Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Architectural structure
The Avaz Twist Tower is a forty-storey skyscraper in Sarajevo's Marijin Dvor district, about 172 metres tall, the highest building in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the whole of the former Yugoslavia. Built between 2006 and 2008 as the headquarters of the Dnevni avaz media group, publisher of the country's biggest daily paper, it was for fifteen years the tallest building in the Balkans outside Turkey. Its twisting glass façade, which seems to turn on itself, is its signature; in 2009 the German company Schuco named it one of the ten most beautiful buildings in the world. It is also the easiest landmark for finding your way around, visible from most of the city. On the 36th floor an observation deck with an outdoor walkway looks over all of Sarajevo: the long valley of the city centre, the Miljacka river, the hills covered with houses and minarets, and the mountains of the 1984 Winter Olympics on the horizon. A café on the 35th floor is reached by lift.
Take the lift to floor 35, then pay a small fee in coins at the turnstile to climb to the floor 36 deck, so bring change. The best time is just before sunset, as the valley colours and the city lights come on. Thirty minutes is enough. It is near the Marijin Dvor tram stop and close to the National Museum and History Museum.
Hours and prices change — check before you go. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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AttractionSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
