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Cape Town's wildflower season is starting early!
Sport and fitness
Springbok Women vs Black Ferns XV: What you need to know
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How to spend Mandela Day 2025 in Cape Town
As South Africans, we know the default association most people make with us globally is either rugby or Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
Now more than...
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Events: What’s on in Cape Town
Cape Town brings the goods when it comes to a jam-packed schedule of concerts and events
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Christmas in July 2025: What’s On in Cape Town This Winter
Forget sweaty Santa hats and limp summer salads. Christmas in July lets us do the holidays the “right” way. Who doesn't love a crackling fire,...
Where to eat and drink in Cape Town
Kids
Kids Go Free! The Best family-friendly freebies in Cape Town
Exploring a world-class city for the weekend or during the holidays might conjure concerns about hefty price tags, but we're here to tell you that it is...
Bars and pubs
The Best Wine Bars in Cape Town
One of the joys of living in – or travelling to – Cape Town is the fact that South Africa’s award-winning Winelands are right...
City Life
The best winter specials in Cape Town
Winter in Cape Town means it’s often more tempting to pull on your woollen slippers than your dancing shoes, but with the cold and wet weather comes...
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Local Intel
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Local Intel: Lester Kiewit
Want to know where the locals love to go? In this exclusive series on Time Out Cape Town, ‘Local Intel’ taps into some of the city’s...
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Local Intel: John Dobson
Want to know where the locals love to go? In this exclusive series on Time Out Cape Town, ‘Local Intel’ taps into some of the city’s...
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Local Intel: Tracey Lange
Want to know where the locals love to go? In this exclusive series on Time Out Cape Town, ‘Local Intel’ taps into some of the city’s...
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Restaurants
The 11 best budget restaurants in the Winelands
If you want fab food you can’t go wrong with heading to Franschhoek, Paarl and Stellenbosch in the Cape Winelands.
Yes, there’s lots of fine dining...
Travel
The 10 best small-town getaways near Cape Town
Looking for a quick break close to the Mother City?
With the Youth Day long weekend coming up, you'd be silly not to take advantage and go exploring a little...
The best safari trips from Cape Town
Track down the elusive ‘Big Five’, and have a whale of a time doing it
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Film
It’s official: these are the most beautiful outdoor cinemas in Europe
The movies? They’re not just a way to fill a rainy evening anymore. In fact, thanks to the world’s abundance of some seriously scenic outdoor...
Restaurants
I went on a food tour of Copenhagen inspired by ‘The Bear’ – these are the best things I ate
‘Ah don lan na di airport. Usay you dey?’ The sound of my Sierra Leonean parents’ mother tongue, Krio, was not on the bingo list of things I...
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The Italian island named the world’s most colourful destination
Don’t get us wrong, monochrome can be beautiful (check out this gorgeous art deco building in London, for example). But a splash of colour can...
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