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In Johannesburg, wining
and dining is superb; the championship golf courses are of the
highest standard; and there seems to be an ongoing party all
day, every day. In addition, the city boasts beautiful natural
surroundings, adventure sports and the world’s foremost
palaeontological site at Sterkfontein.
Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli to its friends - the city is a vibrant
melting pot of humanity that ensures you won’t walk alone
when exploring the city’s many cultural and leisure attractions.
The City of Gold welcomes you.
The area where Johannesburg stands was once grassland, but is
now one of the biggest man-made forests in the world. The Walter
Sisulu National Botanical Garden at Kloofendal conserves a piece
of the original grassland as well as succulents and ferns. It
is home to over 120 bird species, including the only pair of
nesting black eagles in Johannesburg. The Johannesburg Botanical
Gardens off Thomas Bowler Avenue in Emmarentia is famed for
its Rose Garden and numerous waterfowl found in the reed beds
of Emmarentia Dam. |
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Cutting
through the northern suburbs from the Westdene Dam is the 25
km Braamfontein Spruit, the longest parkland stretch in SA.
There are numerous sporting activities like walking trails along
the river and adjoining areas, such as Melville Koppies, where
an Iron Age village and smelting works are to be found.
Johannesburg, founded in 1886 with the discovery of gold, has
had a somewhat turbulent past. Of most interest to the history
buff are Newtown, Constitution Hill and Soweto. Mary Fitzgerald
Square is also worth a visit in the CBD which includes Museum
Africa, the Bensusan Museum of Photography and the Market Theatre
in the restored Fresh Produce Market building, as well as the
Workers Museum in the revamped Electricity Department Compound
and art galleries, craft shops and restaurants.
For contemporary African sounds, try the Bassline in Newtown
or head out to one of the funky jazz joints in Soweto. The thriving
local music scene caters for all musical tastes. Africa’s
most cosmopolitan city, Johannesburg is also the wealthiest
and most entertaining city in South Africa’ Gauteng province.
How to get here ( Search
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OR Thambo Airport receives daily flights from all major cities
around the globe. The city's centre is about 30 min from the
airport. Cape Town is 1390 km from Johannesburg and Durban is
565km away.
Where to stay
There's all sorts of accomodation offered around Johannesburg,
ranging from 5-star hotels to budget B&Bs and guesthouses.
Around the area
Recommended are trips to the quaint town of Parys on the Vaal
River to the south of the city; or west to Magaliesburg; or
north to the diamond mining town of Cullinan in the Dinokeng
conservancy. A slow Sunday meander along the Crocodile River
Ramble will take you to an interesting assortment of crafters,
artists, galleries, health spas and restaurants.
Attractions
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Johannesburg is an African city of note. Johannesburg is characterised
by contradiction and an apparent seamless combination of irreconcilable
differences. The largest city in South Africa, Johannesburg
is also the wealthiest and, without doubt, the economic powerhouse
of Africa.
Johannesburg is a booming, happening city and the emphasis is
on making money - whether in business or on the streets - and
has been since its beginnings when the world’s richest
gold fields were discovered in Johannesburg during the 1880s.
To the first-time visitor Johannesburg, or Jozi as it’s
more commonly known, can be a little daunting, more so because
of the misrepresentation by the media of Johannesburg as something
of a war zone. There is crime; you do need to keep your wits
about you, but once bitten by the vibe of Jozi, you’re
going to want to come back again.
The Johannesburg inner city, abandoned by an exodus of big business
that transferred to Sandton and, until recently, avoided by
all except die-hard tourists, is undergoing a complete regeneration.
The area close to City Hall and Newtown Cultural Precinct, which
has completely transformed the Market Theatre and surrounds,
now forms the heart of urban revival, and the Johannesburg inner
city remains the largest employment centre in South Africa.
But it’s the sprawl of the leafy northern suburbs - there
are over six million trees in Johannesburg - that draws the
visitor: buzzing, trendy suburbs like Parktown and Norwood,
with their restaurant-lined avenues that cater for the dining
and décor set; the high street of Greenside that so easily
dons the mantle of hip chic; fashionable Melville (forget venturing
a little further to Yeoville - Jozi’s Greenwich Village
it might have been but not any longer), and the sprawling malls
of Sandton, all combine to make the city a great place to be.
