This Namibian coastal town feels uncannily like Germany, with half-timbered houses standing next to buildings from the imperial era. The street names in this corner of Africa are also German, with ...

The small Namibian city of Swakopmund — known as Swakop to the locals — has a discernible Germanic flavor and design, dating back to Namibia’s colonial days as German Southwest Africa. Today, the ...

SWAKOPMUND, Namibia, March 18 (Reuters) - Set against miles of mesmerizing sand dunes, Namibia's seaside resort town of Swakopmund is seeing a boom in sandboarding, buoyed by a near-doubling of the ...

The 2025 Science Film Festival officially opened at the Swakopmund Museum on Tuesday evening. The festival is co-hosted by the Goethe-Institut Namibia and the Scientific Society Swakopmund in ...

Brewing was introduced to Namibia by German colonists. Their strict purity rules remain in place today, meaning the country produces some of Africa's best, and most refreshing, beers.

Phillip Seidler won the Pupkewitz Jetty Mile for a record 12th time at Swakopmund on Saturday. Hundreds of swimmers took part in the 19th edition of the one-mile (1.6km) open-water race between Tiger ...