Attraction
1. Independence Memorial Museum
Free museum in a five-storey glass building on Robert Mugabe Avenue that tells the story of colonial rule, resistance and Namibia's road to independence.
View details — Independence Memorial MuseumLandmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.
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Our top 3 attractions in Namibia
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Free museum in a five-storey glass building on Robert Mugabe Avenue that tells the story of colonial rule, resistance and Namibia's road to independence.
View details — Independence Memorial MuseumAttraction
Windhoek's best-known landmark, a sandstone Lutheran church consecrated in 1910, standing on a traffic island on Robert Mugabe Avenue opposite the Tintenpalast.
View details — ChristuskircheAttraction
The 1913 colonial administration building that now houses both houses of Namibia's parliament, set in lawned gardens popular with Windhoek residents.
View details — Tintenpalast and Parliament GardensAttraction
Namibia's national memorial to the heroes of the liberation struggle, opened in 2002 in the hills about 10 km south of Windhoek.
View details — Heroes’ AcreAttraction
Namibia's state art gallery, showing Namibian, African and European art from its permanent collections alongside changing contemporary exhibitions in central Windhoek.
View details — National Art Gallery of NamibiaAttraction
A 40-square-kilometre game park in the Khomas Hochland hills 24 km west of Windhoek, with hiking trails among zebra, kudu, oryx and around 200 bird species.
View details — Daan Viljoen Game ParkAttraction
Free museum in the Ministry of Mines and Energy showing Namibian minerals, Gibeon meteorites, mining history and fossils including Otavipithecus namibiensis.
View details — National Earth Science MuseumAttraction
Twenty-nine fragments of the prehistoric Gibeon iron meteorite mounted on steel columns in Post Street Mall, a national monument since 1950.
View details — Gibeon Meteorite FountainAttraction
Cemetery of Windhoek's former Old Location, holding the mass grave of people shot on 10 December 1959 while resisting forced removal to Katutura.
View details — Old Location Cemetery