Though not touted as an outdoor city, there are, nevertheless,
a number of parks and nature reserves, like Emmarentia Dam and
the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, that are worth
a visit. The Magaliesberg is just on your doorstep, and you’re
extremely well placed for adventures a little further afield,
like the Kruger National Park and the game parks of the Lowveld.
Auckland Park, Johannesburg
Just north-west of Johannesburg’s CBD, Auckland Park lies
on a gentle slope, the homes here gentrified and the neighbourhood
a vibrant hum. The suburb known as Auckland Park is one of few
this close to the centre of Johannesburg to survive the exodus
of Jo’burgers to the northern suburbs and it’s no
surprise given the wealth of beautiful architecture here.
Auckland Park housed some of the city’s first residents
and ambling along Chislehurst Avenue to admire some of the homes
in the suburb may not be one of the tourist attractions advertised
in local travel guides, but well worth the detour. Auckland
Park at the turn of the century was literally ‘in the
country’ relative to the city. Victorian gentry, who had
made South Africa their home, would have had weekend homes here.
They also had a boating lake, where the Country Club is today,
and a horse racing track, where the University of Johannesburg
(formerly RAU) is.
The suburb was laid out by a New Zealander called John Landau,
who, because he saw obvious similarities between this and his
native home, called it Auckland Park. Street names are all places
along the Thames - Richmond, Twickenham, Ditton, Kingston etc.
Today Auckland Park is a true mix of nationalities and cultures
and its inhabitants enjoy a vibrant lifestyle. The suburb is
also well known as the home of the SABC - the monolith sits
on Henley and Artillery Road, and many employees live around
here.
Bohemian and terribly trendy Melville is just around the corner
from Auckland Park and a superb way to spend your evenings,
if not your lunch time activities. This wonderful village within
the city of Johannesburg has a real buzz, and restaurants, eccentric
boutiques and sidewalks filled with tables is the norm.
Bedfordview, Johannesburg.
Other than Edenvale, the garden suburb of Bedfordview is one
of the closest suburbs of Johannesburg to the OR Tambo Airport,
so for business people dipping into the city only briefly, Bedfordview
is an ideal location.
Aside from that, this part of Johannesburg, east of the city
centre is a quiet and leafy place to stay for anyone, the upmarket
neighbourhood almost park-like due to the tree-lined streets
and lush gardens with prolific bird life. Bedfordview is only
15 minutes from the Johannesburg vibrant CBC (downtown Johannesburg).
The inner city is not only the historical centre of the city
but is part of an inner city regeneration project that hopes
to reinstate this part of Jo’burg to its former economic
and cultural glory. The aim is to transform the inner city to
a place that is clean and green and safe for residents and visitors
alike.
The leafy suburb of Bedfordview is close to a number of shopping
malls, including the epic Eastgate with its myriad shops, entertainment
venues and excellent restaurants; and Bruma Lake flea market,
which is a conversion of an old sewerage catchment area into
a lakeside market, mall and commercial parks. It’s a great
place to while away a couple of hours and with at least 600
traders, there’s a lot to choose from.
You probably have to be a Jo’burger to know about Gillooly’s
farm, set in the heart of Bedfordview. It’s virtually
a farm in the middle of the city and the tranquil atmosphere
is very popular amongst locals for picnics along the lake under
the trees. There are some wonderful views over the Kensington
valley and the northern suburbs from here.
Blackheath,
Johannesburg.
Set on the lower slopes of Northcliff hill, Blackheath is a
relatively peaceful, leafy suburb close to Cresta Centre. It
rubs shoulders with Linden, Darrenwood, Windsor and Emmarentia
and has access to one of the busiest shopping areas in the northern
parts of Johannesburg - Beyers Naudé Drive, one of the
city’s major arteries named after the anti-apartheid pastor
Beyers Naudé that starts in Auckland Park and travels
right through to Randpark Ridge, is lined with several shopping
malls, the biggest of which is Cresta.
Yet life in Blackheath, once you are off the major roads, is
fairly sedate, and the tree-lined neighbourhood only benefits
from the easy access to shopping and major roads in and around
the buzzing metropolitan city. One is never short of attractions
and activities when in Johannesburg, and staying in Blackheath
gives one a fair example of what it means to stay in a typical
northern Johannesburg suburb.
