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Swakopmund Jetty

Swakopmund Jetty

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Swakopmund Jetty

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Location: Namibia

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Rainer Kr☮ne

June 17, 2023

The iron jetty has to endure a lot. On some days, the Atlantic surf thunders onto the bridge at 50 t/m². The original jetty was built in 1905 as a wooden structure and was actually supposed to be 640 m long. World War II stopped that. The wooden bridge was quickly eaten away by worms and was completed in 1912 as a steel structure with a length of 262 m. At the end is the Jetty 1905 restaurant.

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Stef

January 12, 2021

The old landing stage in Swakopmund, usually called the Jetty, is a former pier (pier) in the South Atlantic in what is now Namibia. It comes from the German colonial days of German South West Africa.
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Petra und Jake

November 13, 2021

Since Swakopmund did not have a port, the jetty was mainly used to land goods and people. From 1907 the use for export began, especially of copper and marble. From around 1934, the jetty was primarily used for fishing, as the sea had been largely silted up by flooding up to the end of the bridge. Today the bridge serves primarily as a tourist destination with a viewing platform and restaurant at the far end. (Wikipedia)

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Christine

September 30, 2022

The Hansa Hotel has super delicious cakes. 😋 And the view of the sea. ...priceless... 😍

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Dani

June 3, 2025

Especially photogenic at sunset.

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