I thought Bosnia had access to the sea via Neum. Or did it get annexed?
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
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No, it's still there.
And with Croatia's bridge they can blockade Bosnia whenever they want.
That's possible without the bridge as well. At any time.
Also traveling from Vukovar to Dubrovnik without leaving Croatia. Fuuuuu
They have a bridge now
Across Bosnia?
No, basically "around": Wikipedia: Pelješac Bridge
Which is kind of a ridiculous thing to spend billions of dollars on, but apparently they really hated going through the crossing. I said that on Reddit and was instantly arguing with the whole nation.
Anyway, OP just meant that you'd have to go way to west and than way back to the south-east to get from tip to tip.
As Croatia is EU member, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is not, the transit through the Neum corridor means passing through exterior EU borders twice. Probably not fun and can be very time consuming.
to spend billions of dollars
Tbf, it was just some hundred millions.
Tbf, it was just some hundred millions.
My bad, lol! It was also EU funds IIRC, since Croatia asked for it as part of the accession deal.
B&H is an applicant, though, so theoretically the bridge will be redundant for the vast majority of travelers soon-ish.
Is there a tldr why its shaped like that apart from bigger army diplomacy.
never ask a man his salary, a woman her age, or someone from the Balkans why their borders are like that.
The Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik ceded this strip of land (Neum corridor) to the Ottomans in 1699 in order to prevent Venice from taking it.
Actually, in order to not have a land border with Venice. They hated them so much.
Hrvat je tat.
Croatia stealing coast north and south.
I mean it makes sense to give it up: if you don't coast the Venetians can't attack you.