Green Point

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Situated between the V&A Waterfront and Signal Hill, Green Point is the focal point of the Capes gay scene. Green Point main road approaching Somerset Road, the entrance to the once-negligible neighbourhood, you'll find corridors revitalised with renovated buildings, chichi restaurants, boutique hotels, rocking nightclubs, gay bars,film studios and a vast smorgasbord of other industries. The De Waterkant shopping area is a collection of specialist up-market shops and trendy restaurants.

Green Point also has a number of theatres, lodges, hotels and bed and breakfast establishments. The Green Point Stadium is home to rugby, athletics and rock concerts. Dance at a late night club or go shopping at the huge flea and crafts market held on the parking lot of Greenpoint stadium every Sunday. Greenmarket is the perfect place to buy your African souvenirs. Green Point will be the home to the new 70 000-seat domed stadium in time for the 2010 World Cup on the site of the old Green Point track near the existing stadium. Trendy and cosmopolitan Green Point is very central and has a large variety of great accommodation choices.