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Vraca, Sarajevo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Vraca is a hillside neighbourhood of Sarajevo, part of Novo Sarajevo, known for its memorial complex to the victims of the Second World War.
About Vraca
Where to stay in Vraca
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Vraca is a hillside address first and foremost. The ground climbs from Grbavica I and Grbavica II into a slope of houses and gardens, so a room up here buys quiet, air, and a long look down over Sarajevo rather than shops at the door. The slope holds few rooms.
Many people walking up to the memorial complex sleep downhill in Grbavica II or further into Novo Sarajevo, then climb in the morning.
About Vraca
What are the main landmarks in Vraca?
One monument carries the neighbourhood's name beyond Sarajevo. The memorial complex to the victims of the Second World War occupies the Vraca slope, and it accounts for almost every visit made here from outside the surrounding streets. Everything else is residential.
Houses and gardens run downhill toward Grbavica I and Grbavica II, so a few minutes on foot separate a place of remembrance from ordinary neighbourhood errands.
What is the history of Vraca?
The Second World War is what this hill records. Vraca's memorial complex was raised for the victims of that war, and it is through that ground, rather than through any older civic centre, that the neighbourhood became known beyond its own streets. It sits on an administrative edge.
Its perimeter meets Grbavica I, Gornji Kovačići, and Hrasno Brdo inside Novo Sarajevo, and then Miljevići, a local community of Istočno Sarajevo rather than of Sarajevo itself.
Where is Vraca?
Vraca covers about two square kilometres of hillside ground in Novo Sarajevo, bordered by Grbavica I, Grbavica II, Gornji Kovačići, and Hrasno Brdo.
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Updated September 2026