Bosnia/Sarajevo during Ramadhan
Hi locals, i'd like some advice re: Ramadhan in Sarajevo, do's and don'ts, anything cultural to see during this time, food to enjoy along with what will be open when- will food places remain open throughout the night?
If anyone would like to offer an iftaar/fast opening to show myself , sister and cousin how you celebrate, that would be awesome too!
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Ramadhan is celebrated in Sarajevo in the form it is never experienced in any other Muslim country , people make Iftars at home or with friends and then they go out in the city , have Their coffee drinks ,then they go for Taraveeh and back to coffee places , since there will very short time after taraweeh and Souhoor , they usually don't sleep till Souhoor , The streets are full of people till late night . It has a totally different culture of Ramazan , very unique and very specific to Sarajevo.
Dear Dzavid, thank you for the useful information. If you have any suggestions of places for food, that will be great! I'm looking forward to it.
Sarajevo is a mixed city, there are people who dont fast and you are free to eat outside during the fast.... Baščaršija is a great place to find delicious food... try it
Thanks Amir, I'm hoping to go around Bascarsija. Do you know if the train to Mostar is running now? There seems to be mixed information online.
I just called the train station and the lady said: 'We still dont know when the train to Mostar will start to operate....' :)
Ah ok, thanks for letting me know-that's a shame as I have read that the route is very scenic.
Yes, that's true. But you can rent a car and have even better experience.
I believe there are many places open during the night, but mostly until 3-4AM then, thinking of both food places and regular cafes where youth or elder goes to sit and spend some time. The most popular place (cafe) for youth-ish people is "Divan", right next to "Morića han", and is open throughout the night. Closer to the river bank, or on the other side of Morića han, there might be more cafes that work during the night, but Divan kind of offers the "old atmosphere" if I may call it so, since the place looks as from 100 years ago perhaps, so that might be interesting.
Places for food that might not be bad are: Staklo (next to Čaršijska mosque), Sač (a 'buregdžinica', place that offers pies or pita as we call it, it's close to Staklo), and most of the 'buregdžinica' places in that area are good, so you might wanna try pita which is quite famous in Bosnia, but I think Staklo offers more meals.
I haven't slept much in the last days so I'm sooo tired and just can't think of much else, but if you need anything drop a message and will try to respond when I see it; and I might ask some friends in case they make iftar to invite you guys, but I'd rather try finding someone who doesn't make fast food etc., since there's no point in eating potatoes and rice etc. if you want to experience the real food of this area. Also, a place next to Bey's mosque called "Aeroplan" I think, might have traditional meals, but might be somewhat expensive, idk I don't go there. Good luck, if you need sth else, feel free to ask!
p.s. I mostly agree with what Dzavid wrote, and there are no special "don'ts", just common sense but I still don't think there'd be any problems whatever one might do, and for cultural activities, I suggest you go to a mosque and try finding someone around 20 years of age, and asking for potential info since the youth of that age who practices religion might know of something + you have greater chances of finding someone who speaks english vs. older people, I think. good luck
Thank you for all of your lovely suggestions-it will go on my list of possible places to go to.
Thank you again!