Emmarentia Dam, the green lung of the northern suburbs, is not
far from Blackheath. A short journey through pretty Linden will
bring you to the Botanic Garden and the dam, around which city
dwellers are apt to picnic and play ball over weekends, and
which, during the week, is a haunt for amblers and their dogs.
Green lawns rise from the dam up to the Botanic Garden where
over 30 000 trees, a gorgeous rose garden, and one of the finest
plant collections in the world have combined to earn it the
title of best passive recreation space in the city. Summer Sunset
concerts, at Emmarentia, are another reason to stay in this
part of Johannesburg.
Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Lying just outside the Johannesburg CBD, north of the city,
Braamfontein suffered a literal exodus of businesses and institutions
as the centre of Johannesburg moved out to Sandton and the northern
suburbs, but it never decayed as some of the inner city has
done. Instead, Braamfontein has became home to a less formal
economy.
Braamfontein became part of Jo’burg as far back as 1886.
It has history, even if it began its life as a farm. Over time
it became part of the vibrant business district that was Jo’burg’s
Central Business District. Today the area has got a new lease
on life. The city’s regeneration initiative, headed by
the Johannesburg Development Agency and various property owners,
has painted this part of town with a new brush. Hawkers in the
area have been controlled by legislation and the city has persuaded
Sappi, Liberty Life, JD Group and others who remained in the
district, to upgrade their buildings. Braamfontein is now marketed
as the fourth-largest node for office space in the city of Johannesburg.
The colourful suburb of Braamfontein is linked to buzzing Newtown
by the Nelson Mandela Bridge, regarded as a gateway into the
city centre. Newtown has been transformed into a safe and attractive
place to work, live and visit and the original unique character
of the Market Theatre and Kippies, the cosy club at which most
of the country’s jazz greats perform, now in a new venue,
have been joined by restaurants and the Newtown Music Centre.
Don’t forget the Oriental Plaza just around the corner
from Newtown.
Craighall Park, Johannesburg.
Craighall Park is one of Johannesburg’s upmarket northern
suburbs that lie slightly to the west of Sandton, a collection
of leafy neighbourhoods that form a belt on the western side
of the city between Parkhurst and the sprawling malls of Sandton’s
Central Business District.
Craighall Park is also one of the oldest suburbs of the city,
and Craighall Park’s large properties and epic gardens
that lend the neighbourhood a sense of green tranquillity despite
the proximity to Jan Smuts Avenue are a throwback to the era
when plots, rather than stands, were on offer here. You’re
well placed to get around the city from Craighall Park - it
lies conveniently between Beyers Naude Drive and Jan Smuts Avenue,
two of the major arteries in the northern spheres of Johannesburg
that easily get one from A to B, notwithstanding traffic, and
you’re close to the M1.
Hyde Park shopping centre is just around the corner and popular
for art movies on a Tuesday evening amongst locals who throng
just under the escalators. It’s just as busy on a weekend
morning when Jo’burgers do breakfast in style. And both
the River Club golf course and the Sandton Sports Club are close
by for those seeking a round of golf.
A stay in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg is incomplete
without a trip to the energetic hub of fashion, coffee shops
and numerous shops that is Sandton City.
Cresta,
Randburg.
One of Randburg’s myriad suburbs, Cresta lies in the northern
region of Johannesburg, closest neighbour to Darrenwood and
Windsor East. But mention Cresta to the average resident and
they will assume you are referring to Cresta Centre - the sprawling
shopping centre on the border of Northcliff and Cresta.
Cresta Centre is not just large; it is one of the biggest shopping
centres in the southern hemisphere, having gone through no fewer
than eight extensions and refurbishments to accommodate the
demands of an ever-expanding northern Johannesburg. Randburg
has slowly taken on a Cinderella mantle as the shopping mecca
other than Sandton, and there are at least four similar mega
malls in this part of the city: Brightwater Commons is virtually
around the corner, NorthGate lies a little further north, and
Clear Water Mall further west, along Hendrik Potgieter Drive.
Cresta is ideally situated. The N1, the major tributary around
Johannesburg, is easily accessible, and back routes from here
to Sandton make cross-city driving relatively easy, depending
on the time of day you venture forth. Emmarentia Dam and the
Botanical Gardens offer a major green lung to residents. They
lie just beyond Linden, behind Cresta Centre and easily reachable.
