http://www.fredonia.edu/department/communication/schwalbe/harare.jpg

http://www.cursos.uexternado.edu.co/~africa/img_zw_harare_1.jpg

http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Greg.Biegel/Images/zim/harare.jpg

http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Greg.Biegel/Images/zim/harare1.jpg

http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Greg.Biegel/Images/zim/harare2.jpg

http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Greg.Biegel/Images/zim/harare4.jpg

http://www.suc.org/culture/history/Hist_Serb_Culture/chn/pictures/Sheraton.jpeg

http://www.cursos.uexternado.edu.co/~africa/img_zw_harare_2.jpg

http://www.e-gnu.com/images/harare_main.jpg

Some Facts about Zimbabwe :

Population : 11 Million, Harare 1.3 Million

GDP Per Head : $2,300

Economy : $27.3 Billion, second biggest economy in sub saharan Afriac after SA.

Adult Illitreture Rates

General : 90.7%

Male : 94.2%

Female : 87.2 %

This is in Sub-Saharan Africa? :eek:
Looks really good! :okay:
In world's scale it's 6/10
but in African 9/10
Overall 7.5/10

Isnt Harare too far south to be considered sub-saharan? ;)

Anyway it does impress, although by limited amounts. 4/10! :)

Looks really good for a African city
8.5/10

6/10 not bad. i've seen worse in the ROS.

7/10

interesting

full of small boxes. some buildings are cool. but some are plain boring. not very dense yet. the trees make it look nicer. a pleasant surprise. but cant compete with other skylines...not yet. watch out for this city in a few years! 4.5/10

Very good to be in africe and specally in the poor country Zimbabwe, 7/10

The reason why this skyline looks so nice is because it is the remnant of the previliged white settler society that used to dominate Zimbabwe when it was once Rhodesia. Thankfully that apartheid system is gone, but the skyline looks great. I give it a 7/10, judged on a global standard.

I always wonder what african cities look like.

THIS CITY IS REALLY AMAZING!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I don't believe my eyes.
Looks so modern and nice!

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Jaggers store in Downtown Harare

http://www1.plala.or.jp/ega/pichretown5-3.jpg

Textiles Market:

http://www1.plala.or.jp/ega/pichretown5-2.jpg

Harare Musem

http://www1.plala.or.jp/ega/pichretown4-2.jpg

The Skyline from the east with the Stanbic Bank under construction

http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~apii/countr/zimbabwe/harare2.jpg

23-Floor reserve Bank

http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~apii/countr/zimbabwe/harare.jpg

The residential area of the city:

http://www.stmarymagdalene.ac.zw/harare_above2.jpg

RBT from a distance

http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Greg.Biegel/Images/zim/4thst.jpg

8.5/10 :)

Another Place I had no Idea Existed

7.5/10

Harare reminds me of Cape Town (SA) It looks typical for the southern african region and really wonderful.. I like those Cities with only a couple of scrapers when the sity has a closed city centre ... 9/10 !!!

This one looks good. I give it a 6.5

OMG! It's a very PRETTY city!! I realy like it, the modern crapers and the green areas. I'm surprised, so I give a 10/10!!!:) :) :)

10/10

7

Has a nice well-defined core and quite a few good looking tallish buildings. Needs maybe a bit more density.

unexpected city!

8/10

Hope we will see more skyscrapers in this city in the future!

7.5
Wow, I didn't know in Africa there is such a cool place.

Really cool city, looks pretty modern, and its skyline is impressive, i didn't expected some kind of city like this in Africa, out of Southafrica's cities.

Btw: 8.5/10

It AMAZES me that this city is in Africa:


Harare

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Bdg-Hre-Cityscap01.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Bdg-Hre-AngwaCtr02.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Bdg-Hre-Karigamo01.jpg


http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Bdg-Hre-Hurudza02.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Hre-OldMutCtr01.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Hre-Const01.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Hre-Causeway05.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Bdg-Hre-Hurudza01.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Bdg-Hre-Cityscap03.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Str-HerosAcr01.jpg

http://www.hpforums.com/upload/files/Brg-Vic-FallsBge03.jpg

http://ex.matrix.msu.edu/africa/curriculum/exploreafricapics/Wisconsin%20Images/harare.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Zimbabwe/ZIM-Harare2.jpg

http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Greg.Biegel/Images/zim/harare.jpg

The City U/C in 1989

http://vodaci.mesto-chocen.cz/Files/2001/Afrika/004.jpg

http://www.geographie.uni-erlangen.de/aksa/pic/aksa-hre.jpg

Pano

http://www.mukiwa.org/images/harare_large.jpg

i was amazed!

