Markets and shopping
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Arts on Main
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Market open: Thursday and Saturday 09h00-15h00. Entry free. |
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Metro bus 33 |
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Market open every Sunday 09h00-17h00 Entrance free. |
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Plaza open: Mon- Fri 08h00-17h00 and Sat 08h30-14h30 Be advised that many shops close for prayers at midday. |
Shopping Malls Spend a day doing what most Johannesburgers do which is shop in Malls. Hyde Park Shopping Centre is where you can see all the people who have made it and Maponya Mall on the outskirts of Soweto is where you can see all the people who are making it. Sandton City, Rosebank Mall, Eastgate and Cresta are amongst the best known and biggest malls in and around Johannesburg – take a GPS to find your way out! |
This is a hyper trendy day starting fashionably late with lunch at the Troyeville Hotel followed by a visit to Arts on Main. The Goethe institute has a gallery in the centre alongside others such as David Krut. Wander around the galleries and shops and have tea in the restaurant in the precinct. Afterwards take in an early evening movie at the quirky Bioscope where you can have either a beer and pizza whilst watching the movie or if it’s a noodle box night, yummy noodles.
On a Thursday or Saturday morning visit the Bryanston Organic market and view all the alternative crafts and products on sale. This is one market where you will not find anything that is mass produced. Enjoy an organic meal at one of the food stands and stock up on organically grown food items for home. If you go by car then stop on your way back at the huge roadside curio centre located at the top of William Nicol drive.
Visit Chinatown in Derrick street, Cyrildene and forget for the length of the street that you are in South Africa as exotic goods and unusual odours waft down this colourful and busy street. South African traffic rules disappear and the street merchants offer fresh Chinese vegetables that are totally intriguing. Very few speak English and even fewer products have English writing so shopping is something of a lucky packet exercise. Great fun at Chinese New Year.
Visit the Sunday morning arts and crafts market in Rosebank which is one of the biggest and best known markets in the country. Traders from all over Africa sell their wares and local crafters offer everything from silver jewellery to products made out of recycled material. Have lunch afterwards at Cranks a Thai food restaurant downstairs and finish off the day at the Junction movie house over the road in the Zone where movies cost less than at the cinemas in the mall. You have to save after spending so much at the market!
Visit the fashionable foodie Saturday ‘neighbourgoods’ market in Braamfontein and enjoy Juta street and the trendy little shops and galleries located along the street. Feed yourself on all the delicious food for sale at the market or try out one of the eateries on Juta street. Afterwards walk up to Wits and travel to the outer reaches of our galaxy at the Planetarium located in Yale road. Check on the planetarium site for prices and shows.
Spend the day at the Oriental Plaza followed by a walk around Fordsburg and Mayfair where you enter another layer of this fascinating city. Old buildings housing restaurants, sweet shops, religious icons, household wares, spices and clothes create colourful and diverting streets which are best negotiated with friends. The restaurants are excellent and worth many repeat trips. Try the Dosa Hut on Central Road for south Indian food and Bismallah’s on Mint Road for breyani on Fridays.
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