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As I stand in the center of Sarajevo, it is hard to imagine the terrible things that the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina has seen. One of the most well-known tragedies is the assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand in 1914, which was the starting point of the first World War.
Mostar is a beautiful town on the river Neretva, but as with many places in Bosnia and Herzegovina, traces of the deadly conflict can be seen everywhere.
The old town of Dubrovnik is sheltered by massive stone walls from the 16th century. This is best viewed from Fort Lovrijenac, where the walls are seen as a dramatic frontier towards the sea.
It’s not every morning that I wake up in Montenegro. We have been driving to the lovely town of Kotor by the bay and the area is astonishingly beautiful, even though many people likely cannot even find the country on a map.
These are some of the locations you should visit in Gothenburg, to learn more about the history of the city.
Almost one year ago, I walked across the wet cobblestones of Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the central square of Kiev, Ukraine. The Independence Square is a traditional place for political protests, including the infamous Orange Revolution in 2004.