9/10 :D

Beyond my expectation !!!...BIG TIME !!!

10/10

Very nice. good thing the people are starving due to the idiot in charge of the country, otherwise they may make it less sightly.

Love this city forget about the propaganda on CNN and BBC

http://members.fortunecity.com/madzimbabwe/Buildings/Contemporary/Angwa/Ang-04.html

too bad this and other african rich cities were all built by European settlers, with european money and european companies, all due to the past colonial history. The black population is nothing but working force and puppet governments to the interests of the big companies. With an illiteracy rate of 90%, do you really think a country would be able to built such a capital from its own? I dont doubt half the 10% literate people are in fact europeans settlers/colonialists.

Doesnt the same thing happens in South Africa (cities built by europeans for europeans, where the native black population is not much more than poor workforce).

Is this good or bad? After all, african countries with few european presence still werent able to develop at all...

Well the government has successfully scared off more than 90% of the white population so we'll quickly see how well they can run the economy / country without them. And few will come back as (amongst many other stuffups) all the dairy herds which were perfect for the climate after a century of careful breeding have all been slaughtered to pay bribes to corrupt officials. Most of the white Zimbabweans are living in UK, Australia or other african countries desparate for their knowhow. There is no reason for them to come back even if they WERE given their land back - which seems unlikely anyway.

Zimbabwe is totally screwed. What pisses me off is the South African taxpayer will probably end up paying to keep the country running so that the rest of its population doesnt go over the border to find work/food/ a life.

What a surprise!!! I have to give this city a well deserved 10/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 points..... considering that is an African city..!

:) :cheers:

I guess 7. It looks allright, but comparing it to other southern african cities, it's ok, it kinda looks like parts of Joburg or Cape Town...but not bad!

very nice :)

7.5/10

It´s amazing for an African city. 9/10

8.5/10

7.5/10 very good, considering that the city is in a really poor area of the world

There are one or two nice buildings there, but it has a long way to go before it has what you'd call a proper skyline. It's a nice looking city from a distance, but there's nothing really tall, no landmarks, nothing really distinctive.

6/10

looks like a medium sized american city. nice for africa. 8.5

Zimbabwe has the highest literacy rate in africa at 85%. I see you are from Brazil literacy rate 80% you must be one of those in the 10% :) :) take you head out of your arse, joker

too bad this and other african rich cities were all built by European settlers, with european money and european companies, all due to the past colonial history. The black population is nothing but working force and puppet governments to the interests of the big companies. With an illiteracy rate of 90%, do you really think a country would be able to built such a capital from its own? I dont doubt half the 10% literate people are in fact europeans settlers/colonialists.

Doesnt the same thing happens in South Africa (cities built by europeans for europeans, where the native black population is not much more than poor workforce).

Is this good or bad? After all, african countries with few european presence still werent able to develop at all...

Maybe you are one of those in the 20%, you tell mr literate :weirdo:

too bad this and other african rich cities were all built by European settlers, with european money and european companies, all due to the past colonial history. The black population is nothing but working force and puppet governments to the interests of the big companies. With an illiteracy rate of 90%, do you really think a country would be able to built such a capital from its own? I dont doubt half the 10% literate people are in fact europeans settlers/colonialists.

Doesnt the same thing happens in South Africa (cities built by europeans for europeans, where the native black population is not much more than poor workforce).

Is this good or bad? After all, african countries with few european presence still werent able to develop at all...

Coming from a typical rhodie its not even worth a response, but anyway all I can say to you is blah! blah! blah! utter crap :) :)

Well the government has successfully scared off more than 90% of the white population so we'll quickly see how well they can run the economy / country without them. And few will come back as (amongst many other stuffups) all the dairy herds which were perfect for the climate after a century of careful breeding have all been slaughtered to pay bribes to corrupt officials. Most of the white Zimbabweans are living in UK, Australia or other african countries desparate for their knowhow. There is no reason for them to come back even if they WERE given their land back - which seems unlikely anyway.

