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Practical Information
Road map D3. * 747,500.
n Bloemfontein Tourist Centre,
60 Park Rd. 051 405 8489.
Open 8am–4pm Mon–Fri, 8am–
noon Sat. _ Bloem Show (Apr–
Exterior of the Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein May); Rose Festival (Oct).
∑ mangaung.co.za
Environs for carp fishing. This area is Transport
North of the city centre, the home to gemsbok, eland, black k N8, 10 km (6 miles) E of city.
Franklin Nature Reserve wildebeest, springbok and zebra, £ Harvey Rd. @ Tourist Centre.
occupies Naval Hill. The name and 290 bird species within three
originated during the South distinct ecosystems – wetland, O Soetdoring Dam
African War when a cannon was thornveld and grassland. Nature Reserve
mounted here by the British The turn-off to the Willem R64 (Kimberley Rd). Tel 051 433 9002.
Naval Brigade. In 1928, the Pretorius Game Reserve lies Open 6:30am–6pm daily. & 0 Ó
University of Michigan (USA) some 150 km (93 miles) north of O Willem Pretorius Game Reserve
built an obser vatory on the Bloemfontein on the N1. It was N1 to Kroonstad. Tel 057 651 4168.
summit. Over 7,000 star systems established by a farmer as a Open 7am–6:30pm daily. & 
were dis covered before it closed sanctuary to protect black
in 1972. It now houses a theatre. wildebeest, and today is home
Further north of the city, the to several hundred of these
Oliewenhuis Art Museum is set gregarious animals. It is also a
in a spacious garden. This gallery good place to see eland, blesbok,
is renowned for its superb springbok and giraffe on the
collection of South African art. grasslands around Allemanskraal
Several excellent wildlife Dam. Birds such as korhaans and
reserves can be found north of double-banded coursers are also
Bloemfontein. The Soet doring commonly seen.
Dam Nature Reserve borders
on the expansive Krugerdrif O Franklin Nature Reserve
Dam whose wall, at 5 km Union Ave, Naval Hill. Open daily.
(3 miles), is one of the longest E Oliewenhuis Art Museum
in South Africa. Harry Smith St. Tel 051 447 9609.
The river and shoreline of Open 8am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm
this reserve provide excellent Sat, 1–5pm Sun. Closed Good Fri, Giraffe, Franklin Nature Reserve
picnic spots and are popular 25 Dec. 7 ∑ nasmus.co.za on Naval Hill, Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein City Centre
1 Appeal Court EERSTE Soetdoring Dam
Nature Reserve,
Oliewenhuis
2 National Museum for TWEEDE BARNES Art Museum Franklin
Afrikaans Literature HENRY Freshford House KELLNER Nature Reserve
Museum
3 Old Presidency ALIWAL BURGER
Loch
4 First Raadsaal Logan EERSTE (FIRST) HENRY WEST
Museum CHARLES MARKGRAAFF City Hall ZAS T RO N ST R EE T CRICKET
5 Fourth Raadsaal KING SWAY Loch Logan HERZOG
N E LSO N M AND E L A S TR E ET
6 National Museum Waterfront Appeal SQUARE National
7 Tweetoringkerk Court Museum AL E X AN DR A
National Museum for
Fourth
Afrikaans Literature PRES. BRAND Raadsaal Tweetoringkerk
HORAK
FONTEIN
Airport
PRES. BOSHOF SELBOURNE Supreme Court GORDON ST ANDREWS FRASER FICHARDT HANGER HARVEY 10 km (6 miles)
ALIWAL
of Appeal
Old
Presidency
KERK
First
PARK
Train
Raadsaal ST GEORGES Station
Museum DOUGLAS
National Women's
Memorial &
War Museum
0 metres 500
0 yards 500
For keys to symbols see back flap
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