Day of sightseeing in Windhoek

We spent last Saturday exploring various sites in and around the nation’s capitol, Windhoek:

  • Heroes Acre national cemetery.
  • The Grove shopping mall.
  • Old Location Cemetery at site where signs of South Africa’s apartheid regime are still evident.
  • Katatura (meaning “the place where we don’t want to go”) – the district where Windhoek’s blacks were relocated during apartheid.
  • Single Quarters open-air market where traditional food and drink are prepared and sold.
  • Independence Memorial Museum with impressive galleries commemorating the country’s struggle for freedom from German, British and South African rule.

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