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Parliament Gardens

Park in downtown Windhoek, Namibia

Summary

Park in downtown Windhoek, Namibia

Field	Value
name	Parliament Gardens
image	Parliament gardens, Windhoek.jpg
image_caption	View of Parliament Gardens from the Tintenpalast steps
type	Natural Area
location	Namibia, Windhoek
created
operator	College of the Arts.

Monument of Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi at Parliament Gardens in Windhoek

The Parliament Gardens is a small park in downtown Windhoek, Namibia. It is located between the Tintenpalast (Namibia's Parliament building) and the Christuskirche. It was laid out in 1932 and was originally called the Tintenpalast gardens, adopting its present name after Namibian independence in 1990.

The Parliament Gardens contain Namibia's first post-independence monument: a bronze-cast statue of the Herero chief Hosea Kutako.

The gardens used to be an olive plantation, and still include an olive grove. They also contain a bowling green lined with bougainvilleas along with a thatched-roof clubhouse. In 2022, a petition to open the parliament gardens was submitted, but it remains closed (November 2025).

In 2016, the opening of the Namibian Parliament was held in the Parliament Gardens because of limited space in the Tintenpalast. Due to a change to the Constitution in 2014, the number of parliamentarians had increased significantly, and so joint sittings have to be held elsewhere.

Rough Guides describes the Parliament Gardens as "delightful, shady... definitely merit a stroll".

References

(2011). "Namibia". [[Bradt Travel Guides]].
(2006). "African Adventurer's Guide to Namibia". [[Struik]].
"Parliament Gardens". [[Rough Guides]].
"Tintenpalast". [[Lonely Planet]].
"Parliament gardens closed {{!}} Namibia Economist".
Siririka, Paheja. (2022-11-11). "Petition to open Parliament Gardens underway".
(9 February 2016). "Parliament opening moves to garden due to space constraints". [[New Era (Namibia).

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