Windhoek
Windhoek railway station is a railway station serving the city of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is an important station in the Namibian rail network, and it is run by TransNamib.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Diascanprojekt Dunst, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station
- Also known as: “Windhoek railway station” and “Windhoek Railway Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include TransNamib Railway Museum and Roman Catholic Hospital.
TransNamib Railway Museum
Museum
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Trans-Namib Railroad Museum is a museum in Windhoek. It is located in Windhoek Railway Station's building, and was established on 1 July 1993. The museum displays items such as railway equipment and maps, as well as artifacts relating to aviation and seafaring.
Roman Catholic Hospital
Hospital
The Roman Catholic Hospital is a private hospital in Windhoek, Namibia run by the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1907 by the Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing, the Roman Catholic Hospital had 87 beds in 2007. Roman Catholic Hospital is situated 560 metres south of Windhoek.
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Windhoek
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Cathedral, known as St. Marien Kathedrale in German, is a Roman Catholic church in Windhoek, Namibia. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Windhoek. St. Mary’s Cathedral, Windhoek is situated 580 metres south of Windhoek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Klein Windhoek and Windhoek.
Windhoek
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Windhoek is Namibia's capital and largest city. It is in the geographic centre of the country at an elevation of 1,600 m. This is the city where most safaris travelling through Namibia begin, and also the first point of entry in Namibia should you arrive by airplane.
Khomasdal
Suburb
Khomasdal is a suburb of Namibia's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people. Khomasdal is situated 3½ km west of Windhoek.
Windhoek
- Categories: station located on surface, historic site, station, and transportation
- Location: Khomas, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-22.55948° or 22° 33′ 34″ southLongitude
17.08125° or 17° 4′ 53″ eastOpen location code
5F9VC3RJ+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 10051082015OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q801615
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Windhoek” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫荷克車站”
- French: “gare de Windhoek”
- French: “Gare de Windhoek”
- French: “Windhoek”
- German: “Bahnhof Windhoek”
- German: “Bahnhof Windhuk”
- German: “Windhoek Station”
- Japanese: “ウィンドフック駅”
- Polish: “Windhuk”
- Spanish: “Estación de Tren de Windhuk”
- Thai: “สถานีรถไฟวินด์ฮุก”
- Turkish: “Windhoek Tren İstasyonu”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Intercape Windhoek Depot and TransNamib Holdings.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Windhoek”. Photo: Diascanprojekt Dunst, CC BY-SA 4.0.