Karen Blixen Museum

The Karen Blixen Museum, located 10 km outside of , Kenya, "at the foot of the ", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Kenya
  • Also known as: “Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya”
  • Address: Karen Rd, Nairobi Karen Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Karen Hospital and Ngong railway station.

Hospital
The is a private, multi-specialty hospital located in the suburb of , Kenya's capital city. The hospital has an in-patient bed capacity of 102. is situated 2½ km northeast of Karen Blixen Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Karubiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km west of Karen Blixen Museum.

School
, also known as Hillcrest International Schools, is a British private international day and boarding school located in , . Established in 1965 as a pre-school, the school has grown to now encompass Hillcrest Early Years, Hillcrest Preparatory School and Hillcrest Secondary School. is situated 3 km northeast of Karen Blixen Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karen and Matathia.

Suburb
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb of in , lying south-west of Nairobi's central business district. The suburb of borders the and is home to the Ngong Racecourse. is situated 3 km north of Karen Blixen Museum.

Village
is a village in in the western Rift Valley region of . It is located in the Kimende area of Lari Constituency. is situated 6 km southwest of Karen Blixen Museum.

Town
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is a town located in Kajiado North, Kajiado County, . The town is situated 17 km south of the CBD, East of the Ngong hills, and within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan Region. is situated 7 km southeast of Karen Blixen Museum.

Karen Blixen Museum

Latitude
-1.35197° or 1° 21′ 7″ south
Longitude
36.71251° or 36° 42′ 45″ east
Open location code
6GCRJPX7+62
Open­Street­Map ID
way 509224486
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q367631
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Karen Blixen Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف كارين بلكسين”
  • Armenian: “Կարեն Բլիկսենի թանգարան”
  • Danish: “Karen Blixen Museum”
  • Dutch: “Karen Blixen Museum”
  • French: “musée Karen-Blixen”
  • French: “Musée Karen-Blixen”
  • German: “Karen Blixen Museum”
  • Igbo: “Karen Blixen Museum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Karen Blixen, Kenya”
  • Japanese: “カレン・ブリクセン博物館 (ケニア)”
  • Japanese: “カレン・ブリクセン博物館”
  • Kazakh: “Карен Бликсен мұражайы (Кения)”
  • Kazakh: “Карен Бликсен мұражайы”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karen Blixen Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Karen Blixen Museum”
  • Russian: “Музей Карен Бликсен (Кения)”
  • Russian: “Музей Карен Бликсен”
  • Swahili: “Jumba la makumbusho la Karen Blixen”
  • Swedish: “Karen Blixen Museum”
  • Swedish: “Karen Blixens museum”
  • Tamil: “கரேன் பிளிக்சன் அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Карен Бліксен (Кенія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Карен Бліксен”

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