Karen Blixen Museum
The Karen Blixen Museum, located 10 km outside of Nairobi, Kenya, "at the foot of the Ngong Hills", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate.- Museum
- …is also known as “Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya”
- Description: museum in Kenya
- Address: Karen Rd, Nairobi Karen Road
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Karen Hospital and Ngong railway station.
Karen Hospital
Hospital
The Karen Hospital is a private, multi-specialty… Karen Hospital is situated 2½ km northeast of Karen Blixen Museum.
Ngong railway station
Railway station
Ngong railway station is situated 3½ km west of Karen Blixen Museum.
Hillcrest School
School
Hillcrest School, also known as Hillcrest… Hillcrest School is situated 3 km northeast of Karen Blixen Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karen and Matathia.
Matathia
Village
Matathia is a village in Kiambu County in the western Rift Valley region of Kenya. Matathia is situated 6 km southwest of Karen Blixen Museum.
Ongata Rongai
Town
Ongata Rongai is a town located in Kajiado North, Kajiado County, Kenya. Ongata Rongai is situated 7 km southeast of Karen Blixen Museum.
Karen Blixen Museum
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Latitude
-1.35197° or 1° 21′ 7″ south
Longitude
36.71251° or 36° 42′ 45″ east
Open location code
6GCRJPX7+62
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OpenStreetMap feature
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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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