Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

My penpal Snjezana from Bosnia & Herzegovina sent me some really nice postcards of her hometown, Tuzla, some time ago. I've already written about Tuzla here so I'm not going to repeat myself, I just wanted to show you a couple of the cards.





I have no idea what the places shown on these cards are called or anything, but I particularly like the first card and the colours.

I feel so spoilt sometimes... I know England is far from perfect, and things are only going to get worse with all the government cuts announced not long ago and ones that are going to follow, but things are still a lot better here than in Bosnia. The things Snjezana tells me make me really upset and angry. To think how people are being treated in some places... :(



The stamp on the right is from a set of 4 stamps from 2005, representing the history of Bosnia and this stamp features the Bosnian ban Kulin. The other stamps I couldn't find any info of.

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

This card arrived from a tag from Tiina in Finland. She's never been to Bosnia & Herzegovina but a colleague of hers visited there last year and brought her some postcards. :D The funny thing is, I'm actually waiting for some postcards to arrive directly from Tuzla at the moment, from my new penpal Snjezana. :)



Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 131,000 inhabitants. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants. After Sarajevo, and Banja Luka, Tuzla is the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the seat of the Tuzla Canton and Tuzla Municipality. The name "Tuzla" is derived from the Turkish word for salt, and refers to the extensive salt deposits found underneath the city.

The city of Tuzla has Europe's only salt lake as part of its central park and also has around 100,000 people visiting its shores every year. The history of the town Tuzla goes back to 1510 when Tuzla was a Turkish garrison town. During the 19th century it passed under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was incorporated into Yugoslavia in 1918.