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Namibia

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Namibia · 13 shops in the atlas.

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• Namibia Craft Centre Old Breweries, Windhoek
  The Namibia Craft Centre opened in 1990 in the Old Breweries complex on Tal Street in Windhoek. About forty craft enterprises hold retail space there, drawn from communities and projects across the country. Woven baskets, carved makalani kernels, San ostrich eggshell jewellery, Himba bracelets and embroidered linen fill the floor. The Omba Arts Trust took over its management in 2004. store page → · open in the atlas →

• African Kirikara Windhoek
  African Kirikara, led by Claudia von Hase from Guest Farm Kiripotib, makes carpets and rugs from 100% natural Swakara sheep wool in ten natural colors, along with jewellery set with precious and fantasy-cut stones and handwoven baskets and ceramics. Its team, split evenly between men and women, trains apprentices in spinning, weaving and design. store page → · open in the atlas →
• African Leather Creations 22 Rakotoka Street, Swakopmund
  African Leather Creations, trading as Swakop Vellies, makes handcrafted leather footwear including Swakop Vellies veldskoen, kudu-leather Kudu Boots, the tan-leather Namib Trapper boot and sandals, sold from stores at 22 Rakotoka Street and the MTC Dome in Swakopmund and a store in Otjiwarongo. Products ship via DHL. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Elze Jewellery Windhoek / Online
  Elze Jewellery is the work of Windhoek-based goldsmith Elze Eigelaar, who designs and hand-makes nature-inspired earrings, pendants and bangles. Pieces are priced in the online catalogue and ordered directly through WhatsApp or the site's contact form, with delivery and returns handled from her studio. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Herrle & Herma Jewellers Windhoek
  Herrle & Herma Jewellers crafts fine jewellery using Namibian precious materials from its Windhoek storefront in the Sanlam Centre, with a second shop in Swakopmund. The retailer sells rings, necklaces and gold and silver investment coins both in-store and through its online shop with worldwide DHL shipping. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Ibenstein Weavers Ibenstein Farm, Dordabis
  On the Ibenstein farm near Dordabis, Marianne Krafft, daughter of diamond-finder August Stauch, established the property's first weaving centre using Karakul sheep wool. Her son Michael Krafft later reorganised the farm's operations and set up its game safari business in the mid-1970s. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Karakulia Weavers Swakopmund / Namibia
  Karakulia Weavers has hand-woven wool rugs and wall hangings in Swakopmund, Namibia, since 1979, now employing more than 15 local carpet-weaving experts under owner Moses Helao. Visitors can book a factory tour, buy stock carpets directly, or commission a custom design through the website. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Katharina Karl Windhoek / Online
  Katharina Karl is a Windhoek-based fashion label offering quality leather handbags, wallets and Namibian handcrafted coats designed by founder Katharina Karl. Each bag is catalogued with materials and dimensions online and purchased by contacting the designer directly, including via WhatsApp. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Kristall Galerie Cnr Tobias Hainyeko & Theo-Ben Gurirab Ave, Swakopmund
  Kristall Galerie, established in Swakopmund in 1998, sells cut gemstones and crystal specimens through three jewelry boutiques and a souvenir shop, and displays the largest known quartz crystal cluster on public display in the world, a 3m by 3m, 14,100kg specimen found in Namibia's Erongo region in August 1985. Its studio crafts semi-precious stones including tourmaline and pietersite sourced from Namibia. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Leather Connection Windhoek
  Leather Connection sells leather shoes for men, women and children, handbags, belts, wallets and riempies, plus leather craft tools and bag-closing machines, from its shop at 18 Bell Street, corner Lazarette Street, Windhoek and a second shop in Swakopmund. It also supplies retail partners in Tsumeb, Rundu, Mariental and Otjiwarongo. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Penduka Katutura, Goreangab Dam, Windhoek
  Penduka, meaning "Wake up!" in Otjiherero and Oshiwambo, has operated for more than 30 years at Green Mountain Dam Road, Goreangab, Katutura, Windhoek, making embroidery, batik textiles, jewellery and upcycled "Trash to Treasure" home goods by hand. It employs rural artisans lacking access to capital or infrastructure, and also runs accommodation, a restaurant and an HIV & TB initiative. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Slowtown Coffee Roasters Independence Avenue CBD, Windhoek
  Slowtown Coffee Roasters, marking 15 years in business this September, sells coffee beans including its House Blend, African Sunrise Blend and Del Campo, plus pods, drip bags and hot chocolate from its Namibia base. It also offers office coffee supply, barista training and event catering stations. store page → · open in the atlas →
• Smart Fashion Boutique Windhoek
  Smart Fashion Boutique, at Freedom Plaza 99 in Windhoek, sells suits, evening wear, shoes and traditional Oshindonga-style clothing, noting more stock is available in store. store page → · open in the atlas →
• StArt Art Gallery Independence Avenue, Windhoek
  StArt Art Gallery sells paintings, prints, sculpture, woven textiles and digital photography by artists including Lynette Diergaardt, Nicky Marais, Jakobina Gideon and Petrus Amuthenu, working in acrylic yarn, acrylic paint, ink, linoleum block printing and soapstone. Recent featured works include "Shadow Weave" (2023) and "Radio Tower" (2023). store page → · open in the atlas →
• Windhoek Book Den Windhoek
  Windhoek Book Den describes itself on Instagram as the largest independent book retail store in Namibia. It takes order requests or quotes and offers nationwide shipping. store page → · open in the atlas →

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