Cities: Windhoek, Namibia

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I've been to Namibia in November/December and by now I've dealt with the 2500 pictures I took home. Here some of the capital Windhoek - will some themed pictures into themed posts the comming weeks. But for now: Show us... Windhoek:

Windhoek is the capital of Namibia. It only has almost 450.000 inhabitants and is not the most interesting city in Afrika. Here are some pictures. Lets start with some pictures of the Lutheran Christ Church:

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 28mm | f/9 | 1/320s | 100iso

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 28mm | f/9 | 1/250s | 100iso

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 28mm | f/9 | 1/160s | 100iso

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 28mm | f/9 | 1/160s | 100iso


Edited by addy landzaat - 26 February 2023 at 09:39

Few old (and not that spectacular) photos from Windhoek:

Windhoek city centre as seen from a viewpoint in the hills

α900 + KonicaMinolta AF 28-75 mm F2.8 (D) @ 28 mm, f/9, 1/640 s, ISO 200

Independence Museum

α900 + KonicaMinolta AF 28-75 mm F2.8 (D) @ 50 mm, f/11, 1/250 s, ISO 200

addy landzaat wrote: Will also add some pictures of the museum, now with a statue in front.

In summer 2012, that museum was not yet even open...

addy landzaat wrote: And I think our bus stopped at about the same spot as your first picture, but there are slums between there and the city now.

The location where I took the cityscape is pretty much on what has been marked as "Aussichtspunkt Windhoek" in Google Maps, I confirmed this from the EXIF GPS data on another photo taken with a telephoto lens on the same spot:


α77 + Sony AF 4-5.6/70-400 G SSM @ 230 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 s, ISO 100

I believe that landmark hotel building on Independence Avenue does no longer go by the name Kalahari Sands these days. And the church tower belongs to the Christuskirche, which appears in the earlier photos in this thread.

As promised, the independence museum:

Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 33mm | f/11 | 1/160s | 100iso

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 60mm | f/9 | 1/250s | 100iso

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 28mm | f/9 | 1/80s | 100iso

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 70mm | f/9 | 1/320s | 100iso

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Sony A7r4 | Sigma DG DN 28-70/2.8 | 28mm | f/9 | 1/125s | 100iso

addy landzaat wrote: Oh, I did not expect somebody else also been to Namibia

2016 I visited Windhoek and roamed the town a bit. Within 2 months I am heading for Namibia agian and I am really looking forward to it. Don't know if Windhoek makes it to my itinerary as the town is not that interesting.
Had an unpleasant experience in 2016 shooting some 'street' at a market. Making the first shot a few people started to scream and at first I didn't realise it was because of me and in a moment I was surrounded by a crowd of 25 people, some shouting at me. The police arrived and after debating I deleted the shot and moved on.
I've got some safe shots which I posted before:




Railway station


Inside the fort


Inside the museum

Took a shot of a generic market scene, that's all. Not someone in particular.