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Bree Street, Cape Town’s “Hipster Highway”

Bree Street, Cape Town’s “Hipster Highway”

A broad road running roughly north to south, it’s the stretch of Bree Street between Buitensingel and Strand Street that is generating the most buzz in the city right now. While office towers soar above the pavements, down at street level, there’s a revolution going on as bakeries, restaurants, bars, and boutiques open. The once rather-boring road built wide (“bree”) enough for an ox-wagon to turn in is enjoying a revival. And by and large, it’s matters of the stomach that are driving the change, as eateries and outlets mushroom faster than you can say “free range hangar steak.”