The original tunnel
25 metres to walk.
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A tunnel dug in secret between March and June 1993 during the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days), the longest siege of a capital city in modern history. It linked the Dobrinja neighbourhood inside the besieged city with Butmir outside it, running under the runway of Sarajevo Airport. It was dug by hand with shovels and picks, around the clock, in eight-hour shifts working from both ends. Food and humanitarian aid came into the city through it and people went out, which earned it the names Tunnel of Hope, Tunnel of Life and Tunnel of Salvation. The museum now occupies the Kolar family house in Butmir, where the tunnel began, its walls still marked by bullets and shrapnel. Visitors walk through 25 metres of the original tunnel and a further 100 metres of the original tube that has been restored, and see a documentary film, photographs and objects from those years. The Sarajevo Memorial Center has run it since 2012. It opens from April to October 8:30-17:00 (last entry 16:30) and from November to March 9:00-16:00 (last entry 15:30). Tickets are 20 KM, 8 KM for students, and an audio guide costs 3 KM, cash in KM only, according to the official site. It lies near the airport on the southwestern edge of the city, so a taxi or an organised tour is the easiest way there.
25 metres to walk.
War-scarred walls.
The story of 1,425 days.
Butmir, near Sarajevo Airport
Tickets are 20 KM, 8 KM for students, and the audio guide 3 KM; payment is in cash in Bosnian marks only, with no cards or foreign currency, according to the official site.