The Sarajevo ‘War Hostel’ takes tourists back in time to a dark period in Europe’s resent history during one of its bloodiest sieges. Tourists passing through Bosnia-Herzegovina are given the opportunity to experience the siege of the Bosnian capital during the Balkan conflict in the 1990s. Guests will spend their time in war-time conditions, sleeping on sponge mattresses under military blankets and reading newspaper clippings by candlelight. RT.com reports: The hostel is run by a family who survived the three-year-long siege. The business is fronted by 25-year-old Arijan Kurbasic, who greets guests fully decked out in military gear, including a flak jacket and UN beret. Sarajevo hostel lets guests experience life in a war zone https://t.co/LiUlHGdaVE pic.twitter.com/lSuB9zDaOF — Ruptly (@Ruptly) 22 November 2016 Guests sleep on a bomb shelter bed, complete with a military blanket, and they store their valuables in ammunition boxes. Each room comes with just one light bulb, which runs off a car battery and guests use candlelight at night. The windows of the hostel are covered with plastic sheets similar to those Sarajevans used to replace glass shattered by bomb blasts. The bullet-riddled walls are plastered with newspaper clippings from the bloody conflict and every day [...]
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