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Sarajevo Tunnel Museum (Tunnel of Hope)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ilidža

Sarajevo Tunnel Museum (Tunnel of Hope)
Photo: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

During the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995, a tunnel 800 m long was dug under the airport runway to connect the besieged city with free territory. Food, weapons and people passed through it, and it kept the city alive. The house at the far end, still pockmarked by shells, is now a museum, and you can walk through a short preserved section of the tunnel.


The museum shows a film and displays on the siege. It's on the edge of the city near the airport; many walking and war-history tours include it.

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