Inat Kuća (House of Spite) is an Ottoman-period house on the bank of the Miljacka River, directly across from the National Library (Vijećnica). The name refers to the story of its original owner who refused to sell his property to the Austro-Hungarian authorities and forced them to move his house stone by stone rather than demolish it — a gesture of magnificent stubbornness that Sarajevans have celebrated ever since.
The house is now a restaurant serving traditional Bosnian food — čorba (soup), grilled meats, burek, and baklava — in a warren of small rooms decorated with Ottoman-period objects, copper vessels, and portraits. The food is solid rather than outstanding; people come mostly for the atmosphere and the story. The outdoor terrace overlooking the Vijećnica is one of the better spots in the city for watching the sun set on the National Library's Moorish facade.