Luanda, Angola skyline: the 10 most iconic buildings and best views in Luanda

A must to understand the recent history of this very young country. Make sure you have somebody that can explain the story and you can understand the different conflicts.

A must visit if in Luanda with great views and nice exhibits, you feel like you’re walking through time. This is where the big Angola flag sits

Nice spot and view but only limited historical information

Interesting place to visit. It has this coministic feel to it. A bit of military gear, but most attractive is the view towards the city and slums on the other side. Be aware that you can only pay with local bank cards, otherwise cash. Absolutelly worth attention.

Old Portuguese fort with a nice view over the city displaying different types of weapons used in Angola and some civil war loot. There's also a restaurant one level down on the backside.

Absolutely not to be missed while in Luanda! Fortress of São Miquel offers incredible views of the city

Cool place to see, lots of used old military equipment on display including aircraft and debris of a helicopter, plenty of nice statues, some murals, good views at Luanda skyline. Entry was 350 Kwanza.

It’s closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday! It’s a pitty because I wanted to see, as an anthropologist, because it because it looks very nice! They were on holidays!

Located in a gorgeous building. The entrance costs are 2,000 and the collection is set up very well. Friendly staff.

Could have a lot more information and dating of items. Some impressive masks. Nothing to travel out of your way for, but if you've got an hour to spare it's worth a visit

Very interesting museum. This place is one of the former encampments where enslaved Africans were held prior to being transported to the Americas. There are many such places in Luanda. I was glad to see groups of schoolchildren there for tours.

Bit worn down and unfortunately only partly translated to English, this museum offer an ok display of different tools, instruments, weapons and other objects used by different tribes of Angola through history.

A bitter sweet moment. Happy this comprehensive homage to pre-colonial culture exists and has managed to preserve old relics. Sad, because such a vast subject deserves to be explored in greater depth. The museum feels like a scratch of the surface..

Interesting exhibition in a historic building.

It's a decent place to spend an afternoon, you can find most of the things you need here. There's a good variety of shops and a big supermarket inside which is convenient. The main problem is how incredibly crowded it gets, especially on weekends, and finding a parking spot can be a real nightmare. The food court is just okay, mostly fast food options and nothing too exciting. The cinema is a plus though. It's fine for getting errands done but it feels a bit dated now.

Great and vast commercial centre comprising Shoprite and many other shops. Various restaurant for local and exotic foods inside. Full of customers during weekends and public holidays. Good place to go for middle-level class.

Nice place.. Nice Christmas decorations around..I could tell kids are so excited 😊

Nice mall, large with brand shops and fast food court. Has coffee and gelato, groceries, toy store and cinema.

The best service shopping wise around Luanda

Nice shopping Mall with good range of shops. It has a food hall with various Takeaways and a shared dining area. There are two good restaurants at the entrance to the Mall.

Upmarket. Latest movies at the cinema. Good food, wide variety of restaurants. Clean, safe, organised and plenty of parking.

Museum of Angola money

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(Translated by Google) The building is one of the relics of colonial construction and has been maintained with extensive restorations, always preserving the original structure. This has been the building of the National Bank of Angola since November 1976, and the BNA is the country's financial regulator. It is impossible to pass by Marginal and not be amazed by this structure, especially at night, when it is all lit up. (Original) O Edifício é uma das relíquias de construção do tempo colonial e tem sido mantida com as alturas restaurações, conservando sempre a estrutura original. Este é o edifício do Banco Nacional de Angola desde Novembro de 1976, sendo o BNA é o regulador financeiro do Pais. É impossível passar pela Marginal e não ficar maravilhado com esta estrutura, em especial a noite, quanto está todo iluminado.

(Translated by Google) As far as the national bank is concerned, my appeal is accessibility in housing credit. I think it's a good opportunity to provide this credit, but when regulating the rules, banks had to try to be accessible. For example, in the documentation to acquire credit there are many institutional documents and because or if the objective is to have houses, I think that the bank should deposit them in the creditor's account because not everyone has the possibility of looking for designated areas to build, especially because the houses are very guys (Original) No que concerne ao banco nacional o meu apelo vai a assesibilidade no crédito habitacional. Eu acho uma boa oportunidade tornarem esse crédito mas ao regularem as normas os bancos tinha de procurar ser asseciveis. Por exemplo na documentação para adquirir o crédito é muitos documentos intituicionais e por ou se o objetivo é termos casas acho que o banco devia depositar os na conta do credor porque nem todos têm a possibilidade de procurar zonas dirigidas para construir até porque as casa são muito caras

