| Johannesburg Center (Johannesburg) | |
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| State | South Africa |
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| Region | Gauteng |
Johannesburg Center is the area that includes the former business district (Johannesburg CBD) of the citySouth African.
To know
Downtown Johannesburg boasts the largest collection of skyscrapers on the African continent. However, due to the migration of whites to the northern suburbs of Sandton and Rosebank, which occurred in 1990 due to the crime afflicting the center, the buildings that once housed the headquarters of banks and offices of multinationals are now left to fend for themselves. Restoration work has begun on some of the buildings but the center of Johannesburg remains high risk and the only way to visit it is to board the tour buses that depart from Sandton and Rosebank.
How to orient yourself
Johannesburg city center: full screen map.Neighborhoods
- Newtown it is the district of the west of the center bounded by the M2 motorway to the south and the railway lines to the north. Major works have been carried out to renovate it and ensure conditions that could guarantee its safety for its inhabitants and visitors.
- Braamfontein is the district north of Newtown, which is also the subject of rehabilitation works. Its flagship is the 2003 bridge that spans the railway lines and dedicated to Nelson Mandela. There is the old fort of Constitution Hill, long used as a prison where Willie Mandela was held.
- Hillbrow it was the district of the great hotels that closed their doors in the last decade of the twentieth century. As of 2019 it was still regarded as a high-risk area.
How to get
How to get around
What see
- 1 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Cnr Klein and King George St (Joubert Park - central business district), ☎ 27 11 725 3130.
Tue-Sun 10 am-5pm. It is the largest gallery in the African continent. 
- 2 [link not working]SAB World of Beer, 15 Helen Joseph St (Newtown), ☎ 27 11 836 4900. Mon-Sun 10 am-6pm. Museum on the history and culture of beer in South Africa. with guided tours and conference venue run by South African breweries. The museum has around 50,000 visitors a year.
- 3 Former Carlton Hotel, Main Street. Historic hotel that closed its doors in December 1997 following a murder perpetrated by some members of the staff. It has remained vacant ever since and has been squandered on the electrical systems and even the floor tiles. Tourists are used to (mostly under escort) ride the elevator up to the 50th floor terrace to take souvenir photos of downtown Johannesburg.
Tue-Sun 10 am-5pm. It is the largest gallery in the African continent.
