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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Freetown

6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Updated August 24, 2023

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Chimpanzees at the sanctuary.

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Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.
Sierra Leone's National Railway Museum

Freetown, Sierra Leone

National Railway Museum

After Sierra Leone's railways shut down in 1974, a collection of engines and other artifacts spent decades hidden away in this old workshop—now a museum.

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Cotton Tree

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.
Old Fourah Bay College

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Old Fourah Bay College

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Old Wharf Steps

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.
Saint John Maroon Church

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Saint John Maroon Church

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.
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Bunce Island

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.
15 miles from Freetown
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