Bosnia Thunderstorm Soundscape

 

17 Minutes of Rain After the Heatwave.

01 July 2026.

Last night across northern Bosnia, the weather finally broke.

After days of heavy heat, the kind that seems to sit on the 
house, the garden, the dogs and your own shoulders, the 
thunderstorms arrived. I had hoped to capture them as a 
timelapse, but like so many creative plans, it didn’t quite 
come out as expected.

What I did manage to record, though, was something much more intimate.

This 17 minute soundscape of rain, thunder, and the 
atmosphere changing over our little corner of rural 
Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Across the country, the heat had been building.

Weather reports had warned of high temperatures, unstable air, sudden storms, heavy showers, strong gusts of wind andeven hail in some places. It was that familiar summer pattern here: days of fierce heat, then the sky begins to shift, 
the pressure changes, the air turns restless, and 
suddenly the storm arrives.

At home, our three dogs reacted in their own ways. Two of them were completely unbothered, as if thunder was just another background noise of village life. But the tiniest one, Fibi, does get worried when the storms come.

So while the rain fell and the thunder rolled, I cuddled up with her and kept her close.

And she was good as gold.

This soundscape is not dramatic in the polished sense. It is simply a real moment from a real night in Bosnia: the rain on and 
around the house, the rumble of thunder, the feeling of the heat finally lifting, and a small frightened dog finding comfort 
beside me.

To be honest, we enjoyed both the rain and the rapid drop in temperature.

Sometimes a recording does not capture what you planned.

Sometimes it captures something better.

David Bailey

Hello, I’m David, a British-born storyteller, podcaster, and video creator living in rural northern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

For more than two decades, Bosnia has been home. From village walks and quiet mornings to local traditions, unexpected encounters, field recordings, podcasts, and reflective videos, I share stories from a life lived a little off the usual path.

My work is not about glossy travel content or chasing the latest trend. It is about slowing down, noticing the details, and telling honest stories from this part of the Balkans, especially from the perspective of someone in the later chapter of life, still curious, still learning, and still trying to make sense of the world.

David

An Englishman in the Balkans / Retired Life in Bosnia

https://anenglishmaninthebalkans.com
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