Pivnica HS

Sarajevo


If you like beer, huge slabs of schnitzel and live music, this vaulted-brick brewery-aligned tavern is a lively place to spend an evening. The decor is part Munich bierkeller, part Wild West saloon, and there's live Bosnian music most evenings.


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