Bordering the city centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s landmark equivalent of Cape Town’s Table Mountain – Braamfontein is fast becoming the hipster capital. If you’re looking for Joburg’s uber cool party central you’ll find it in ‘Braam’. Filled with students, fixie bike hipsters cyclists, bearded baristas, street fashion rebels and young creative types, Braamfontein has it all – great museums and theatres, exciting nightlife, restaurants, trendy coffee shops, contemporary art galleries and quirky design and fashion stores.