Sarajevo Tunnel
The Sarajevo Tunnel also known as the Tunnel of Salvation, the Tunnel of Hope, or the Tunnel of Life, was a tunnel constructed between March and June 1993 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the midst of the Bosnian War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sarajevo International Airport and Butmir Training Centre.
Sarajevo International Airport
Aerodrome
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Sarajevo International Airport is the main international airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving its capital Sarajevo. It is located 3.3 NM southwest of the Sarajevo railway station and some 6.5 NM west of downtown Sarajevo in the Ilidža municipality, suburb of Butmir.
Butmir Training Centre
Sports venue
The Football Club Sarajevo - Butmir Training Centre is a compound consisting a number of sport facilities, serving as a training ground for FK Sarajevo. Butmir Training Centre is situated 580 metres south of Sarajevo Tunnel.
Saint Basil of Ostrog church (Istočno Sarajevo)
Church
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Saint Basil of Ostrog church (Istočno Sarajevo) is situated 2 km east of Sarajevo Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butmir and Dobrinja.
Butmir
Suburb
Butmir is a neighborhood in the municipality of Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo International Airport, the main airport of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in Butmir.
Dobrinja
Suburb
Photo: Dans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dobrinja is a neighbourhood in the western outskirts of Sarajevo, part of the municipality of Novi Grad. It is estimated to have a population of 25,063 inhabitants.
Sarajevo Tunnel
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Tunnel D-B”
- Categories: smuggling tunnel, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sarajevo Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف نفق الحياة”
- Bosnian: “Sarajevski ratni tunel”
- Bosnian: “Tunel spasa”
- Catalan: “Túnel de Sarajevo”
- Chinese: “塞拉耶佛隧道”
- Croatian: “Sarajevski ratni tunel”
- Czech: “Sarajevský tunel”
- Dutch: “Tunnel van Sarajevo”
- Estonian: “Sarajevo tunnel”
- French: “tunnel de Sarajevo”
- French: “Tunnel de Sarajevo”
- German: “Sarajevo-Tunnel”
- Greek: “Σήραγγα του Σαράγεβο”
- Hebrew: “מנהרת סרייבו”
- Italian: “Tunnel di Sarajevo”
- Persian: “تونل سارایوو”
- Polish: “Tunel pod lotniskiem w Sarajewie”
- Russian: “Сараевский туннель”
- Serbian: “Сарајевски ратни тунел”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tunel spasa”
- Slovenian: “Sarajevski predor”
- Spanish: “Tunel de Sarajevo”
- Spanish: “Túnel de Sarajevo”
- Thai: “อุโมงค์ซาราเยโว”
- Turkish: “Saraybosna Umut Tüneli”
- Ukrainian: “Сараєвський тунель”
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