Canal Walk

For the Canal Walk in Richmond, Virginia, see James River and Kanawha Canal.

Atrium-like glass ceilings provide natural light to the double-storey mall

A massive food court with multi-media entertainment

Shoppers during a summer's evening

Canal Walk is a shopping centre in Cape Town, South Africa, that opened in 2000 and was built around a series of canals. It has a total retail area of 141,000-square-metre (1,520,000 sq ft). The centre forms the heart of a mixed-use development known as Century City, which includes office blocks, residential areas and the Ratanga Junction theme park.

Canal Walk is the 3rd largest shopping centre in Africa (Gateway Centre in Durban is the largest ) and the Sandton City complex in Johannesburg is larger if you include the Nelson Mandela Square annex. Built in what the developers call "Cape Venetian architecture", the shopping centre hosts over 400 stores, 7000 parking bays, numerous restaurants, 20 cinemas plus a game arcade.

External links

• Canal Walk website
• Century City website
• MTN Sciencentre website