Karen Blixen Museum

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Museum Hill, Nairobi, Kenya254-20-3742131
Description: The real life home of Karen Blixen is a national treasure located in the Nairobi suburb of Karen. The house that she lived in back in the early 20th century had fallen into significant disrepair but was renovated by the...Read More
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"Out of Africa" Homestead Open for Tours
"Out of Africa" Homestead Open for Tours

by MilwVon

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

September 23, 2011

Best of IgoUgo The real life home of Karen Blixen is a national treasure located in the Nairobi suburb of Karen. The house that she lived in back in the early 20th century had fallen into significant disrepair but was renovated by the movie production company for ...Read more
"Out of Africa" – The Karen Blixen House
"Out of Africa" – The Karen Blixen House

by actonsteve

London, United Kingdom

November 3, 2008

Best of IgoUgo I got to see Karen Blixen’s tin opener ...Some people get to see the Elgin marbles, some people get to see the Rosetta stone and I get to see kitchen implements from the 1950’s.I’m being facetious. The Karen Blixen house is very interesting. One of ...Read more
Karen Blixen House
Karen Blixen House

by vc81

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

November 1, 2005

The Karen Blixen House Museum is located in the wealthy, leafy suburb of Karen, only 15 minutes from central Nairobi, yet the quiet, tree-lined, spacious streets seem a million miles from the hustle and bustle of the capital. Baroness von ...Read more
Karen Blixen Museum
Karen Blixen Museum

by mooncross

Northern, Netherlands

June 7, 2002

The manor surprised me by being larger than I had expected. And it is cool inside, despite the hot sun that burns twelve hours a day on its roof. We took a short walk through the gardens; the sheer size of the various cacti and agaves awed us. The ...Read more