The Alternative Space B & B

The Alternative Space is a small bed and breakfast on Anton Lubowski Street in Kramersdorf, a residential part of Swakopmund that’s a short drive from the town centre. Sibylle runs it with her husband Frenus, an architect. It started life before independence as an art gallery that showed anti-colonial and anti-apartheid artists, and the art never left. If you want a characterful base rather than a standard guesthouse, this is the one.

What to expect

There are five en-suite rooms, all opening onto shared courtyards and a garden of palms, banana and olive trees, with Namibian art and photography hung throughout (some of it shows nudity). Guests share a lounge with a fireplace, a library, a fully kitted self-catering kitchen and a braai with free firewood. Breakfast is a self-service buffet in the dining room.

The owners pitch it hard at digital nomads, with WiFi across the property and desks in three rooms on request. There’s no TV, microwave, air conditioning or pool, by choice.

Practical details

• Office: +264 64 402 713. Mobile and WhatsApp: +264 81 300 9352.
• Address: 167 Anton Lubowski Street, Kramersdorf.
• Coming in from Windhoek, turn left into Aukas Street, left again into Libertina Amathila Street and left at the T-junction. The house is on your right.
• Free lock-up parking, laundry, luggage storage and free lifts into town.

Good to know

The owners are upfront that this is not a place for anyone offended by nudity in art or by mixed-race couples, and they welcome all sexual orientations. Rooms have electric blankets and hot water bottles instead of heating, since the owners say the Swakopmund climate is mild enough to do without.

Last updated 7 October 2026. Sources: The Alternative Space, The Alternative Space, facilities, The Alternative Space, contact and directions, Info-Namibia, Wikivoyage, Swakopmund.