Pictures of War

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While in Mostar, the largest city of the Herzegovina region in Bosnia-Herzegovina, I visited a ruined building used as a snipers’ nest during the war. That’s it, the tall building in the photo above. Apparently it used to be a bank.

It was actually a local girl who told me to have a look. “There’s lots of cool graffiti in there,” she advised. “Also, you can pick up some bullet shells. There are still some bullet shells in the upper levels from the snipers.”

I had my private reservations about that part, since the war was nearly twenty (!!) years ago, but hey, why not have a look? This is Bosnia, this is the Balkans. War-damaged buildings halfway to collapse usually aren’t even fenced off. You can walk right into the ugly parts of their history, just help yourself. They don’t even charge admission.

Sure, it looks like just any other abandoned building on the inside, but this place was eerie. Just… really, really eerie.

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