Green Point, Cape Town

Green Point
—  Suburb  —
Aerial view of the old Green Point Stadium, which was demolished during 2007
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Wards
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Postal code

Green Point and Mouille Point From Signal Hill with Robben Island top left

Prisoner transit camp at Green Point during the Second Boer War. The old Mouille Point Lighthouse is visible in the background.

Green Point is a neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa located to the north west of the central business district. It a popular residential area for young professionals and for the Cape Town gay and lesbian community. Many new mid-rise apartment and mixed-use developments have gone up in recent years. Somerset Road forms the main thoroughfare lined by numerous restaurants, cafés, boutiques and nightclubs.

The Cape Town Stadium was constructed on Green Point Common for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Numerous infrastructural developments were made, with the upgrade to Western Boulevard and the new Granger Bay Boulevard being constructed, along with a massive investment in creating an urban park around the stadium.

The old Green Point Stadium makes way for the new 2010 FIFA World Cup stadium.

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Mouille Point lighthouse.