Things to do near
Potchefstroom
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and not necessarily the actual travelling
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Parys (43.5 km from Potchefstroom) Eyeballing wine, swirling, sniffing and swishing - it may look complicated or even snobbish, but the traditional wine-tasting technique is actually based on common sense. It's simply a way to pause for a moment, to stop and think, and to pay attention to the ways that the wine impacts on all your senses, from sight and scent to taste, aftertaste, and the overall impression that the wine leaves behind after you've finished.
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Bars
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Klerksdorp (53.6 km from Potchefstroom) Oelie's Pub and Grub is the friendliest and busiest pub in Klerksdorp, serving hunger-busting meaty meals at all hours. At night Oelie's comes to life. There’s a great vibe on the dance floor with DJ's playing the beats from 9pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Whether you’re a local or a traveller, you’ll feel at home – either meeting up with friends or simply having a quiet drink.
Open Monday to Saturday from 10am until late.
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Galleries and Museums
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Magaliesburg (90.4 km from Potchefstroom) Gold diggers welcome! Have you ever tried panning for gold? Not many folk have witnessed how mining was done over a hundred-and-thirty years ago. Join experienced tour leaders for the experience of a lifetime as they take you back through the corridors of time into the original workings of the oldest gold mine in Gauteng.Wearing hard hats and lamps, you will get to use the original equipment of coco pans, picks, shovels, pit props and rope winches to crush ore and even pan your own gold! Blaauwbank Historic Gold Mine even has the only permit in the country that allows you to take the gold that you have panned home!
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Village Marketplaces
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Magaliesburg (93.5 km from Potchefstroom) The Trading Post is a venue in Magaliesburg (on the R24 to Rustenburg).
It houses the Magaliesburg Green Kitchen Market every Sunday from 9am-1pm as well as other craft shops and eating places.
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Galleries and Museums
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Vereeniging (93.9 km from Potchefstroom) Friendship, good food, wine and brilliant entertainment – the Barnyard Theatre in Vereeniging is where it all comes together. The first Barnyard Theatre started as a homely, rustic farm theatre in Plettenberg Bay where friends and family could be entertained and eat, drink and talk into the small hours of the morning.
It proved to be such a winner that more Barnyard Theatres started popping up all over the country. There are currently 12 Barnyard Theatres in South Africa. While each theatre is a product of its individual setting, they all retain the quaint rustic charm of the original farm theatre’s humble beginning.
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