dajak, one of the main symbols and tradition keepers in the beautiful city of Krajina.
It is also called "the Banja…
Banja Luka
For those who decide to spend this summer on the land, instead somewhere at sea, Banja Luka has a rich offer, which can satisfy different tastes, affinities or kinds of entertainment. Beginning from June, through July to August, in the town of Vrbas, there are numbers of cultural, music and sports events that are gathering…
If you ask the Banja Luka citizens what a tourist or passerby should not miss if he or she comes to the city on the Vrbas River, one of the first things that they will emphasize is - the Banja Luka’s ćevapi. When they says ‘Banja Luka's ćevap’, it's actually meant "Kod Muje" (At Mujo’s).
Although…
The short version of the Banja Luka tour includes several segments, and the tourist guide Zoran Sanković explained for Visit B&H what should not be missed if you are a tourist in the town on the Vrbas River.
First, it is the very center of the city that includes the Krajina Square, Gospodska Street, the park…
Banja Luka has recorded historical maximum in the past years in terms of tourism, and since 2017, it has been actively working on regional promotion, with an emphasis on active holidays and festivals.
At Banja Luka Tourist Board they say that this city's great chance is on the regional tourist market, the position of Banja Luka…
Probably the greatest legend, if not in entire Bosnia and Herzegovina, at least in Krajina, is the one about Safikada - an unfortunate girl who committed suicide, according to the story, because of unfulfilled love. Safikada is one of the most famous attractions of Banja Luka, which, as it usually happens in this area, has…
More than 130 years ago, the production of the most mysterious cheese in the world began - the Banja Luka cheese, Trappist or Monk cheese. The word of this unique and widely known cheese, whose consumption has always been a matter of prestige, and whose recipe is transmitted verbally and only one man knows it,…
A woman from Banja Luka, Dubravka Vujnović Božić, who creates and manufactures non-ambulatory shoes, for babies, made of natural materials, who is by profession a psychologist, says that she is practicing psychology on a voluntary basis, and she earns some money doing the shoemaking job for which she has not a day of school.
Although it…
Recreationists, cyclists, and hikers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as all lovers of natural beauty of the mountainous highlands, now have multi-purpose recreational path, long more than a hundred kilometers, stretching from Banja Luka's settlement Trapisti, passing through five municipalities and ends near Teslić, in Bijelo Bučje.
Marked and finished trails were officially open in…