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In the 15 years since its launch, Google Street View has come a long way. From going under water to capture the Great Barrier Reef in 2012, being available in VR in 2015, to exploring the ‘Top of the World’ in Canada in 2017, Street View has achieved incredible milestones. Today, it has expanded to more than 100 countries and territories around the world and captured more than 10 million miles of imagery – a distance that could circle the globe more than 400 times.

To celebrate Street View’s 15th anniversary, Google Maps has released data which shows the most clicked on beaches, museums and general points of interest in South Africa over the past 12 months. Guess what’s all over the list? Cape Town, of course!

Known for its colony of African penguins, Cape Town’s Boulders Beach was the most clicked on beach in South Africa over the past year. It’s followed by Hole in the Wall on the Wild Coast and Kreeftebaai, also in Cape Town.

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The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg was the most clicked on museum in South Africa, with the Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum in Cape Town’s culturally rich district of Bo-Kaap and Nelson Mandela’s house in Soweto, coming in second and third.

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Landmarks, nature reserves and national parks took up the top three most clicked on places of interest in the country. For those seeking breathtaking views, The Cape of Good Hope garnered the most clicks on Street View. New Cape Point Lighthouse and the Kruger National Park ranked second and third on the list.

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Globally, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, received the most clicks for any other place of interest, followed by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France and the Taj Mahal in India.  

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Here’s a more in-depth look at the Top 10 most clicked on museums and beaches in South Africa over the past twelve months:

Beaches:

  1. Boulders Beach

  2. Hole In The Wall

  3. Kreeftebaai

  4. Doonside Beach

  5. Noordhoek Beach

  6. Dias Beach

  7. Mnandi Beach

  8. Monwabisi Beach

  9. Miller’s Point Tidal Pool

  10. Cuttings Beach

Museums:

  1. Apartheid Museum

  2. Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum

  3. Mandela’s House

  4. Robben Island Museum

  5. Jan Smuts House Museum

  6. East London Museum

  7. District Six Museum

  8. Pretoria Art Museum

  9. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

  10. Wits Art Museum

Top 10 Points of Interest globally:

  1. Burj Khalifa – United Arab Emirates

  2. Eiffel Tower – France

  3. Taj Mahal – India

  4. Statue of Liberty – United States

  5. Christ the Redeemer – Brazil

  6. Labyrinth at Rhyolite – United States

  7. Giza Necropolis – Egypt

  8. The White House – United States

  9. Colosseum – Italy

  10. National Monument – Indonesia

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The ultimate guide to spending a day in Kenilworth/Harfield

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