Zimbabwe is totally screwed. What pisses me off is the South African taxpayer will probably end up paying to keep the country running so that the rest of its population doesnt go over the border to find work/food/ a life.

Coming from a typical rhodie its not even worth a response, but anyway all I can say to you is blah! blah! blah! utter crap :) :)

You know you are right! Getting rid of the only people in the population with a clue how to generate jobs and employment was truly a great idea. I am sure Zimbabwe will soon reach its glorious potential.

There is nothing "typically rhodie" in my post, moron. It takes a real nutball paranoid racist regime to destroy the economy and bring the nation to ruin and starvation merely to get revenge on the evil whities. And you know - all those evil whities are living comfortably in Australia, Britain, Canada etc while the rest of Zim starves. Definitely a case of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.

If the government had any brains they would have taxed the hell out of the white farmers and used the money sensibly to uplift the population. But i guess a bottomfeeder like NINJA wouldnt understand that.

Plenty of White former-Zimbabweans live in ZA now.

Zimbabwe's white population peaked at 250,000 in the late 70's. Most of the exodus of people (white and black) occurred mid-80s when Mugabe started killing dissidents in the Midlands and Matabeleland areas of the country. This should have provided the world with some insight as to what Mugabe really was. But everyone ignored what he was doing back then.

what a city is just amazing.It has nice skyscrapers and i really like the photo
whre are the purple trees,what a trees.In spite of be an african city is very modern :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :runaway: :runaway:

I give it an 8/10 because of how much better it is relative to the rest of the continent. So much potential in Zimbabwe, but the economy has retracted from $28 billion in 2000 to presently $23 billion.

Zimbabwe has the highest literacy rate in africa at 85%. I see you are from Brazil literacy rate 80% you must be one of those in the 10% :) :) take you head out of your arse, joker

100 - 80 = 20%

u need to learn math...



Brazil literacy rate is above 90%

Harare up close

http://www.azuma-home.jp/Harare.jpg
rbz

http://www.ultimateafrica.com/Zimbabwe_2002/0087_Harare_Airport.JPG
airport

NINJA, are you a black or white Zimbabwan?

I am a black zimbabwean, what has my colour got to do with anything?

http://tanguydlv.free.fr/imd/D48-17.jpg

well since Serbian companies built some of those buildings I will give 9/10

too bad this and other african rich cities were all built by European settlers, with european money and european companies, all due to the past colonial history. The black population is nothing but working force and puppet governments to the interests of the big companies. With an illiteracy rate of 90%, do you really think a country would be able to built such a capital from its own? I dont doubt half the 10% literate people are in fact europeans settlers/colonialists.

Doesnt the same thing happens in South Africa (cities built by europeans for europeans, where the native black population is not much more than poor workforce).

Is this good or bad? After all, african countries with few european presence still werent able to develop at all...

No, South Africa is a bit of a different story. Black South Africans are fairly entrepreneural but were largely prevented from setting up businesses - they were generally legally forced to be "unskilled labour" throughout the apartheid era regardless of ability.

Since the liberation from apartheid, the (now entirely black-controlled) government has run the country well and significantly developed large areas of the city. Originally totally white suburbs have millions of black middle class occupants who are often professionals and own their own companies. Affirmiative action has resulted in some inefficiencies but overall has helped level the playing field. The black sector of the economy is growing very strongly with a number of stock exchange listed / multinational companies now largely black owned or run. All in 10 years.

Zimbabwe has been "free" of white control for 25 years but they have done nothing. In spite of legislated opportunity, there is little to no black owned business. Zim is still virtually entirely agricultural and relies almost entirely on white farms for exports and effficient production. The government is corrupt, tribalist and has presided over a significant decline in Zims economy and prospects. Millions of black Zimbabweans have left for SA to have a chance at a decent life. Generally black South Africans have an extremely low opinion of black Zimbabweans.

8.5/10

This is very good considering their economy crashed!

I'm not doing this to be "mean' but according to the World Bank, their inflation rate was 400% in 2003.

I hope the country will come out of the crisis soon!

