Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Kazandžiluk Coppersmiths' Street

Kazandžiluk is the coppersmiths' lane of Baščaršija. The name comes from the kazandžije, the craftsmen who made copper cauldrons and pots, and the street has kept that trade for centuries.

Kazandžiluk lane in Sarajevo's Baščaršija lined with low wooden shopfronts displaying copper coffee sets, trays and plates
Photo: Francisco Antunes from London, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

About Kazandžiluk Coppersmiths' Street

Its low wooden shopfronts are crowded with hand-hammered copper: Bosnian coffee sets with a džezva pot and small cups, engraved trays, plates, lamps and decorative pieces. In several workshops you can still hear and watch the craftsmen tapping patterns into the metal.

Like the rest of the bazaar, the street was laid out in Ottoman times, when each trade had its own lane. Many of the neighbouring alleys are still named after the crafts once practised there.

Kazandžiluk runs off the main Baščaršija square near the Sebilj, so it is a natural first stop on any walk through the old town and a good place to look for a traditional souvenir.

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