BANJA LUKA | A Beautiful & Underrated City | Bosnia & Herzegovina Travel Vlog

Banja Luka may not be the first city on your travel list but, as you’ll find out in this video, it’s a really charming city with some fascinating history.
To start, this city in Bosnia and Herzegovina doesn’t really feel like a Bosnian city at all. From the people driving around waving Serbian flags to the Cyrillic alphabet and Serbian writing everywhere, this city feels more like it fits in Serbia. It’s actually part of the Republika Srpska, one of the two main political regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina made as a result of the war in the ‘90s.
While it is a majority Orthodox Christian Serb community, you will still find Catholic churches and Muslim Mosques around the city, though this is a relatively recent addition after the Mosque was destroyed during the war.
We found the people of Banja Luka to be incredibly welcoming and happy to talk with us (at least as much as the language barrier would allow). We can definitely recommend this city as a good place to visit!
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00:00 Church of the Holy Trinity
02:15 Cathedral of Saint Bonaventure
04:38 lunch time :)
07:45 Christ the Savior Orthodox Cathedral
09:33 a little info about the city
10:49 Kastel Fortress
14:58 Ferhadija Mosque

[@MattandRachelTravel]

Good to know they're more strict about clothing at religious sites here. Never would've guessed that. Oooo secret passages and tunnels, how fun!

[@MarshallandSabrina]

We learned that bosnia in general (not just the religious sites) is a pretty conservative country. We didn’t really notice it as much in Banja Luka, but I ended up wearing pants most of the time even though it’s still very warm here so I felt like I fit in a little more. In most of the places we went, there were very few people wearing shorts

[@tendegreeswarmer]

Looks totally amazing, and what a great story about the memorial church. This seems like the kind of place we would love to visit - hopefully one of these days!

[@MarshallandSabrina]

Yeah I’m sure you would love it! It definitely was an amazing place!!

[@user-re7lt8ic5o]

Thank you this video,May be peaceful all the Bosnia people,animals&birds from Myanmar.❤

[@MarshallandSabrina]

Thanks for watching 🥰

[@dzonikg]

Serbian

[@deenadobbs7855]

Very beautiful!

[@MarshallandSabrina]

💕💕

[@DDtch6669]

"To start, this city in Bosnia and Herzegovina doesn’t really feel like a Bosnian city at all" Bosnia is just what you saw. It's Serbian, It's Croatian, it's Bosniak Muslim culture.

[@JayandSarah]

Thanks guys great video!!

[@MarshallandSabrina]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@milohrnic2023]

Most people in Banja Luka speak English, there shouldn't be a language barrier.

[@zoek1133]

To understand why they are similar - you have to know the history.

[@AnaRadojcic-ij5tq]

Moja Bosna i Herzegovina 🎉

[@MarshallandSabrina]

Thanks for watching!! 🥰 we had such a great time exploring this country

[@yellowwasprakija2869]

The Croatian ustasa destroyed the church in WW2

[@NadeemKhan-dq1rw]

can they stop focusing on themselves in the whole video … people want to have a look at the beautiful sites and locations , they are in each and every frame which looks irritating

[@miramalicevic1434]

You are totally right !Agree with you !

[@GoranGorskiVuk]

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ❤️🇷🇸❤️

[@MarshallandSabrina]

❤️❤️

[@edkub9519]

Prelepa Bosna i Hercegovina

[@GoranGorskiVuk]

@@edkub9519 Da, to je Srpski deo Bih, imaju hrvati isto i muslimanima 23 %