As part of the celebration of Stari Grad Municipality Day, the first Chimney Sweep Festival was opened Saturday in Sarajevo’s Bascarsija.

This unique event, organized by the Municipality of Stari Grad, Sarajevo, and the Association of Chimney Sweeps of Bosnia and Herzegovina, gathers chimney sweeps from the entire country, region and the world.

The festival started at Bascarsija Square, near the Sebilj fountain, at 11 am.

This was the first world gathering of chimney sweeps in Bosnia where hundreds of chimney sweeps are expected to attend.

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The event represents an opportunity to promote the importance of the chimney sweep profession and its contribution to the preservation of the environment and the protection of people's health, but primarily for the promotion of tourism and tourist potential and the rich offer of the Stari Grad Municipality.