I am a black zimbabwean, what has my colour got to do with anything?

http://tanguydlv.free.fr/imd/D48-17.jpg


because I thought you were a white trying to deny the way they opressed the blacks...

8.5/10

This is very good considering their economy crashed!

I'm not doing this to be "mean' but according to the World Bank, their inflation rate was 400% in 2003.

I hope the country will come out of the crisis soon!

True the country is going through some tough times at the moment, but the good news is that inflation has been brought down to 250% and is forcast to be down to 150% in December the IMF has forecast the economy to grow by 5% in 2005. I am sure the country will come out of this crisis soon

The mistake most people make with Zimbabwe is to be impressed by Harare and think that is Zimbabwe.

It thinly disguises the fact that it is run by a evil Stalinist dictator who has a bloodlust for power. The rest of the country and most of Harare is on it's knees. One or two pretty IMF built skycrapers do not make a country.

Last time I walked on the streets of Harare I was harassed by street kids, beggers and thiefs, it is not as good as it looks. I would sooner live in a shit hole like Beira in Mozambque with no tall building, but at least it is safe and there are no communists running things.

The mistake most people make with Zimbabwe is to be impressed by Harare and think that is Zimbabwe.

It thinly disguises the fact that it is run by a evil Stalinist dictator who has a bloodlust for power. The rest of the country and most of Harare is on it's knees. One or two pretty IMF built skycrapers do not make a country.

Last time I walked on the streets of Harare I was harassed by street kids, beggers and thiefs, it is not as good as it looks. I would sooner live in a shit hole like Beira in Mozambque with no tall building, but at least it is safe and there are no communists running things.

Where are you from? Could you please tell me which skyscrapers in zim were built by the IMF :cheers: this should be very interesting

Mutare, now United Kingdom and I look forward to the day that I can go back to Zimbabwe and piss on Mugabe's grave and all his fat communist friends.

I will think you will find alot of the pretty skycrapers you are so proud of were built when the economy was being proped up by the IMF.

Tell me Ninja, what is the value of a Zim dollar these days - not the official rate, I mean the real rate? Last I heard you had to be a millionare to buy a bar of soap - not that would bother Mugabe he never washes anyway.

No, South Africa is a bit of a different story. Black South Africans are fairly entrepreneural but were largely prevented from setting up businesses - they were generally legally forced to be "unskilled labour" throughout the apartheid era regardless of ability.

Since the liberation from apartheid, the (now entirely black-controlled) government has run the country well and significantly developed large areas of the city. Originally totally white suburbs have millions of black middle class occupants who are often professionals and own their own companies. Affirmiative action has resulted in some inefficiencies but overall has helped level the playing field. The black sector of the economy is growing very strongly with a number of stock exchange listed / multinational companies now largely black owned or run. All in 10 years.

Zimbabwe has been "free" of white control for 25 years but they have done nothing. In spite of legislated opportunity, there is little to no black owned business. Zim is still virtually entirely agricultural and relies almost entirely on white farms for exports and effficient production. The government is corrupt, tribalist and has presided over a significant decline in Zims economy and prospects. Millions of black Zimbabweans have left for SA to have a chance at a decent life. Generally black South Africans have an extremely low opinion of black Zimbabweans.

The sad thing about being a racist is that you fail to look at situations objectively. South africa has a lot to learn from the situation in zimbabwe especially Your kind, racist narrow minded south africans. If you think the majority of your black south africans are happy you are as daft as they come. Having lived in South africa and studied with black south africans, I can tell you that nothing really has changed for the majority.

By the way I see you are one of those that feeds on propaganda and myth, you actually believe that millions of zimbabweans have left for SA, your own immigration officials refuted these figures as pure myth 2 weeks ago in parliament. Most zimbabweans I know leave for SA because they know they are well qualified and can obtain well paying jobs due to the shortage of skilled labour in SA. The funny thing though is that if you look at the current crop of corporate south africans you will find that a large percentage of them were educated in Zimbabwe, where did Moeletsi Mbeki the young brother of the president come from.

