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energy and consciousness-promoting qualities. Other New Age practitioners maintain that it holds the 'keys to the
kingdom of heaven'; stare at it long enough and perhaps you'll agree.
Shopping
The handicrafts sold in Post Street Mall are largely imported from neighbouring countries,
though there is still an excellent selection of woodcarvings, baskets and other African
curios on offer. You're going to have to bargain hard if you want to secure a good price,
though maintain your cool and always flash a smile - you'll win out with politeness in the
end! Another spot with a good range of curios is along Fidel Castro St, near the corner of
Independence, snaking up the hill towards Christuskirche
Mall culture is alive and well in Windhoek, and you'll find them scattered throughout
the city centre and out in the 'burbs. Most of the stores are South African standards, which
generally offer high-quality goods at a fraction of the price back home. Katutura's
Soweto
Market
is more reminiscent of a traditional African market, though it's best to visit either
with a local or as part of an organised tour.
222732; Bohr St)
in the Southern Industrial Area.
Namibia Crafts Centre
( 242222; 40 Tal St, Old Breweries Craft Market; 9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, to 3.30pm
Sat & Sun)
This place is an outlet for heaps of wonderful Namibian inspiration - leather-
work, basketry, pottery, jewellery, needlework, hand-painted textiles and other material
arts - and the artist and origin of each piece is documented. We like the root carvings.
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Old Breweries Craft Market
( cnr Garten & Tal Sts)
This hive of tourist shopping euphoria contains a heap of small
and large shops with a range of African arts and crafts on offer. A couple of our favourite
shops are
Woven Arts of Africa
, with some wonderfully fine weavings in the form of
wall-hangings and rugs; and
ArtiSan
, a small pokey little shop with genuine Bushman
crafts.
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