Brooklyn

Pretoria, South Africa

Characterized by beautiful luxury residences and upmarket shopping spots like Brooklyn Mall.

Places in Brooklyn

Crawdaddy's A hidden gem serving the best of South African cuisine.
Hazel Food Market A vibrant and lively food market featuring local produce, food trucks, and street foods.

Best time to visit: October (jacaranda season) when the city's 50,000 jacaranda trees bloom purple; April to September offers milder, drier general touring weather.
Getting around: Brooklyn, Menlyn, and Hatfield are Pretoria's three key neighbourhoods, each a short drive apart, with the Union Buildings and Voortrekker Monument as central landmarks.
Currency: South African Rand (R)
Language: English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and isiXhosa are all widely spoken.
Timezone: SAST (UTC+2)
Current trends: Pretoria's dining and nightlife scene continues to be shaped by its university-town energy, with Hatfield Square's mixed young-and-old crowd anchoring the city's nightlife, while the Hazel Food Market's food trucks and street foods alongside Brooklyn and Menlyn's upmarket shopping malls give the capital a broad range from casual to polished.

Menlyn — Similar in style to Brooklyn, home to Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, South Africa's second-largest mall with a rooftop drive-in movie theatre.
Hatfield — Home to trendy and hip university students, full of buzzing pubs, independent eateries, and small one-off boutiques.