Široki Brijeg
Široki Brijeg, (Croatian for wide hill), sometimes known as Široki Brig or by the local inhabitants simply as Široki, is a town on the river Lištica in northern Herzegovina, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Understand
[edit]The town itself has a population of about 10 thousand people, while there are another 20 thousand people in the surrounding countryside.
Geography
[edit]The town is at 270 above sea level and is in Low Herzegovina, while a huge portion of the surrounding countryside is mountainous and is in High Herzegovina.
Read
[edit]- Official website
- Široki Brijeg Independent daily
- Široki Brig Unofficial[dead link]
- Web portal
- [dead link]
Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Italian fort (forest road). non stop. Residue of the Italian fort built during world war two above the hill. free.
- Franciscan church and monastery.
- Holy family institute.
Do
[edit]- NK Široki Brijeg. The local football (soccer) club. The town holds a memorial football tournament each year in honour of Gojko Šušak, the former Croatian defence minister, a naturalised Canadian citizen, and town native.
- HKK Široki. The local basketball club.
- Dani Filma (Days of Film). film festival.
Buy
[edit]- Mepas.
- Konzum.
- Super Nova.
Eat
[edit]- Kraljica.
- Idu dani.
- Mediteran.
- Don Angelo.
- Veseljak.
- kod Kitića.
- Dvijei topole (70 years tradition), Fra Didaka Buntića bb, ☏ +387 39 704 240.
- Venecija.
- Kod Čuline.
- Luka.
- Kod Čolića.
- Borak.
- Šaškor.
- Barrique, Trnska cesta bb.
Drink
[edit]- Galerija, Stjepana Radića.
- Mexx, Stjepana Radića.
- Best.
- Mozart, Trg Ante Starčevića.
- Passage, Trnska cesta bb.
- Šport.
- Big Ben, Stjepana Radića.
- Saloon, Stjepana Radića.
- James Dean, fra Didaka Buntića.
Sleep
[edit]- Hotel Park (Hotel Park - Široki Brijeg), Trg Ante Starčevića 4, ☏ +387 39 700 500.
- Royal.
- Đulić.