Lüderitz

Lüderitz (also called Lüderitzbucht) is located about 800 kilometers from Windhoek on the rough Atlantic coast and is a bit sleepy-looking and almost bizarre place, which, however, just because its charm. The founding city of Namibia - today it has about 20,000 inhabitants - on the edge of the Namib Desert was once built on the bare granite rocks and is delivered to the often stormy Atlantic winds like no other place in Namibia. Sea fog and occasional sandstorms add to the harsh climate in Lüderitz.

Today's townscape Lüderitz is characterized by lovingly restored houses from the imperial period in the city center - mostly built in Wilhelmine style, with strong tendencies to Art Nouveau. They are the remnants of the diamond boom at the beginning of the last century. Occasionally there are also modern buildings.