(Translated by Google) The National Bank of Angola is the central bank of Angola, being solely responsible for the country's monetary policy. Its headquarters building is located on Avenida 4 de Fevereiro, in the national capital, Luanda. Founder: Revolution Council Founded: November 10, 1976 Legal nature: Public institution Creation: June 9, 1865 (155 years) Headquarters: Luanda Responsibilities: Central bank (Original) O Banco Nacional de Angola é o banco central de Angola, sendo o único responsável pela política monetária do país. Seu edifício sede localiza-se na Avenida 4 de Fevereiro, na capital nacional, Luanda. Fundador: Conselho da Revolução Fundação: 10 de novembro de 1976 Natureza jurídica: Instituto público Criação: 9 de junho de 1865 (155 anos) Sede: Luanda Atribuições: Banco central

(Translated by Google) The installation of the first banking establishment in Angola dates back to 1865 and began operating in August of the same year. It was a branch of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, authorized to establish itself in Luanda, with the notes issued by this Bank becoming the national currency. The foundations were laid for the beginning of banking activities in Angola. However, the development of this process was turbulent. The lack of control over monetary issuance led to an unsustainable financial situation in the colony and, to overcome this situation, the colonial authorities created a Currency Board that began a process of monetary reform whose first action was the creation of an independent issuing bank. , the “Bank of Angola”. The delegation of the then Bank of Angola began to operate, in fact, in Angola, in an attempt to perpetuate the colonial presence in the national territory. However, our Bank did not always function in this way. On August 14, 1926, when the Bank of Angola was created, its headquarters were located in Lisbon to “avoid local influences and to be more directly supervised by the Minister of Colonies”. Until 1957, Banco de Angola held exclusive banking operations in Angola, when Banco Comercial de Angola appeared on the market, which was strictly under Angolan law. Subsequently, Banco de Angola, which in addition to holding the exclusive right to issue banknotes also carried out banking commerce, began to count on “competition” from five more commercial banks (Banco Comercial de Angola, Banco de Crédito Comercial and Industrial, Banco Totta Standard de Angola, Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor and Banco Inter Unido) as well as four credit establishments (Instituto de Crédito de Angola, Banco de Fomento Nacional, Caixa de Crédito Agro-Pecuária e Pescas and Montepio de Angola) . Half a century after its creation, on the eve of national independence, there was a serious political and economic crisis, with a strong impact on bank activity, worsened by the massive flight of banking staff and capital, which put the entire system at risk. of imminent bankruptcy. It was in this context that, on August 14, 1975, the competent State bodies intervened in the banks, with the replacement of administrations, to prevent the collapse of the entire monetary and financial system. Given the situation experienced at the time, and given the complexity of the action, the role played by bank workers, who protected the facilities and archives and kept the doors of all banks open to the public, was relevant. Just over a year later, within the framework of the political-economic transformations that were taking place and taking into account the importance of the country's monetary and financial system, the Government confiscated the assets and liabilities of the Angola Department of the Bank of Angola and created the National Bank of Angola (BNA) - Law No. 69/76, published in the Official Gazette No. 266 – 1st Series of 10 November 1976, also approving the respective Organic Law, which assigned the functions of Central Bank, Issuing Bank, Treasury and Banking Commerce to the BNA, subordinate to the Ministry of Finance. At the same time, Law No. 70/76 confiscated the Banco Comercial de Angola and created the Banco Popular de Angola, acting mainly as a bank for capturing individual savings. From the beginning of 1978, banking activities began to be carried out exclusively by State banks. According to Law No. 4/78 of 25 February, private banking institutions could only carry out acts that fell within the “respective closure process”, which is why, gradually, private commercial banks were formally closed, which facilitated the extension of the BNA branch network throughout the national territory. Insurance activity was the responsibility of a single state company, the National Insurance Company of Angola (ENSA), also established in 1978. In 1981, all private companies (Original) A instalação do primeiro estabelecimento bancário em Angola remonta a 1865 e começou a funcionar em Agosto do mesmo ano. Tratava-se de uma sucursal do Banco Nacional Ultramarino, autorizada a instalar-se em Luanda, passando as notas emitidas por este Banco a constituir a moeda nacional. Estavam lançadas as bases para o início do exercício da actividade bancária em Angola. Contudo, o desenrolar deste processo foi conturbado. O descontrolo ao nível da emissão monetária conduziu a uma situação financeira insustentável na colónia e, para contornar esta situação, as autoridades coloniais criaram uma Junta de Moeda que deu início a um processo de reforma monetária cuja primeira acção foi a constituição de um Banco emissor independente, o “Banco de Angola”. A delegação do então Banco de Angola passou a funcionar, de facto, em Angola, numa tentativa de se perpetuar a presença colonial no território nacional. No entanto o nosso Banco nem sempre funcionou nestes moldes. A 14 de Agosto de 1926, altura em que foi criado o Banco de Angola, a sua sede estava instalada em Lisboa para “se esquivar às influências locais e para ser mais directa a fiscalização do Ministro das Colónias”. O Banco de Angola deteve, até 1957, o exclusivo comércio bancário em Angola, altura em que surgiu no mercado o Banco Comercial de Angola, que era estritamente de direito angolano. Posteriormente, o Banco de Angola, que para além de deter o direito exclusivo de emissão de notas de Banco ainda exercia o comércio bancário, passou a contar com a “concorrência“ de mais cinco bancos comerciais (Banco Comercial de Angola, Banco de Crédito Comercial e Industrial, Banco Totta Standard de Angola, Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor e Banco Inter Unido) assim como quatro estabelecimentos de crédito (Instituto de Crédito de Angola, Banco de Fomento Nacional, Caixa de Crédito Agro-Pecuária e Pescas e Montepio de Angola). Meio século após a sua criação, nas vésperas da independência nacional, verificou-se uma grave crise política e económica, com forte impacto na actividade dos bancos, agravada com a fuga massiva de quadros bancários e de capitais, que colocou todo o sistema em risco de falência iminente. Foi neste contexto que, a 14 de Agosto de 1975, ocorreu uma intervenção dos órgãos competentes do Estado nos bancos, com a substituição das administrações, para evitar o desmoronamento de todo o sistema monetário e financeiro. Face à situação então vivida, e atendendo à complexidade da acção, foi relevante o papel desempenhado pelos trabalhadores bancários, que protegeram as instalações e os arquivos e mantiveram as portas de todos os bancos abertas ao público. Pouco mais de um ano depois, no quadro das transformações politico-económicas que se vinham realizando e tendo em atenção a importância do sistema monetário e financeiro do país, o Governo confiscou o activo e o passivo do Departamento de Angola do Banco de Angola e criou o Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) - Lei N.º 69/76, publicada no Diário da República N.º 266 – 1.ª Série de 10 de Novembro de 1976, aprovando igualmente a respectiva Lei Orgânica, que atribuía ao  BNA funções de Banco Central, Banco Emissor, Caixa do Tesouro e de Comércio Bancário, subordinado ao Ministério das Finanças. Paralelamente, a Lei n.º 70/76 confiscou o Banco Comercial de Angola e criou o Banco Popular de Angola, actuando principalmente como banco de captação de poupanças individuais. A partir de princípios de 1978, a actividade bancária passou a ser exclusivamente exercida pelos bancos do Estado. De acordo com a Lei n.º 4/78 de 25 de Fevereiro, as instituições bancárias privadas apenas poderiam praticar os actos que se enquadrassem no “respectivo processo de encerramento”, pelo que, gradualmente, foram sendo formalmente encerrados os bancos comerciais privados, o que facilitou a extensão da rede de balcões do BNA por todo o território nacional. A actividade seguradora ficou a cargo de uma única empresa estatal, a Empresa Nacional de Seguros de Angola (ENSA), estabelecida igualmente em 1978. Em 1981, todas as companhias privadas

