We welcome you to the city of Banja Luka, the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is surrounded by mountains and rolling hills where the cold mountain river of Vrbas flows from through the center of town. The city is dotted with parks and tree lined avenues making it a very attractive, healthy, and interesting place to visit. Located on the new Balkan crossroads of the west and the orient... Banja Luka has grown to be an important regional center of business, education, arts and culture.
For centuries Banja Luka has seen visitors and conquerors. Even Roman legionnaires wrote of the unusual beauty of Banja Luka and her banks of the Vrbas. Castellum, a roman fort later fortified by the Ottomans, is the center of Banja Luka and a common place for children playing, artists drawing, old folk walking and talking, youth swimming and enjoying a drink at the cafe, and locals and foreigners alike dining in the forts restaurant. The legend and charm of the town has made many visitors into residents, which is why Banja Luka's population has grown tenfold in the past 50 years. We invite you to enjoy the city’s rich history and culture, to taste its fine foods and wine, and to see the beauty of and energy of its young and old. We welcome you to Banja Luka!!!
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