Long Street in Cape Town
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Long Street is a major
street located in the
City Bowl section of
Cape Town ,
South Africa . It is famous as a
bohemian hang out and the street is lined with many
book stores , various ethnic restaurants and bars. Restaurants include African restaurants such as Zula, and Indian restaurants such as Masala Dosa. Long Street exhibits a diversified culture and attracts tourists from all over the world. It also has a number of youth hostels which provide accommodation to an international roster of guests. Several theatres which showed
anti-apartheid plays were located on the street during the 1970s and 1980s, although most have now closed and been replaced by
restaurants or stores.
During Covid 19 lockdown in April 2020 © Discott/cc-by-sa-4.0
Architecturally, it is noted for its
Victorian buildings with
wrought iron balconies. These were featured in an article in an edition of the annual publication
The Saturday Book .
Traffic on Long Street is
one-way in the uphill (southwest) direction, while the parallel Loop Street carries downhill traffic. The number 101
MyCiTi bus runs the length of Long Street on its way from the
Civic Centre to
Gardens , with five stops along the street.
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