ak - Beyond the Herero-Day tradition, Okahandja is always worth a visit. A big part of Okahandja’s architecture is characterized by German colonial times. A great example for German colonial architecture is the railway station, which was built in 1900. Typical is the terrace braced by pillars. Especially when the Jakarandas in front of the railway-station are blooming, it’s one of the most wonderful places in town. The "Missionskirche", which was built by the Rhenish Mission in 1876 still gives evidence of colonial times, too. On the adjacent graveyard numerous German "Schutztruppler", the two Herero-chiefs Mahahero and Nikodemus, missionaries and soldiers killed in the Herero-uprising are buried.

Opposite of the "Missionskirche" one can find the "Friedenskirche", which was inaugurated in 1952. This church had been build at the same place, where the first house of the Rhenish Mission in Hereroland was located.

Next to the "Friedenskirche", the Nama-chief Jan Jonker Afrikaner, who died in 1861, is buried. Also the graves of Herero-chief Hosea Kutako, the first man who protested with petitions to the United Nations in 1946 against the occupation of Namibia by South-Africa (he died in 1970) and Clemens Kapuuo, successor of Hosea Kutako and president of the DTA, (he was shot in 1978), are situated there. At the request of Clemens Kapuuo, he was buried next to his former enemy Jan Jonker Afrikaner as a symbol of reconciliation.

Hidden in a small and sandy side road are memorial places in remembrance of the three Herero-chiefs Maharero (he died in 1890), Samuel Maharero (he died in 1923) and Tjamuaha (he died in 1861). At these memorials the yearly procession at the Herero-Day starts.

Behind the Friedenskirche, the former house of Heinrich Vedder is located. He was a missionary in Okahandja since 1922.

West of the railway line Kahimemua Nguvauva the Mbanderu chief, executed in 1896, is buried. Every year on the second weekend of June, the ceremony of green colour starts at this place.

Okahandja, where time seems to have stopped, charms with its flair and tranquil atmosphere and is always worth a visit.

Behind the "Missionskirche" one will find the impressive graveyard with graves of German "Schutztruppler", the two Herero-chiefs Mahahero and Nikodemus, missionaries and soldiers killed in the Herero-uprising.