Cape Town street among Top 15 ‘coolest’ in the world
Cape Town’s Bree Street has been named the best in Africa – and 11th ‘coolest street’ in the world. Do you agree?
Cape Town’s Bree Street has been named the 11th ‘coolest street’ in the world in this year’s Time Out ranking.
It also scooped the honour of best in Africa.
It’s not the first time a South African street has been listed among the best in the world.
As reported by The South African website, in 2021 Cape Town’s Kalk Bay Street and Melville Johannesburg’s 7th Street both made the list.
In 2022, Kloof Street in Cape Town also made the list in 26th spot.
Time Out ranked Melbourne’s High Street at No 1 followed by Hollywood Road in Hong Kong in second place and East Eleventh in Austin, Texas in the USA in third spot.
Top 15 ‘coolest streets’ in Time Out’s list are:
- High Street, Melbourne (Australia)
- Hollywood Road, Hong Kong
- East Eleventh, Austin (USA)
- Guatemala Street, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Commercial Drive, Vancouver (Canada)
- Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- Rua da Boavista, Lisbon (Portugal)
- Arnaldo Quintela, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Chazawa-dori, Tokyo (Japan)
- Consell de Cent, Barcelona (Spain)
- Bree Street, Cape Town (South Africa)
- Oranienstraße, Berlin (Germany)
- Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, New York City (USA)
- Ban Tad Thong, Bangkok (Thailand)
- East 3rd Street, Los Angeles (USA)
From going out for a bite to eat, to bar hopping, to visiting boutique stores, occasional markets or just browsing works of art at various galleries, it seems that Bree Street in the Mother City has it all.
With Table Mountain in the background, Bree Street boasts some of the Mother City’s best restaurants and is a popular place to hang out during the monthly First Thursdays events.
The name ‘Bree’ originates from the English adaptation of the Dutch word ‘breë’, signifying ‘broad’ or ‘wide’.
Time Out said the following about Bree Street: This buzzy inner-city boulevard in the heart of Cape Town has been a hub for the ‘Mother City’ for centuries.
The street was named because it was bree – ‘wide’, in Afrikaans – enough to turn an ox cart at the nearby market, and today you’ll often find yourself jostling for space.
Bree Street comes filled with boutiques and bars, restaurants and art galleries showcasing the best the city has to offer.
And it’s set for an injection of new energy in 2025 with the redevelopment of the City Park building, a former hospital which will become a multifunctional hub of apartments, restaurants, co-working spaces and a design-driven international hotel brand.