Zimbabwe's economy is not reliant purely on agriculture and has and is a very diverse economy, mining plays a large part in the economy. Zimbabwe has Diamonds, Gold,
Nickel, Platinum large deposits of coal. In actual fact zimbabwe has the largest near surface deposits of platinum in the world and the second largest deposits in the world, with the current surge in platinum prices on the world market you have a situation where foreign companies are scrambling to invest in the mining sector in zimbabwe. The same is true with natural gas with large deposits being discovered recently, natural gas deposits discovered in southern zimbabwe are able to meet the whole of southern africa's energy needs for hundreds of years.

There are no or few black entreprenuers in zimbabwe :) You are so ignorant it is sad, the economy in zimbabwe is now basically driven by black people which is and should be the norm as they are in the majority, there is no sector of the economy where you will not find black presents. The telecommunications sector is run by black owned companies such as Econet which is zimbabwean but has presents in Kenya, Nigeria and New zealand. Zimbabwe sun hotels the largest hotel chain in zimbabwe is black owned and has presents in South Africa, Mozambique and Uganda.
The Cotton company the largest cotton company in Southern Africa with presents in Mozambique and Uganda is black owned and run, dairiboard in agro processing with presents in Malawi bloody hell the list is endless of successful large black owned and run businesses in zimbabwe, take your racist hat off

There are very few countries in africa where the political parties are not split along tribal lines. For you to state that the government is tribal shows that you have very little knowledge of the political landscape in zimbabwe. Zanu pf the ruling party is made up of all the tribes including white zimbabweans. The same is true of The MDC the main opposition party, you will find zezurus, karangas, ndebeles, manyikas, kalangas and white zimbabweans in both parties. The current problems in zimbabwe are not tribal at all, you need to open up your horizons. Zimbabwe is a young nation (24 years of Independence) trying to correct hundreds of years of aparthied, it takes time good luck to you in SA, hopefully people who think like you are in the minority

Why is it everytime any disgrees with you or that "Monkey fiddler" Mugabe and his Communist cronies you have to resort to describing them as racist or counter revolutionary.

You boys are finished, the paradise you describe doesn't exist - the economy is on it's knees, people are really scared and they want change.

I can't wait to see the day the Mugabe's fat head is used as a football along Robert Mugabe Road

Why is it everytime any disgrees with you or that "Monkey fiddler" Mugabe and his Communist cronies you have to resort to describing them as racist or counter revolutionary.

You boys are finished, the paradise you describe doesn't exist - the economy is on it's knees, people are really scared and they want change.

I can't wait to see the day the Mugabe's fat head is used as a football along Robert Mugabe Road

Good for you, good luck :cheers:

NINJA - everyone knows Zimbabwe is screwed. Your posts only show you as a mouthpiece for a stupid, repressive and racist regime. Zim has never been important on the world stage and due to people who think like you, it is now nearly completely irrelevant. Have a nice life in the dust.

NINJA - everyone knows Zimbabwe is screwed. Your posts only show you as a mouthpiece for a stupid, repressive and racist regime. Zim has never been important on the world stage and due to people who think like you, it is now nearly completely irrelevant. Have a nice life in the dust.

By the way which part of South Africa are you from? :runaway:

Harare is pretty good for being in Africa. Although, Cape Town has the best African skyline...mostly because of the setting not the buildings. I may be biased though because I lived in CT for a few years.

Great for Africa 8/10!!!

http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Greg.Biegel/photos/harare/harare2.jpg

I'll try again :doh: Despite its well publicised current problems Zimbabwe was, a few years ago, one of the richest nations in Africa which is kinda reflected in the skyline of the capital, Harare, don't you think?

http://www.utc.co.zw/zimgallery/harare.jpg

http://www.efriends.pnet.pl/postcards/harare_ps.jpg

surprizing 8.5/10

hmm...impressive...somethin i wont expect for a small african nation...and i wanna add...its even better then a lotta metropolitans througout the world...i gave it a 9.5/10

wow, that's amazing. I saw the title and thought Zimbabwe...wow...probably a little town. It's impressive.

5/10

Not good not bad

Excellent for Zimbabwe, and pretty nice overall.

9/10

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: holy crap a beautiful captial like that in a small corrupt African Nation 9/10

The tallest is nice.

6/10

I think we have one Harare poll already:
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58578

Nice skyline BTW.

I think we have one Harare poll already:

Indeed we do. :)

I've merged the old thread with the one Jonesy created.

