Vrededorp, Gauteng
Vrededorp is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Vrededorp is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Vrededorp is situated on the North-Western side of Johannesburg and is 1,764 m (5,788 ft) above sea level.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Vrededorp, Gauteng
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, commonly known as Wits University or Wits, is a leading multi-campus public research university situated in the economic hub of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is known for its academic and research excellence, commitment to social justice, and the advancement of the public good.
1.4 km · public research university in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 02University of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg, colloquially known as UJ, is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg was established on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.
2.2 km · public university in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 03Carlton Centre
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019.
3.2 km · skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 04Nelson Mandela Bridge
Nelson Mandela Bridge is a bridge in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the fourth of five bridges which cross the railway lines and sidings located just west of Johannesburg Park Station, the first being the Johan Rissik Bridge adjacent to the station.
1.7 km · bridge in Johannesburg, South Africa · Wikipedia - 05Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
The Constitution Hill precinct is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. It is located in Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg, near the western end of the suburb of Hillbrow.
2.6 km · building in South Africa · Wikipedia - 06Industrial and Mining Water Research Unit
The Industrial and Mining Water Research Unit was one of several research entities based in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, before merging into the Wits:H2O group. While the name and branding have fallen away, the type of research undertaken continues.
1.3 km · Research entity at the University of Witwatersrand · Wikipedia - 07Johannesburg Art Gallery
The Johannesburg Art Gallery is an art gallery in Joubert Park in the city centre of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was once the largest gallery on the continent with a collection of more than 9000 artworks.
3 km · art museum in Joubert Park, Johannesburg · Wikipedia - 08Johannesburg Zoo
The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.
3.7 km · zoo · Wikipedia - 09Standard Bank Centre
The Standard Bank Centre is a skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located at the corner of 27 Simmonds Street and 78 Fox Street in the Central Business District of the city.
2.6 km · building in Johannesburg · Wikipedia - 10Statue of Mahatma Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi Square, Johannesburg, which depicts the Indian independence campaigner and nonviolent pacifist as a young man.
3 km · statue in Johannesburg · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Vrededorp, Gauteng
- Airports
- O.R. Tambo (JNB), 24 km · Lanseria (HLA), 30 km · Sir Seretse Khama (GBE), 279 km
- Stations
- Johannesburg Park Station, 2.5 km
- Polokwane → Vrededorp, Gauteng294 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · R285–380
- Mbombela → Vrededorp, Gauteng306 km · quickest by road, 4h 56m · R310–410
- Bloemfontein → Vrededorp, Gauteng371 km · quickest by road, 5h 25m · R355–475
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Vrededorp, Gauteng
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vrededorp, Gauteng. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in}} The airport is mainly for smaller charter, cargo and classic airline flights; it is in fact busier than Johannesburg International and sees more air traffic.
- Get aroundGenerally, it is a bad idea to make use of minibus taxis unless accompanied by locals.
- Get aroundTraffic can be aggressive, and minibus taxis in particular often defy the rules of the road.
- Get aroundPublic transport in Johannesburg is provided by city buses and informal minibus services.
- Get aroundForeigners are advised to use only normal sedan taxis (metered or fixed-price taxes that transport only you and your travel partners), as minibus taxis have a reputation for being rather unsafe.
From Wikivoyage: Johannesburg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
- 011,280 km
- 021,508 km
- 031,530 km
- 041,811 km
- 052,521 km
If you know how people move in Vrededorp, Gauteng – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Vrededorp, Gauteng
Vrededorp, Gauteng is 3 km from Johannesburg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Johannesburglargest city in South Africa2.7 km
- City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipalitymetropolitan municipality in Gauteng, South Africa2.7 km
- Hillbrowneighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa3.2 km
- Parktownsuburb of Johannesburg, South Africa3 km
- Bereasuburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South African3.7 km
- Braamfonteincentral suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa2.1 km