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The Parliament Gardens is a small park in downtown Windhoek, Namibia. It is located between the Tintenpalast (Namibia's Parliament building) and the Christuskirche . It was laid out in 1932 and was originally called the Tintenpalast gardens , adopting its present name after Namibian independence in 1990.
Zoo Park is a public park on Independence Avenue in downtown Windhoek, Namibia. [1] It is also a focal point of social life in the city. [ 2 ] The current park is tastefully landscaped and features a pond, children's playground and open-air theatre.
Windhoek's city council has plans to dramatically expand the city's boundaries such that the town area will cover 5,133.4 km 2 (1,982.0 sq mi). Windhoek would become the third-largest city in the world by area, [citation needed] after Tianjin and Istanbul, although its population density is only 63 inhabitants per square kilometre. [29]
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Aerial view of Heroes´s Acre in 2017. Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia.Built into the uninhabited hills 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of the city centre of Windhoek, Heroes' Acre opened on 26 August 2002.
Pioneers Park (also Pionierspark) is a suburb in the south of Windhoek, Namibia, [1] in the Windhoek West parliamentary constituency. [2] It was developed in the second half of the 20th century [ 3 ] as a white community , with the previous black residents being expelled to Katutura . [ 4 ]
Media Institute of Southern Africa headquartered in Windhoek. [20] 1994 Polytechnic of Namibia founded. National Library of Namibia headquartered in Windhoek. 1995 May: Miss Universe 1995 beauty pageant held in city. Quba-Mosque (Windhoek) built. Windhoek Country Club Resort in business.
Walvis Bay (English: lit. Whale Bay; Afrikaans: Walvisbaai; German: Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city [5] in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country.