Objects of interest

The Swakopmund museum points exhibits to the archaeology, mineralogy, Botanik, Ur and early history and German colonial history. Besides there is an exhibition over humans of Namibia. Opened the museum is daily from 10:00 - 13: 00 and 14:00 - 17: 00 far far away from it does not stand the lighthouse, which could stand from architectural style and color just as also at the North Sea.

A resounding swimming pool with 50-m-Sportbecken and an open-rir swimming pool round the attractions off in beach proximity. (Bathing in the close Atlantic is possible, but probably nevertheless only particularly it sportsmen to recommend since the cold Benguela river ensures that the water temperatures exceed 15"° only rarely. Nevertheless one sees daily older ladies and gentlemen with the morning bath in the partly impressing waves.

Sea the aquarium is from Tuesday to Sunday in each case of 10:00 - 16: 00h opened and shows among other things sharks, which are fed around 15:00 h.

Further special objects of interest at distance of the beach are the "“naval monument"”, "“old persons the district court"” (1908), the "“district court"” (summer seat of the president), the "“crystal palace"” (a again built mineral museum), the purchase passage at the SAM Nujoma Avenue, the "“Hohenzollernhaus"”, the "“pioneer barracks"” (1905) and the "“military hospital"” whole at the military hospital route, the "“Woermann house"” (1894/1903) and the old "“station"” (1901) - likewise at that time a functional structure delighted by the German colonial force in the style of the time, which was converted however to the luxury hotel and today center of a Casino and a Entertainment plant is.

Worth seeing also the 1911 is built church and the parsonage building of the German Lutheri municipality in the again-baroque style. Each Sunday take place there services in German language.

At the outskirts of a town an old steam Lokomobil stood; it was meant to transporting goods of the colonial force. Also some time functioned, until a valve broke and could not be repaired. Thus the Lokomobil remained always lying despite all repair attempts. That brought in the name Martin Luther for it, since this was to have said with Reichstag to Worms: "“Here I, I stand can not differently"”. The Lokomobil stands now no longer in the open air at the original location, but because of weather-related purge was restored and stands in a particularly established resounds at the arterial road B2 after Windhuk.

Worth seeing in the environment

• Welwitschia drive
• mine, the largest uranium mine of the world. It is appropriate for 70km to the B2, approx. east of Swakopmund.
• Goanikontes oasis
• Bird feather/spring mountain, a 60m high island mountain, approx. 50km east of Walvis Bay to the C14 (23"°03'23 south, 14"°58'51 east)

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• Homepage of the German Namibi society registered association.
• Swakopmund museum
• Information to Swakopmund

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