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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Vacation time, Day 2: Exploring Tuzla

Time for annual leave has come and with Nada we decided to have a motorbike trip, starting in Slovenia and ending on Crete in Greece. On our way we decided to spend some time with our friends in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and in Greece.

On our 2nd day we decided to explore Tuzla, the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of our visit a bike fest was held in the city so we visited that too.

Previous day of our vacation: Day 1.

Famous walking area "Slana Banja"

Monument dedicated to Tito and 18 heroes

Pannonian Lakes - Tuzla is the only city in Europe that has a salt lake at its centre.

 

Husino rebellion (Bosnian: Husinska buna) was a short-lived miners strike and armed rebellion against industrial slavery in the new, post-World War I state known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. 7,000 miners from Tuzla, Breza and Zenica in central Bosnia, participated in the strike. When the local government tried to force the miners back to work, they resisted with firearms and the uprising was put down with great violence. Seven workers were killed and four-hundred arrested. The uprising was put down, but its memory was preserved as part of Tuzla’s anti-authoritarian legacy. The rebellion, named after the village Husino in Tuzla where it took place, has been called one of the most important historical events in the former Yugoslavia and has remained an example of class struggle against injustice and oppression.

The lakes are really salty

 

We visited bike fest Panonika Tuzla 2017

Tvrtko I of Bosnia was the first King of Bosnia. Tvrtko is widely considered one of Bosnia's greatest medieval rulers, having enlarged the country's borders to their greatest extent, left a strong economy, and improved the living standards of his subjects.

Čaršija Fountain in Tuzla was built in 1888, and is one of the symbols of Tuzla City.

On our way to Gojčin

Our hosts Slaviša and Čedo with Veselka somewhere near. Rakija was also with us.

Easy riding on our 2nd day and only 130 kilometres

GeoCaches found:
- Pannonian viewpoint, GC6GZHD
- The 2014 unrest in Tuzla (Protest u Tuzli 2014), GC6GZHD
- EuroChamps1989, GC78MQB
- Husinski rudar (Husino rebellion monument), GC5VKZF
- Trg Slobode, GC6QKTE