Banja Luka
Banja Luka is a picturesque city in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the administrative capital and the largest city of Republika Srpska, and the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wikivoyage
Population 185,042 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Kastel fortress Castle · 590 m - Muzej savremene umjetnosti Repubike Srpske Museum · 800 m
- Muzej Republike Srpske Museum · 730 m
- Spomen obilježje poginulim pripadnicima CJB Banja Luka Memorial · 160 m
- Monument Tsar Nikolas Romanov II Memorial · 330 m
- Safikadin grob Memorial · 380 m
- Stefan Tvrtko I Kotromanić Memorial · 410 m
- Srednjovijekovni bunar Ruins · 410 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.