10/10, excellent.

it's ok 7/10

Nice one. 8

Very nice for its size and with some good looking buildings. I give it a 6/10.

Harare is quite impressive. 8/10

Looks cleaner and more lively than most Chinese cities.

8/10

this country is collapsing though, thanks to mugabe

Feel free to visit

http://world.net-tech.co.uk/v4/index.asp?siteid=MTW

very surprizing 9/10

Impressive, 8/10. :)

Looks like Texan cities, 7/10.

7/10- nice density n skyline. it can be bigger and taller though.

7/10

8/10

the Harare Museum is a very nifty building

5.5/10

6,5/10

Pano 2004
>>>>>>>>>>>
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6218/hararepanoneededtoresizeforafricancitiesxc4.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/6/11158005_01d8c165f9_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/33/97987490_249f881ef5_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/67/179852827_0a1d39b83d_b.jpg

2006
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2380/harare2006hx7neededtoresizeforafricancitiestd9.jpg

7/10.
The tallest building is very nice!

I give it a 10. Incredible.

http://static.flickr.com/33/97987490_249f881ef5_o.jpg

... :wtf:

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5110/20314054202aaa1e296oig7.jpg

nice looking city in Southern Africa. 8.5/10.

3/10

7/10

8/10 :)

10/10 very sunny

not da best skyline in africa but one of dem...johannesburg n durban beats it n mayb a few othas aswell. 7.5/10

Beautiful city to my surprise!

6.0/10.0

http://static.flickr.com/33/97987490_249f881ef5_o.jpg

... :wtf:

my thoughts exactly..nice skyline actually..but what is going on in that pic???? Anyone???

Might be that fuel has just come in... it might not always be available so once it is there big lines... the same situation I had a couple of times when I was in Luanda... no shortage but on payday there were huge lines for petrol, since everyone had money again...

7.5/10 funny african city

Wow, never knew that a skyline of this density existed in Zimbabwe, not the best 7, but nevertheless a decent skyline.

And i thought our other cities had pretty bad traffic jams...

Harare's great. Just hope that things turn out for the best with the country's economy though. If the mess continues for too long, the city may begin to see a decline in infrastructure and investment. I come from Kenya where we had a similar situation. Bad governance led to our capital becoming run down. At least now things here in kenya are improving economically and this is reflected in nairobis skyline. Hopefully, Harare and indeed Zimbabwe will improve once "Bob" is out. Zimbabwe in the last decades was our example of how Africas countries should be run. It should reclaim that mantle. Theres still hope!!!

very modern African city
8,5/10

9.5/10 the city has a great Skyline but needs taller buildings

yeah its alrite 6/10

Wow! That's amaging! 7/10! :)

7.5/10

7/10

4/10

7/10

great skyline with some nice buildings 8/10.

Harare has always been a beautiful city. Pity Mugabe is currently screwing up as much as he can...but hopefully not for too much longer.

Been to Harare twice and really love the landscape and weather.

Hope for the best to the future of Zimbabwe "Switzerland of Africa"

The reason why this skyline looks so nice is because it is the remnant of the previliged white settler society that used to dominate Zimbabwe when it was once Rhodesia. Thankfully that apartheid system is gone, but the skyline looks great. I give it a 7/10, judged on a global standard.

Not really, sure the whites have contributed a lot to the skyline, but most of the newer buildings were built by the Mugabe regime which includes the Central Bank.

Remember the whites got ousted, and mistreated in the late 1970's, and many of those buildings clearly aren't that old.

Anyways, I rate this city a 7.5 even though the buildings should be a little taller for a city around the population of Chicago.
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lovely !

It actually looks like a nice city, aside from politics of course 8/10

nice city, but i really cannot imagine how ppl there can live normally w/o turmoil with all that crazy 150,000% inflation.
5/10

wow hyperinflation must be terrible.

hey i forgot how nice this city really looks. can be mistaken for an American city from afar.

especially in this pic:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6218/hararepanoneededtoresizeforafricancitiesxc4.jpg

7/10 ;)

I had no idea!

It's a pretty city :) with nice natural setting.Reminds me of Adelaide.

8/10

Wish the best for Zimbabwe.It's not going through good times nowadays.

