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Having been students ourselves we understand the need for secure clean
furnished student housing.
Observatory, Obs for
short, is Cape Town's bohemian suburb. It's vibrant entertainment scene
is perhaps due to its high proportion of students.
Lower main Road boasts numerous bars, live music and health food
restaurants, like Obz Cafe, Panchos, the Dragon Chinese and Ganesh.
Other restaurants include 'Sushi Zone', a Korean restaurant offering
sushi as well, and opposite this, a Thai restaurant. At the St. Peter's
square mall, the usual mall restaurant chains are present. Mojos, a
recent addition, provides a variety of live music as well as appearances
by guest DJ’s. The Old Biscuit Mill in nearby Salt River offers Cape
Town's most popular food fair on Saturday mornings as well as DecaDance
a popular dance spot on most evenings.
The local bars cater for diverse tastes : Roots, with a rastafarian
theme, attracts mostly younger people. Gandalfs, R.O.A.R and Gothem are
further down the street but offer a more alternative vibe with music
from Rock and Metal. Off Pepper Tree Square, a more middle aged haunt, A
Touch of Madness, is to be found. Around the corner, the homeless
frequent the al fresco informal bar centring on the Observatory Bottle
Store.
Observatory has a soccer and hockey stadium below the station,
Hartleyvale, on Liesbeeck Parkway and an outdoor swimming pool that's
very popular on summer afternoons - between the two there's a circus
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