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{{IsIn|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
UPDATE Oct-'''Update October 2015:''': The building was closed by the government, all entries are walled. The newly built walls have around 1.5m in height.
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'''Mostar''' is a city in southwest [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. It boasts a beautifully preserved and reconstructed Ottoman Town Centre, as well as several large-scale monuments (one to Communism, for example).
Because it was a central point of the Yugoslavian war, Mostar is still subject to religious difference. The eastern side and the old town is unofficially Muslim-Bosnian, and the western and central part of town is Croatian. Most Croats don't visit the Muslim areas and vice versa. Try not bringing this up when in conversation with locals, as it is a very touchy subject that might bring about strange situations.
* [[User:MaxHermens|MaxHermens]] has heard stories of Croats not accepting Bosnian Marks, but insisting on trading with the Croatian Crown.
[[File:Mostar_Old_Town_Panorama.jpg|thumb|left|Old town of Mostar]]
== Hitchhiking out ==
Hitchhiking out of Mostar to the southwest you have two options:
1. The first requires some walking, because the city sprawls for several kilometers kilometres in this direction. If you are in the Old Town (Old Bridge Area), a way to walk out of the city is to follow Tito Street (''Maršala Tita'') and then turn left into ''Novi put'' at the first crossing after the cemetery. You will see a signpost showing the directions for [[Sarajevo]] and [[Dubrovnik]]. Continue walking along this road for several kilometers kilometres until you reach the sign marking the city limits (the text "Mostar" with a line drawn through it). It can be difficult for cars to stop here, but eventually you should get lucky.
Another option might be taking a taxi to ''Buna'', the next village. It's only about 5 KM and there is a perfect hitchhiking spot right at the main road.
* [[User:Antonopa|Antonopa]] (May 2016) Just at the edge of town there is a patch of wasteland where there are buses parked, just before the road curves off and out of the city. This spot was perfect, I set up there with a sign for Sarajevo, by a lamp post. There is ample space for cars to stop. I waited 25 mins before two guys drove me to Jablinica. Then from Jablinica I took another ride up the road out of town, and from there a truck took me all the way to Zagreb. This route is very hitchable, although it may take several stages as many people aren't going too far.
== Sleeping ==
Mostar has one of the coolest urban sleeping spots in the balkans Balkans -- the abandoned, war-damaged bank which incidentally is the tallest building in the city. There is seven floors and the roof top terrace to chose from -- it can be a little bit windy, but it might be worth moving away from the staircase as quite a lot of people come up to enjoy the splendid view over the city. As for now, you can still make a fire with leftover bank paperwork as a practice for the coming revolution.
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