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Bloemfontein attractions
Bloemfontein attractions
Anglo Boer War Museum, Monument Road, ☎ +27 (0)51 447-3447, . For a history on the war 1899 to 1902 �
Boyden Observatory, ☎ +27 (0)84 429-9080 ( ), . Explore the southern skies under dark and clear Free State conditions �
Choet Visser Rugby Museum, ☎ +27 (0)51 436-4124. By appointment only. �
Fire Station Museum, Erlich Park Fire Station, Church Street, ☎ +27 (0)51 405-8730 ( ), . By appointment. 17 vintage fire engines as well as a number of cars, bikes steam engines and even ox wagons. �
National Botanical Garden, Rayton Road,off Dan Pienaar Drive, ☎ +27 (0)51 436 361 ( ), . 8AM to 6PM daily. R10 entrance fee. �
National Museum, 36 Aliwal Street, ☎ +27 (0)51 447-9609 ( ), . Open 8AM to 5PM Monday to Friday, 10AM to 5PM on Saturday and 12PM to 5:30PM on Sundays.. Home to the Florisbad skull. R5 entrance fee. �
Naval Hill and Franklin Game Reserve. The reserve has various wild animals and is located on top of a hill overlooking the centre of the city. This is not a very safe place. Please stay in your vehicle at all times and keep the doors locked. �
Oliewenhuis Art Museum, 16 Harry Smith Street, ☎ +27 (0)51 447-9609 ( ), . Open 8AM to 5PM Monday to Friday and 10AM to 5PM on Saturday. Outstanding art museum in a beautifully restored Cape-Dutch style house and gardens. Oliewenhuis hosts ever changing temporary displays of contemporary art and photography, whilst upstairs is a more traditional permanent exhibition. There is a very nice cafe in the sculpture garden at the back and is the ideal retreat from the city's sterile shopping malls. Free entrance. �
Women's Memorial. �
Presidency Museum, Pres. Brand Street, ☎ +27 (0)51 448-0949. Open 10AM to 12:15PM and 1PM to 4PM Tuesday to Friday. This former residence of presidents of the Orange Free Stare Republic has been restored to what it would have been at the turn of the century. �
Queens Fort Military Museum, 116 Church Street, ☎ +27 (0)51 447-5478 ( ). Open 10AM to 12:15PM and 1PM to 4PM Monday to Friday. Exhibitions on the two Boer wars and the apartheid struggle. �
SA Armour Museum, (West of town, follow Nelson Mandela (R64) west towards the N1, you'll see a sign), . The SA Armour Museum, on the grounds of Tempe Military Base, exhibits various items dealing specifically with military armour. The SA Armour Museum consists of an indoor-, outdoor-, and reference library area. Some of the more interesting exhibits include South African built apartheid era riot control vehicles, and some old Soviet tanks the South African's captured in Angola. �
First Car Rental (First Car Rental�: Affordable car hire in South Africa), Bloemfontein Airport, ☎ +27 (0)51 433-2146, . 07:00am-5:00pm. First Car Rental offers great car hire deals in the Free State and the rest of South Africa. Our locations in the Free State include Bloemfontein airport and Bloemfontein downtown. �
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