In the distance above Cresta is another easy escape to a green
space - one can walk up Northcliff Hill, although it does tend
to be a bit of a ramble as there is no direct route over the
hill. Locals enjoy the villages of Melville and Greenside at
night and during the day over weekends, as both have an interesting
array of restaurants, shops and boutiques.
Douglasdale,
Sandton.
Douglasdale is a modern middle-upper class residential suburb
of Johannesburg, South Africa. Douglasdale is located between
the suburbs of Fourways and Bryanston, just north of the upmarket
Sandton. The six lane N1 freeway forms its southern boundary
with access at William Nicol off ramp. Douglasdale is built
upon Douglasdale Farm. This superb and large farm was started
by Thomas Douglas and his wife Janet Alexander who both immigrated
to South Africa from Scotland in 1890. They bought the farm
on the Klein Jukskei River in Johannesburg and named it the
Douglasdale farm. The farmhouse is one of the oldest homes in
Sandton and was built in 1905. In 1930 the family started producing
milk as a hobby and in 1940 they began to retail their milk
producing over 240 bottles of milk a day, by hand. In the 1950's,
Douglasdale milk was delivered by horse and cart and later by
delivery men on bicycles.
Today the dairy produces 1.5% of the total countries daily milk
production. Douglasdale Dairy services the greater Gauteng region
and includes distribution as far a field as the North West Province
and Mpumalanga. Douglasdale Dairy run interactive educational
tours of their dairy facility which vary in focus depending
on the age of the visitors, and are tailored to audiences ranging
from university students and adults wanting an in depth understanding
of the detailed workings of every step of the dairy production
processes. Contact Pat on Telephone 011 549-0423 to book a tour.
Boasting rich cultural and historical heritage, Douglasdale
has become a large and idyllic farm area. The community has
developed the area into a safe and spectacular environment where
visitors can enjoy horse riding, hiking and bird watching. Although
the area is mainly residential, Douglasdale is not one to be
missed. Visitors can enjoy tours among the farms and taste the
delicious range of diary products they offer. Feast at their
restaurant and coffee shops and take in the splendid scenery
around you. Douglasdale is ideal for family outings where one
can bring along their picnic baskets and enjoy a superb family
outing.
Dunkeld West, Johannesburg.
The upmarket suburb of Dunkeld West lies just north of Rosebank,
sandwiched between Melrose and Hyde Park in the northern suburbs
of Johannesburg, a lovely part of the city. This is really the
heart of older Jo’burg - streets are wide and treelined,
homes in essentially quiet neighbourhoods and houses are large
and gardens tranquil and well established.
Dunkeld West lies just off Jan Smuts Avenue, one of the major
arteries of Johannesburg’s traffic that sweeps through
the northern suburbs from the city centre, via Rosebank and
onwards. It’s on this road that you’ll find the
Dunkeld West Centre, famous for Fournos Bakery, particularly
on weekends when their celebrated breads, pastries and deli
food are high on locals’ agendas, and usually teeming
with those out to brunch.
Johannesburg’s zoo is not far from Dunkeld West - just
a little further down Jan Smuts Avenue towards the city centre.
It’s a great escape from the noise and crowds and provides
a beautifully relaxing environment in which to explore a venue
that’s now over 100 years old. It’s an especially
great escape for kids, includes an awesome reptile enclosure
and night safaris where one can see owls, bats and cats.
Rosebank Mall and Hyde Park shopping centre are both easily
accessible from Dunkeld West. Both provide numerous shops, boutiques,
movies and restaurants in a more sedate fashion than the sometimes
teeming world of Sandton City.
Emmarentia, Johannesburg.
The pretty, established suburb of Emmarentia lies between Linden
and Greenside, right in the heart of the northern suburbs of
Johannesburg. Emmarentia’s residents regard Emmarentia
as the “green heart” of the city. And they are not
wrong.
Emmarentia, which incorporates Emmarentia Ridge and Emmarentia
extension 1, includes within its boundaries Emmarentia dam,
the Botanical Gardens, Melville Koppies and Marks park cricket
club. Add to this the high density of established tree-lined
avenues, and Emmarentia is, in effect, a green lung. There is
something of a debate when it comes to the origin of the suburb’s
name. The assumption is that the leafy suburb was named after
a woman whose full name was Emmarentia. Some even believe that
it is named after a folk etymology (misunderstanding of the
word’s origin) called Emma Rens, although the root of
the name is very likely a respelling of Emerentia, an early
Christian martyr in Rome.
