Addis Ababa
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37 spots
Entoto
The 3,200 metre mountain above Addis Ababa, with the church and palace of Menelik II and views over the city.
Arat Kilo
Orthodox cathedral at Arat Kilo where Emperor Haile Selassie is buried.
Piassa
Memorial and museum in Piassa for the 1896 victory at Adwa, opened in 2024.
Octagonal Orthodox cathedral in Piassa, the place of two imperial coronations.
Sidist Kilo
Museum of Ethiopian cultures in the former palace of Haile Selassie on the Addis Ababa University campus at Sidist Kilo. Open daily 8:30 to 17:30.
Meskel Square
Memorial museum at Meskel Square for the victims of the Red Terror. Open daily 8:30 to 18:30.
Merkato
The main open-air market of Addis Ababa, in Addis Ketema, often described as the largest open-air market in Africa, with wholesale and produce sections.
Amist Kilo
The national museum at Amist Kilo that keeps the Lucy fossil and works by Afewerk Tekle. Open Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 to 17:00.
Bole Atlas
A well-known cultural restaurant in tukul-style rooms, serving traditional Ethiopian food with live music and dance, popular with groups and visitors.
Melaku Belay's celebrated azmari and dance house, performing at the Hyatt Regency since its Kazanchis compound was demolished in 2024. Friday nights are the big traditional show; other evenings include jazz and azmari sets.
Bole
The original Bole cultural restaurant, with Ethiopian food, tej and a nightly live music and regional dance show in a large hall. Book ahead at weekends.
The square at Arat Kilo with the Victory Monument for the liberation of 1941.
The square in Piassa with the statue of Emperor Menelik II on horseback.
Legehar
Gilded bronze lion of 1930 in the square of the old railway station at Legehar.
The largest Orthodox cathedral in Ethiopia, in the centre of Bole.
Kazanchis
The 1961 hall where the Organisation of African Unity was founded, in Kazanchis.
Obelisk at Sidist Kilo for the victims of the massacre of 19 February 1937.
Sarbet
The 99.9 metre tower and conference centre of the African Union, near Sarbet.
The largest mosque in Addis Ababa, white and green, at the edge of Merkato.
Churchill Avenue
The 209 metre tower on Ras Desta Damtew Road, the tallest building in Ethiopia.
One of the oldest theatres in Ethiopia, on John Melly Street in Piassa.
Ring-shaped science and technology museum with a dome theatre at Arat Kilo. Open Thursday to Tuesday 9:00 to 17:00.
Contemporary art gallery in the NOAH Centrum building at Bole Atlas.
Mekanisa
Art museum and garden in Mekanisa, built of mud and straw.
The former Jubilee Palace of Haile Selassie, open to the public since June 2025.
Summit
Ethiopian cultural restaurant and coffee house with two branches in Summit. Cuisine: Ethiopian, Coffee Branches/areas: Summit, Bole, Lebu.
Cultural restaurant at Ethiopian Skylight Hotel on Airport Road with live music
Gerji
Cultural restaurant and event hall near Gerji with Ethiopian food and live music
Ethiopian family restaurant and coffee house in Goro, south-west of Summit. Cuisine: Ethiopian, Coffee.
An Addis art gallery that hosts solo exhibitions and opening receptions with live music, including Ruth Getachew's E-Motion in November 2026.
A Meskel Square cinema that hosted the 2026 European Union Film Festival, screening European features alongside Ethiopian shorts.
The city's main national theatre, also used for festival film screenings such as the closing weekend of the 2026 European Union Film Festival.
Bole / Airport Road
The group's second cultural restaurant on the airport road, offering the same traditional food and performance format as the Atlas original.
The German cultural institute in Addis, a regular venue for art exhibitions, talks and other public programmes, including the Networks of Belonging show into January 2027.
A Bole gallery hosting rotating exhibitions, including the November 2026 solo show From Tokyo to Addis: A City in Color.
A contemporary gallery with Saturday public hours, showing exhibitions such as Alexander Fisshaye's Human and Material Culture through late December 2026.
A long-running cultural centre in Piassa, hosting concerts, open-mic nights, film screenings, exhibitions and forums, including the November 2026 CreaTech programme.
