Strand Street is one of the main streets in the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
, South Africa.
It runs northwest-southeast through the centre from
Green Point to
Woodstock
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, passing the Golden Acre shopping centre, the
Cape Town railway station, the
Lutheran Church in Strand Street
The Lutheran Church in Strand Street in Cape Town is one of the oldest church buildings in South Africa, dating back to 1792. It was declared a National Monument in 1949.
Background
In 1740 a few hundred residents of the bigger Cape area were Lut ...
, the
Koopmans-de Wet House
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Koopmans-de Wet House is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa. The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914. It was declared a National Monum ...
, and the
Castle of Good Hope. Originally, in the vicinity of the Castle, Strand Street ran along the
Table Bay
Table Bay (Afrikaans: ''Tafelbaai'') is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town (founded 1652 by Van Riebeeck) and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named ...
shore - "
strand" being the
Dutch and
Afrikaans
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word for "beach" - but
land reclamation
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to create the
Foreshore
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and the modern
Port of Cape Town
The Port of Cape Town is the port of the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in Table Bay.
Because of its position along one of the world's busiest trade routes it is one of the busiest ports in South Africa, handling the largest amo ...
has moved the shoreline about a kilometre to the northeast.
East of the city centre, Strand Street passes under the
N2 freeway
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, to which it is connected by
ramps
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. It continues as New Market Street and then Albert Street, eventually becoming
Voortrekker Road, the original road route from Cape Town to
Bellville and the interior. West of the centre it becomes High Level Road to
Sea Point
Sea Point (Afrikaans: ''Seepunt'') is one of Cape Town's most affluent and densely populated suburbs, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD). Moving from ...
.
See also
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Koopmans-de Wet House
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Koopmans-de Wet House is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa. The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914. It was declared a National Monum ...
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Grand Parade
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Lutheran Church in Strand Street
The Lutheran Church in Strand Street in Cape Town is one of the oldest church buildings in South Africa, dating back to 1792. It was declared a National Monument in 1949.
Background
In 1740 a few hundred residents of the bigger Cape area were Lut ...
References
Streets in Cape Town
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