28.5.2007 Just reading the menu makes your mouth water: “Namibian goat cheese baked in phyllo pastry”, “Westcoast fish fillet pan-fried in a Parmesan crust”, “Handcrafted Omaruru Chocolates”. mehr... 28.5.2007 Jackals and startled guinea fowl were the only signs of life that Swiss botanist Hans Schinz encountered during his first visit to the desolate place already called Windhoek in June 1885, five years before the locality became a garrison town and administrative center. The mission house, as recorded by historian Dr. N. Mossolow, had fallen to ruins and the hedge around the garden had been trodden down. mehr... 28.5.2007 Someone looking to experience Namibia’s capital on his own, rather than with a guided tour, can do so quite comfortably in the easily navigated city within a few days. mehr... 28.5.2007 Curio shops, street vendors or selfhelp projects, anyone looking for a bargain, preferably a politically correct one, needn’t search long in Windhoek. mehr... 28.5.2007 „Tröt, tröt!“ – Wer einmal die Straßen Windhoeks entlang gelaufen ist, der weiß: Dem Hupkonzert der vorbeifahrenden Autos kann sich niemand entziehen. Ständig ist man versucht, einer vermeintlich drohenden Gefahr auszuweichen und verschreckt auf den sandigen Seitenstreifen zu hüpfen. mehr... 28.5.2007 Windhoek’s visitors can look forward to a wide variety of culinary specialities, ranging from Indian, Italian, Portuguese and Ethiopian cuisine to African and especially Namibian delicacies.
mehr... 28.5.2007 Among those seeking adventure Windhoek is generally regarded as a mere starting base for explorations into the distant wilderness of Namibia. mehr... 28.5.2007 Wild Cinema-Windhoek
International Film Festival
The Wild Cinema Film Festival has already been held in Windhoek for six years. Each year, films from various countries are shown over a period of ten days at the Warehouse Theatre, the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre, ... mehr... 28.5.2007 City Police, Emergency, tel.: 302302
SOS International, tel.: 081-707
or Landline, tel.: 230505
Emed 24, tel.: 081-924
or Landline, tel.: 2999924
Countrywide Emergency Hotline for Cellphones, tel. mehr... 28.5.2007 Wer sich bis ans Ende der Straße traut, kann Europa zurücklassen – ein Versprechen, dessen Erfüllung man in Windhoek nicht so leicht findet. mehr... 28.5.2007 „Tröt, tröt!“ – Wer einmal die Straßen Windhoeks entlang gelaufen ist, der weiß: Dem Hupkonzert der vorbeifahrenden Autos kann sich niemand entziehen. mehr... 28.5.2007 If you continue driving down this road, you’ll leave Europe behind – a promise that is not easily kept in a city like Windhoek. mehr... |
