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Trade fair? What? If you're asking yourselves the same question, you're not the only ones. We reacted exactly the same way when we were first told about it. Although Trade Fair is well known throughout Namibia, our guesthouse has therefore been fully booked for a long time! Here's the explanation:

Trade Fair can be thought of as a fair that lasts a whole week (Monday-Sunday). It takes place in Okakarara at the Trade-Fair-Center, this year from 5-11 September. Namibia also has several other such Trade Fairs; they take place at different times and sometimes have a different name. Many ministries and companies come to this fair to present themselves and advertise, but also many private individuals who want to trade their own goods. They either have a place in the hall or in the outdoor area, which is also quite large. There is also a kind of small farmers’ market where cows, goats and sheep are sold and 2 camels can be admired. Outside there are also quite a few stalls selling toys, a bouncy castle,.

Comparable to a trade fair in Germany, of course, it is not the same size, but here on site it is a huge event. People have even travelled from Kenya to sell their jewellery and bags here.

So that the children of steps wouldn’t miss this spectacle either, we went on an outing there on Thursday. On foot, it is about half an hour to the Trade fair-Center. With 70-80 children, all smartly dressed in the steps outfit, it naturally took a little while until we got there, but they were really well-behaved and caused very little fuss.

Once there, we looked at a large part of the hall, including stuffed animals such as lions, cheetahs and jackals, we were shown a new idea of electricity and the children admired the camels. After that, everyone was allowed onto the bouncy castle one after another.

After almost everything had been discovered and tried out, there was lunch in the form of a picnic on the grandstand. That brought our outing to an end, because 4 hours had already passed.

After the weekend, Okakarara slowly calms down again too. People go home again, the stalls are taken down and normality slowly returns.

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Trade fair? What? If you're asking yourselves the same question, you're not the only ones. We reacted exactly the same way when we were first told about it. Although Trade Fair is well known throughout Namibia, our guesthouse has therefore been fully booked for a long time! Here's the explanation:

Trade Fair can be thought of as a fair that lasts a whole week (Monday-Sunday). It takes place in Okakarara at the Trade Fair Center, this year from the 5th-11th September. There are also a few other such Trade Fairs in Namibia; they take place at different times and sometimes have a different name. Many government departments and companies come to present themselves and advertise, but many individuals also want to bring their own goods to the fair to trade. They either have a stall in the hall or a space in the outdoor area, which is also quite large. There is also a small farmers’ market where cows, goats, sheep and 2 camels can be admired and sold. Outside, there are still quite a lot of stalls selling toys, bouncy castles,

Comparable to a trade show in Germany, it is naturally of size not, but here on the spot, it is a huge event. Even from Kenya are people traveled to her jewelery and bags for sale.

So that the kids of steps not miss this spectacle, we made a trip there on Thursday. On foot it is up to the trade fair center about half an hour. With 70-80 children every chic in steps outfit, it naturally took a while until we were there, but they were really nice and made little theater.

Once there, we looked at us a great part of Halle, including stuffed animals such as lions, cheetahs and jackals us a new idea of ​​electricity was declared and the children have marveled at the camels. Then all were allowed to sequentially on bouncy castle.

After almost everything was discovered and tried, there was lunch in a picnic in the stands. This then presented already the end of our trip is because you need 4 hours had passed.

After the weekend Okakarara slowly calmed down again. People go home, the stands are degraded and it slowly reenters normality.

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