7/10

7/10

Great city. But why ppl are so surprised, most of the capital cities in africa look just like this one, 8.5/10

Very nice - 9/10 :)

7/10

/ Lille, France : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=23152282#post23152282

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5448/768vp6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

8/10

I'm still having a hard time accepting this belongs to the world's worst economy.

9.5

Zimbabwe's good future is really hyperinflating!!!

3.5/10

and this is the capital of a country plunged into hyperinflation? please tell me that crisis isn't real... this skyline is even better than that of Johannesburg and Cairo...

Harare just lacks some more modern-looking buildings... but seriously, this does not look like a city in a terrible crisis...

i'll rate it 8.5/10...

10/10

from flickr
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2943194124_b4b4eb27b1_b.jpg

how come they have bad economy?? 8/10

The city looks better the further you get away from it.

Great for Africa:) 8/10

7.5/10

Hope this city get new hirises to make itself better than this 7.5/10

very nice, but its not harare you are looking at, its sailsbury rhodesia run down from how it used to be- most of the buildings there are pre zim and its no suprise with a government like mugabes who are running the show.
and there was no aparthied in rhodesia- that was south africa, the ian smith govt had it sorted and were fighting mugabe an his terrorists but lost due to international sanctions, by the uk, usa and others who were at the time too busy trying to show the world how politically correct they were- "sure lets give africa back to the blacks, who cares who they are as long as the skin colour is black its ok- never mind the average black guys whos getting on with his life working etc, lets give it to terrorists instead!" now look as zimbabwes economy, human rights records...etc.

AND russia and china were supplying the terrorists with weapons to fight rhodesia, now china and russia are currently pilaging all the minerals for next to nothing.

great job mugabe, youve come a long way since you applied your ethnic clensing.

7/10 good luck to everyone over there.

6.5/10
Harare is quite a nice city.

very nice, but its not harare you are looking at, its sailsbury rhodesia run down from how it used to be- most of the buildings there are pre zim and its no suprise with a government like mugabes who are running the show.
and there was no aparthied in rhodesia- that was south africa, the ian smith govt had it sorted and were fighting mugabe an his terrorists but lost due to international sanctions, by the uk, usa and others who were at the time too busy trying to show the world how politically correct they were- "sure lets give africa back to the blacks, who cares who they are as long as the skin colour is black its ok- never mind the average black guys whos getting on with his life working etc, lets give it to terrorists instead!" now look as zimbabwes economy, human rights records...etc.

AND russia and china were supplying the terrorists with weapons to fight rhodesia, now china and russia are currently pilaging all the minerals for next to nothing.

great job mugabe, youve come a long way since you applied your ethnic clensing.

+1 Exactly

7.5/10

i can't believe this's zimbabwe.....i thought it would be much worse.....due to that terrific inflation and shitty Govt.!!


really nice city by looking at the pic.....quiet and modern at the same time...whoo

really impressed me by far...

8. Good. Regards.

8,5/10

http://s56.radikal.ru/i151/0910/cf/46fbd25be83d.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

http://s55.radikal.ru/i147/0910/e7/6deb9a9dd977.jpg
http://s08.radikal.ru/i181/0910/09/a4a18f8f64f1.jpg

7/10 this city looks really nice!

6/10

7.5/10
nice city for an African country.

One of the better SSA cities. 7

It must be hard to believe that a city like Harare is capital of the poorest country in the world. From the distance it may look like somewhere in USA or Australia. However, this fact only shows how prosperous Zimbabwe was in the past before been screwed up by Mugabe. After one decade of continuous economic decline the city still looks in good shape. 7/10.

wow 7/10

looking good wish to vist one day

6/10

4.5/10

4/10

8.5/10

5.5

7/10, quite surprise with the skyline

7/10

http://s55.radikal.ru/i147/0910/e7/6deb9a9dd977.jpg
http://s08.radikal.ru/i181/0910/09/a4a18f8f64f1.jpg

8/10

5 out 10 :)

5/10

7/10

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/11757480.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/2234891.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/30388173.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/30388169.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/30388155.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/48550812.jpg

Looks Like an American City

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/HREFB5.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/hrefb6.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/f6bd51f2.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/harareblog.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/HRejac.jpg

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http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/HREFB.jpg

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/s_t3/HREFB3.jpg


Looks Like an American City