Lüderitz Colonial German Architecture Walking Tour

Lüderitz is one of the most extraordinary architectural time capsules in Africa. The diamond boom of 1908–1914 funded an entire German Art Nouveau and Wilhelmine-style town — Jugendstil buildings, decorative gabled facades, German railway station — on the Namibian Atlantic coast. Walking the streets feels like stepping into a Bavarian town that was then transplanted to the edge of the Namib desert. Self-guided or with local guides.