Sarajevo Tunnel
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During the Siege of Sarajevo during Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, the Sarajevo Tunnel was constructed by the be-sieged Bosniaks in order to link the city of Sarajevo, which was entirely cut-off by Serbian forces, with the supposedly neutral area at the Sarajevo airport set up by the United Nations.
Beginning in January 1993, the Sarajevo Tunnel was dug by Bosnian volunteers working in 8-hour shifts. The Sarajevo tunnel was completed in mid 1993, which allowed food and humanitarian aid to come into the city, and people to get out. The tunnel was one of the major ways of bypassing the international arms embargo and providing the city defenders with weaponry. In effect, it is said the tunnel saved Sarajevo.
The tunnel was 1.5 metres in height and width, and ran for approximately 800 metres in length.
The tunnel was most famously used to transport the former Bosnian president Alija Izetbegovic in his wheelchair. The 20 metres of tunnel that are left today now form part of a museum in Sarajevo, which is open to visitors.
