Windhoek - Notable Landmarks

Notable Landmarks

  • Alte Feste – (Old Fortress) Built in 1890, today houses the National Museum.
  • Christ Church – A Lutheran church opened in 1910, built in the gothic revival style with Art Nouveau elements. Situated in the historic center of Windhoek next to Parliament Gardens and Tintenpalast.
  • National Library of Namibia
  • Reiterdenkmal (Equestrian Monument), a statue celebrating the victory of the German Empire over the Herero and Nama in the Herero and Namaqua War of 1904–1907
  • St. Mary's Cathedral
  • Supreme Court of Namibia – situated in Michael Scott Street on Eliakim Namundjebo Plaza. Built between 1994 and 1996 it is Windhoek's only building erected post-independence in an African style of architecture.
  • The three castles of Windhoek built by architect Wilhelm Sander: Heinitzburg, Sanderburg, and Schwerinsburg
  • Tintenpalast – (Ink Palace) within Parliament Gardens, the seat of both chambers of the Parliament of Namibia. Built between 1912 and 1913 and situated just north of Robert Mugabe Avenue.
  • Turnhalle – neo-classicist building of Wilhelmine architecture, inaugurated in 1909.
  • Windhoek Public Library – built in 1925, next to the Alte Feste.
  • Windhoek Railway Station
  • Zoo Park – a public park on Independence Avenue in downtown Windhoek. The current park is landscaped and features a pond, playground and open-air theatre.

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