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This Namibian coastal town feels uncannily like Germany, with half-timbered houses standing next to buildings from the imperial era. The street names in this corner of Africa are also German, with Bismarckstraße, home to Woermannhaus, built for a Hamburg haulier in 1894. Head down the road to the corner of Garnison and Bahnhofstrasse, you pass the Altes Amtsgericht, the former Imperial District Court. Then there’s Hohenzollernhaus, once the residence of a German colonial ruler, a city landmark. Strolling through the Namibian coastal town of Swakopmund is like a trip back through history. Holid…

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