Langstrand is a small beach resort on the Atlantic coast in western Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

. Langstrand and its neighboring sister resort Dolfynstrand

Dolfynstrand

Dolfynstrand is a seaside resort on the South Atlantic coast of Namibia. The town is located in the Walvis Bay constituency and just south of Langstrand, another beach resort located about 20 km north of Walvis Bay on the National Road B2...

 lies between Walvis Bay

Walvis Bay

Walvis Bay , is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies...

 and Swakopmund

Swakopmund

Swakopmund is a city on the coast of northwestern Namibia, west of Windhoek, Namibia's capital. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. As a seaside resort, the weather is cooler here in December to January so the territorial administration moves to Swakopmund for these months...

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It is, for the most part, an upscale beach resort where many have beach homes to escape the interior heat in Namibia. The area came into recent fame because the Burning Shore Hotel, where Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...

 and Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...

stayed during the end of her pregnancy with Shiloh, is located in Langstrand.

External links

• Langstrand.de (private Website - German)