But the draw cards to Emmarentia are without doubt the National
Botanical Gardens and the dam. There is a host of birdlife and
plants in this lush green area that is very popular with dog
walkers. Picnicking under shade trees is a weekend pastime,
whilst the gardens are often used for wedding photographs. There
are beautiful rose gardens, a herb garden, indigenous trees
and succulents. It isn’t hard to imagine why the gardens
were voted the best passive recreation space in the city in
2004, or why Emmarentia brings to mind green, open spaces in
the midst of the hurly burly.
Honeydew, Randburg.
Honeydew, nestled in amongst the other northern suburbs of Boskruin,
Randpark Ridge and Sundowner, is one of the older suburbs along
Christian De Wet Road that becomes Northumberland Avenue, close
to the shopping mall of Northgate. It used to be that Honeydew
was regarded as country living - people escaped to live on plots
out here - and, because it is close to a major bus route getting
in and out of central Johannesburg wasn't as difficult as it
could have been.
Today, Honeydew is something of a village, that has been absorbed
into the myriad suburbs that have sprung up out here on the
slight incline near the water tower. And because it is an established
suburb, getting around from here is not a problem. If anything
you're perfectly placed to reach Lanseria Airport in minutes
(it's only 14 kilometres north of Honeydew), whilst Sandton
is but 4 kilometres away and the green space of Emmarentia Dam,
is 10 kilometres from Honeydew. The other advantage too, is
the proximity of the N1, which takes one anywhere in Johannesburg.
Witkoppen Road takes one to Fourways and Bryanston, whilst Malibongwe
Drive (the former Hans Strijdom Drive or the R 512) heads all
the way out to Hartebeespoort Dam and the Magaliesberg Mountains
- a huge advantage if weekends away from Johannesburg are your
thing! There is plenty to do in this part of the city, with
numerous shopping malls close by; the villages of Greenside
and Parktown are close enough to warrant evenings out on the
town, whilst the famous and "must visit" Cradle of
Humankind lies just north west of Honeydew.
Forest Town, Johannesburg
Lying snug in amongst some of the leafiest suburbs - Westcliff,
Parktown and Saxonwold - of Johannesburg's northern parts, Forest
Town was originally, as its name implies, set in what was a
forest. It began as an area of smaller dwellings for workers
and domestic employees of the Lords and Ladies of Westcliff
and Parktown, and today it is one of the more sought after addresses
in Johannesburg.
Forest Town is not only the residence of Jacob Zuma, which was
raided during 2005 by the Scorpions after documentation for
his corruption trial, but it was also the scene of a high profile
police raid on a gay party in 1966 that led to a hue and cry
and much moral panic. The consequence of the raid was that the
government passed the Immorality Ammendment Bill of 1967 that
criminalised all sexual activity between men, extending the
legislation to include lesbians. This was thankfully repealed
after 1994.
Forest Town lies within walking distance of the university and
has as a consequence become home to many of the professional
fraternity. It has managed to maintain its village-type atmosphere
and has, by today's standards, large homes and wide tree-lined
streets.
Nearby are both the Zoo and Zoo Lake, commonly used by residents
of the area to walk dogs and generally stroll around the pretty
waterside where a number of water birds are fairly common. There's
a major shopping mall nearby, access into the city centre is
excellent, and for night time activities one is spoilt for choice.
Rosebank and the lovely villages of Mellville, Parktown and
Greenside with their myriad restaurants and coffee culture are
all within easy driving distance.
Kensington, Johannesburg.
The historic suburb of Kensington lies almost due east of Braamfontein
and the city centre of Johannesburg, its most recent past as
a trendy locale for the more creative residents of Johannesburg
- a collection of artists, teachers and academics - a trend
that also influenced neighbouring suburbs of Observatory, Yeoville
and Melville.
Whilst today, Yeoville is no longer high on the average tourist’s
agenda and is definitely no longer the buzzing, arty milieu
of the 80s and early 90s, Kensington has remained, in essence,
a more sedate and timeless part of the city. The houses here
are lovely and old, many of them restored, and Kensington’s
Golf Course is an acclaimed institution in Johannesburg, its
history dating back to 1909. Kensington is only some 10 minutes
from the inner city of Johannesburg, undergoing something of
a regeneration that has restored Newtown to its former glory
and is fast establishing part of the city as a cleaner and greener
area, easier to visit than in the most recent past where the
streets had degenerated and many buildings deteriorated.
