Landscape of Change

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Landscape of Change

(8 reviews)
Cape Town audio tour: Landscape of Change
This is a 1mi walking tour
It takes an average of 30 mins to complete.
Cape Town
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Archived
This tour isn’t available for download. We’ve preserved the script and audio as a record of its moment in time, but we don’t recommend doing the tour. It was published in May 2017.
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About the Tour

Like many African cities, Cape Town has an identity disorder. It’s trying to overcome it – to reconcile the stories of its past with a new story, about its future, but because people with diverse origins call the city home, space here is contested. Nobody’s take on the Mother City is exactly the same.

Come with me on a city stroll, to discover the beautiful contradictions and the subtle and not-so-subtle shifts that my city is going through.

Categories
Parks And Gardens Colonial History Social Movements Neighbourhoods Public Art

Tour Producer

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Lauren Edwards

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I'm VoiceMap's co-founder and managing editor.

I love art. I love music. I love the way a city can never sever ties with its stories. They're always there - hidden between cracks in the sidewalk and in the facades of old buildings and in the outer rings of old trees. Stories bind a city into shape, and if you listen carefully, you can always hear them.

Preview Location

Location 1

Intro and Parliament

Hi. I’m Lauren, and I’m going to take you on a walk around the periphery of the Company’s Gardens. While you walk, I’ll tell you about the things you pass, and about all the changes the city has gone through. Space is contested here – so many different people have called Cape ... Read More
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Major Landmarks

  • South African National Gallery

  • Iziko Slave Lodge

  • The Company's Gardens

Getting There

Route Overview

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  1. Start location
    120 Plein St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
  2. Total distance
    2km
  3. Final location
    Keerom St, CBD, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
  4. Distance back to start location
    261.16m

Directions to Starting Point

The route starts at the Slave Lodge, near the bottom entrance to the Company's Garden, at the corner of Wale Street and Adderley Street.

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Tips

Places to stop along the way

The South African National Gallery, Twankey, benches in the Company's Gardens

Best time of day

During daylight, preferably on weekends.

Precautions

Keep an eye on your belongings, and avoid these areas at night. If there are road closures due to protests at parliament, just skip around the block and play the tracks manually.

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“Great app. walk around at your own pace, stop where you want, move on or speed up when you want. Read the script before you go or during the commentary, speed it up or replay it. Repeat the tour whenever you like.”
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