- One of the best spaces I've ever seen in Europe.
♪ Try to catch me howling at the moon ♪
(soft music)
- Welcome to the heaven.
Welcome to Sarajevo mountains.
If you wanna see the mountains
you need to come early because you need to hike.
I could certainly spend another week
in Sarajevo on the mountains, but today we're gonna drive
from Sarajevo to Mostar this is around two hours.
We're gonna stop in four stunning places.
So let's get started.
(upbeat music)
One of my very first trips to Switzerland
I was like, oh wow, they speak four languages
Here is not about the language, it's more about religion.
- My name is Mirza, I'm from Sarajevo.
We are now in Počitelj
sitting in front of one of the oldest mosques.
- He was asking me, do you wanna come over?
To me, it's always like holy places,
and people sometimes feel sensitive
at least when I went to Thailand
and you know Buddhism.
Or some Catholic churches people look at you like
what you doing filming are you taking a photo?
It's not the goal.
It's just sometimes we have curiosity.
I feel like with Islam, maybe it's a little bit different.
- It's a different story in Islam because this door is open
for all kind of people, every different nation.
- For people who have no idea like myself
how many times a day, you need to pray?
- Five times a day.
- And do you need to go every day
to the mosque... you can do from home?
How does it work?
- It's not a must to go to the mosque.
It's a good thing that you will be rewarded for
but it's not a must to go to every prayer to the mosque.
In Islam's history, the mosque was not only a mosque.
It was a place where the tourist could stay even overnight.
There was no need for a hotel or apartment, you know?
- Yeah. - The mosque was welcoming.
Every tourist passing by the place.
You can just normally do your prayer at home.
- Is it 50% Muslim, 20% Orthodox?
Like what is more or less the ratio?
- It depends on the city, but usually the most
of the population in Bosnia are Muslim people.
But the nice thing about Bosnia
and especially about Sarajevo and for example, Mostar
that you can see a mosque, a cathedral, and a synagogue
in maybe a hundred meters.
Some people call it a small Jerusalem.
(soft music)
- Drone, camera, waterfalls.
Let's do it.
The falls are currently not a well known attraction
among tourists, meaning they're peaceful
and not yet highly commercialized.
(upbeat peaceful music)
I was not so lucky with the weather here
but it doesn't matter.
It's pretty much the whole place for me.
A short drive south of Mostar is a small village of Blagaj
within Blagaj is famous Tekija or monastery
which was founded by Dervish monks in the 16th century.
Today the monastery houses a restaurant with tables
looking out over the water.
This country is definitely underrated.
I cannot understand why people don't know more about Bosnia.
(relaxed upbeat music)
There's mountains everywhere, rivers, lakes, cascades,
waterfalls, caves, anything you can imagine
you have it here.
And the food is fantastic as well.
And people are super friendly.
(relaxed upbeat music continues)
Honestly, one of the best places I've ever seen in Europe
100%
(ethereal music)
And here in Mostar we have one of the most famous sites.
This is the Old Bridge in Mostar absolutely stunning.
Not too many people today 'cause it's not summer,
and it's super windy, not pleasant weather.
But, hey who cares?
(upbeat music)
Stunning, Oh.
The Old Bridge was built by the Ottomans
in the 16th century.
Really an example of the Islamic architecture
and fine engineering.
We had great meal close to Mostar
and honestly, people here, they know how to eat properly
Traditional Bosnian outfit.
Mosque and a church.
I was just gonna say that you have a mosque
you have a church, you have a synagogue.
Everything together here.
Strange things happen, but Hey, the beauty of Bosnia, right?
Or Bosna, like you guys say here.