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Bujumbura

Bujumbura is the former capital and largest city of Burundi. It is on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, the second deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal. Wikivoyage

Population 658,859 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Burundi

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Burundi

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Ancien Marche centrale de Bujumbura

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 09:00–18:00
    2. Tuesday: 09:00–18:00
    3. Wednesday: 09:00–18:00
    4. Thursday: 09:00–18:00
    5. Friday: 09:00–18:00
    6. Saturday: 09:00–18:00
    7. Sunday: 09:00–18:00

    09:00–18:00

    580 m from the centre

  • Marché de Kinindo

    1. Monday: 08:00–17:30
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–17:30
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–17:30
    4. Thursday: 08:00–17:30
    5. Friday: 08:00–17:30
    6. Saturday: 10:00–17:30
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    08:00–17:30
    Tuesday
    08:00–17:30
    Wednesday
    08:00–17:30
    Thursday
    08:00–17:30
    Friday
    08:00–17:30
    Saturday
    10:00–17:30
    3.0 km from the centre

  • Chez Natalie

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Marché de Buyenzi

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Burundi Garden (Jewlery)

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Marché Jabe

    No hours mapped

    1.7 km from the centre

  • Maché Sion

    No hours mapped

    2.4 km from the centre

  • Marché COTEBU

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 11 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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