Kolmanskop - Ghost Town in the Desert (18 pics)

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Kolmannskuppe (also Kolmanskuppe with just one n; Afrikaans: Kolmanskop) is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. It was a small mining village and is now a popular tourist destination run by the joint firm NAMDEB (Namibia-De Beers).

It developed after the discovery of diamonds in the area in 1908, to provide shelter for workers from the harsh environment of the Namib Desert. The village was built like a German town, with facilities like a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, skittle-alley, theater and sport-hall, casino, ice factory and the first x-ray-station in the southern hemisphere. It also had a railway line to Lüderitz.

The town declined after World War I as diamond prices crashed, and operations moved to Oranjemund. It was abandoned in 1956 but has since been partly restored. The geological forces of the desert mean that tourists can now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.



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№1 Author: ken (26 Mar 2009 14:45) Total user comments: 0


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where is this?
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№2 Author: Anton (19 Jun 2009 11:31) Total user comments: 0


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Read more attentively - NAMIBIA, Africa. Numskull
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№3 Author: ash666 (23 Jul 2009 10:15) Total user comments: 1856


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oh my good
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№4 Author: Sativa (29 Jul 2009 21:41) Total user comments: 263


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now THIS would be some really interesting urban exploring.
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