[1] It is situated on the Bosna River canyon, just downstream from city of Zenica, at the site called the Vranduk Pass.

On 14 February 1971 a rail crash in the tunnel near Vranduk occurred, 34 people were killed and 113 (60 serious) injured.

Vranduk village was established around a medieval citadel of the same name, and together constitute a protected architectural assembly, and as such it is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, well preserved and maintained in good condition by local and state commissions for national monuments, and managed by a local tourist organization.

A small mosque was erected below the citadel after the Ottoman conquest of the Bosnian Kingdom which still is standing today in good condition.

[3] In 1963, excavations were undertaken by Branka Raunig to explore the impact of the Roman empire on the village.