(Translated by Google) Beautiful Christmas lights! (Original) Iluminação de Natal linda!

(Translated by Google) It is a neighborhood that is better with the roads (Original) É um bairro que está a melhor com as estradas

(Translated by Google) It was a place where I learned a lot, and today I can say that I take the experience I had there with me for life. (Original) Foi um sítio onde eu aprendi muito, e que hoje eu posso dizer que levo a experiência que eu tive lá para a vida

(Translated by Google) It's been a long time since I went there on my first visit, it's still the same place... the beautiful thing is enjoying the sunset ☀ (Original) Já faz muito tempo desde que fui lá na primeira visita, continua o mesmo lugar... o bonito é apreciar o por do sol ☀

(Translated by Google) Urgent improvements are needed on access roads (Original) Precisa de melhoria urgentes nas estradas de acesso

(Translated by Google) Saint Peter of the Bar (Original) São Pedro da barra

Very important monument attached with history of the country right in the middle of the city dedicated to all the martyrs of Angola. Very different from other countries and beautifully attractive.

Always open. Great view at night

One of the most places busy and full of life

Luanda is magic

Lindoooo

(Translated by Google) A nice monument in the city center. There is no information for visitors (non-Portuguese speakers), and the eternal flame was not lit at the time of our visit. It is beautifully lit at night. You come, you look, you move on… (Original) Pekný pamätník v centre mesta. Pre návštevníkov (nehovoriacich po portugalsky) tu nie sú žiadne informácie, v čase našej návštevy nehorel ani večný oheň. V noci je pekne nasvietený. Prídete, pozriete, idete ďalej…