Fire Walker
Fire Walker is a public art sculpture in South Africa, Johannesburg in the inner city. The piece is located on Sauer and Simmonds Street, off the Queen Elizabeth Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: public art sculpture in South Africa
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Johannesburg Park station and Carlton Centre.
Johannesburg Park station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Johannesburg Park Station is the central railway station in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and the largest railway station in Africa. It is located between the Central Business District and Braamfontein, in the block bordered by Rissik, Wolmarans, Wanderers, and Noord Streets. Johannesburg Park station is situated 480 metres northeast of Fire Walker.
Carlton Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Thuvack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. Carlton Centre is situated 1 km southeast of Fire Walker.
Market Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Bobbyshabangu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Market Theatre, based in the downtown bohemian suburb of Newtown in Johannesburg, South Africa, was opened in 1976, operating as an independent, anti-racist theatre during the country's apartheid regime. Market Theatre is situated 610 metres west of Fire Walker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown and Ferreirasdorp.
Newtown
Suburb
Newtown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in the capital city of Gauteng Province and in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Ferreirasdorp
Suburb
Ferreirasdorp is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. First known as Ferreira's Camp and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg.
Inner City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Inner city encompasses the central districts of Johannesburg, including the tourist areas of Braamfontein, Maboneng, Newtown and Fordsburg.
Fire Walker
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.19943° or 26° 11′ 58″ southLongitude
28.03793° or 28° 2′ 17″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR22Q+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 12829564786OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q5451496
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In Other Languages
“Fire Walker” goes by many names.
- Igbo: “Ọkụ Ọkụ”
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Highlights include Department of Home Affairs and Queen Elizabeth Bridge Park.
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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 “Fire Walker”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.