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 125 000 m² shopping centre in Cape Town, South Africa, built around a series of canals. 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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 547 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Much of Canal Walk Shopping Centre is lit by natural sunlight streaming in through atrium-like glass ceilings. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 547 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Much of Canal Walk Shopping Centre is lit by natural sunlight streaming in through atrium-like glass ceilings. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 463 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Canal Walk Food Court at Century City, Cape Town, South Africa. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 463 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Canal Walk Food Court at Century City, Cape Town, South Africa. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 410 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Shoppers at Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Century City, Cape Town, South Africa. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 410 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Shoppers at Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Century City, Cape Town, South Africa. ... Nickname: Motto: Spes Bona (Latin for Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Coordinates: , Country Province Municipality City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Founded 1652 Government [1]  - Type City council  - Mayor Helen Zille  - City manager Achmat Ebrahim Area  - City 2,499 km²  (964. ... // Main Canal within Century City, Table Mountain in the background Century City is a new suburb of Cape Town conforming to the new urbanism of creating integrated neighbourhoods including entertainment, residential, retail and office components. ...

Canal Walk is the largest shopping centre in Africa in lettable area (Gateway Centre in Durban is larger in total area) 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, numerous restaurants, 20 cinemas plus a game arcade, skate-park and the MTN Sciencentre, an interactive science centre which in 2007 applied to the Guiness Book of World Records for the world's largest cellphone. The Gateway Theatre of Shopping is a large shopping center located in Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal. ... Sandton City is South Africas most prestigious shopping centre. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Statue at Nelson Mandela Square. ...

The centre opened in 2000 and appeals to the mass of tourists that visits Cape Town regularly from all over the world.

Retailers at Canal Walk

• Stuttafords
• Markham
• Look & Listen
• Woolworths
• Edgars
• Truworths
• Exclusive Books
• Nu Metro Cinemas
• Checkers
• Game
• Pick 'n Pay
• Cape Union Mart
• CNA
• Toys 'r Us
• Musica
• Due South
• Urban
• YDE
• Guess
• Audiovision
• Standard Bank
• Post Office
• Foshini
• MTN Sciencentre
• Clicks
• Aroma Liquors

External links

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