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Highlights include Castle of Good Hope, Auwal Mosque, Battery Park, Bo-Kaap Museum, Clock Tower, District Six Museum.

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  1. Castle of Good Hope: story on the “District Six and Old Cape Town” route

    Here the route will show how a written complaint managed to get beyond the walls where its author was held.

  2. Auwal Mosque: story on the “Bo-Kaap: Houses, Faith, and Family Stories” route

    Here, a private house, a school, and a will come together in the story of how a community secured its right to its place.

  3. Battery Park: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    The remains of the fortification will take the park back to the morning when coastal guns were trained on their own squadron.

  4. Bo-Kaap Museum: story on the “Bo-Kaap: Houses, Faith, and Family Stories” route

    This stop will show how the official display displaced the memory of the real residents and how documents helped restore it.

  5. Clock Tower: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    A small harbor headquarters explains how the harbor handled the wartime flow of ships, people, and cargo.

  6. District Six Museum: story on the “District Six and Old Cape Town” route

    Here, private memories will first come together into a shared map of the destroyed district.

  7. Grand Parade: story on the “District Six and Old Cape Town” route

    The route needs the square as the place where one person’s release became a public event for the entire city.

  8. Nelson Mandela Gateway: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    Here you will learn why the man whose name was given to the terminal accepted this honor not only on his own behalf.

  9. Slave Lodge: story on the “District Six and Old Cape Town” route

    This stop shows personal freedom as a transaction whose terms were set by the owner.

  10. St George's Cathedral (the People's Cathedral): story on the “District Six and Old Cape Town” route

    From here, individual stories of resistance give way to a peaceful city march.

  11. Zeitz MOCAA: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    Inside, it will become clear which part of the industrial building had to be reinforced before the museum could be carved out.

  12. Atlas Trading: story on the “Bo-Kaap: Houses, Faith, and Family Stories” route

    The finale will shift the conversation about preservation from museums and monuments to an ongoing family business.

  13. Chiappini Street: story on the “Bo-Kaap: Houses, Faith, and Family Stories” route

    This stop returns to a time when communal prayer was a public risk and no authorized mosque yet existed.

  14. Kloof Nek: story on the “Pipe Track: Table Mountain's Working Slope” route

    This is where the story begins of how the saddle linked maritime observation, defense, and roads to the city.

  15. Nobel Square: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    Five bronze compositions reveal whom the memorial's creators added to the four famous laureates.

  16. Swing Bridge and a Living Harbor: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    The crossing shows how one narrow channel changed the work of ferrymen and the movement of pedestrians.

  17. Time Ball Tower: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    The time ball will show why precise time was a navigational instrument.

  18. Watershed: story on the “Cape Town Harbor: From the Clock Tower to the Silo District” route

    The story of one retail stall will show whom the conversion of the old shed made room for on the waterfront.

  19. Kasteelspoort: a freight road to the sky: story on the “Pipe Track: Table Mountain's Working Slope” route

    The ravine shows how builders turned an almost inaccessible slope into a freight route to the mountain dams.