Eastgate is just around the corner from Kensington and provides
ample shopping opportunities, entertainment and restaurants
and coffee shops, whilst Bruma Lake flea market - a conversion
of an old sewerage catchment area into a lakeside mall and market
- is also a great place to while away the time. A visit to Gillooly’s
farm in Bedfordview is a lovely weekend outing, and the farm
in the middle of the city is a lovely locale for morning picnics
along the lake under the trees - a popular spot for locals.
Johannesburg Central
Where to Stay: Accommodation in Johannesburg Central
Jo’burg’s inner city has had its share of stigma.
The 1990s, after the Group Areas Act was scrapped, brought thousands
of people who had been forbidden to live here, into the city
centre, many of them immigrants from.
Kensington,
Johannesburg.
The historic suburb of Kensington lies almost due east of Braamfontein
and the city centre of Johannesburg, its most recent past as
a trendy locale for the more creative residents of Johannesburg
- a collection of artists, teachers and academics - a trend
that also influenced neighbouring suburbs of Observatory, Yeoville
and Melville.
Killarney, Johannesburg.
Lying in the heart of Johannesburg's affluent, leafy northern
suburbs, Killarney is set in amongst the similarly quiet suburbs
of Saxonwold, Houghton, Norwood and Oaklands. This part of the
city is without doubt the more sedate side of Johannesburg and
large properties have been popular with consulates, particularly
given the quick access from here to Sandton and the fact that
it lies just on the fringes of the city centre.
Lanseria,
West Rand.
Lying in outer Randburg, Lanseria is virtually synonymous with
the airport that lies out on this side of Johannesburg. What
used to be little more than a slick executive airport for corporate
travellers with their own jets, now hosts regular flights with
Kulula to Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
Linden, Johannesburg.
Nestled in the foothills of Northcliff Hill, Linden is one of
the prettiest and oldest suburbs of Johannesburg, lying to the
north west of the city centre between Emmarentia and Darrenwood.
The leafy suburb lies predominantly on a slope, its pretty houses,
many of which have been recently restored, positioned on a grid
of numbered avenues and streets.
Marshalltown, Johannesburg.
Lying right in the heart of Jozi’s inner city as it does,
Marshalltown is recapturing its position as the financial and
business centre of the major city. Neighbour to Braamfontein,
Jeppestown, Joubert Park and the cultural centre of Newtown,
Marshalltown is part of the city’s history and busy reclaiming
its strategic relevance in the social and economic development
of the city, which is fast assuming its rightful position as
the continent’s powerhouse.
Melville, Johannesburg.
The trendy suburb of Melville is situated just west of Johannesburg
and is well known for its trendy coffee shops and lively nightlife.
Melville is the cultural hub of Johannesburg. Its trendy coffeehouses
and upscale shops dot this vibrant neighborhood.
Mulbarton,
Johannesburg.
Lying south of the Southern Bypass in the south of Johannesburg,
just east of Alberton, Mulbarton nestles in amongst the other
southern suburbs of Glenvista, Bassonia and Meyersdal, bordering
the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve.
Northcliff,
Johannesburg.
Northcliff is incredibly well situated - there is ease of access
to a number of major shopping malls, the N1 is easily reachable
and getting to either the city or Sandton is relatively simple,
given Johannesburg’s notorious traffic. Pretty Emmarentia
lies just beneath the cliff of Northcliff, and the Johannesburg
Botanical Gardens at Emmarentia Dam provide a welcome weekend
respite.
Norwood, Johannesburg.
A garden suburb of Johannesburg, Norwood is both diverse and
appealing. Its pretty streets are lined with trees and Norwood
is easily one of the more popular dining spots in the city,
renowned for its celebrated restaurants and ethnic mix of cuisine.
Norwood is pretty unique. The people who live here are a colourful
mix of cultures - Jewish, Muslim, West African and South Africans
live side-by-side - and the suburb has a distinctive cosmopolitan
atmosphere.
Observatory, Johannesburg.
The pretty suburb of Observatory situated on a hill for obvious
reasons, is home to the observatory site that stands on a 35-hectare
site, declared the city’s first meteorological observatory
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