The Cape Town Craft Beer Scene for Nomads: Eight Taprooms Worth a Visit
Cape Town has a strong, maturing craft beer scene. The big noisy brewpub phase is over. What remains is a handful of…
Cape Town Wine Bars: A Nomad’s Shortlist
Cape Town is one of the great wine cities of the world, which is why its wine bars are weirdly underrated by…
Cape Town Running Routes for Nomads: Eight Honest Picks
Cape Town might be the best running city we have lived in. Sea views, mountain trails, and a Promenade that you share…
Getting a Haircut in Cape Town: Where Nomads Actually Go
You will need a haircut by week four. Most nomads wing it and regret the result. This is the shortlist of barbershops…
Laundry and Dry Cleaning in Cape Town: The Nomad Guide
Most nomads never think about laundry until they run out of clean shirts in week two. Cape Town has a cheap, high-quality…
Medical and Dental Care in Cape Town: A Nomad’s Honest Guide
South African private healthcare is excellent, fast, and cheap compared to the UK, US, or EU. Most nomads will never need it,…
The Cape Town Burger Scene for Nomads: Eight Picks That Actually Matter
Cape Town has a burger problem. There are too many bad ones, a few very good ones, and a handful of destinations…
The Cape Town Pizza Scene: Eight Picks Worth the Carbs
Cape Town has a surprisingly strong pizza scene. Mostly Neapolitan wood-fired, a few New York-style contenders, and one or two weird experimental…
Cape Town Sushi for Nomads: Where the Locals Actually Eat
Cape Town has surprisingly good sushi because the Atlantic and False Bay supply proper fresh fish. It also has a lot of…
The BaseCPT Nomad Hotlist 2026: 15 Picks That Define a Good Year in Cape Town
The first annual BaseCPT Nomad Hotlist. Fifteen categories, fifteen winners, and the two runners-up in each. Every pick is a place we…
Milnerton, Cape Town: The Lagoon Suburb Nomads Forget to Check
Milnerton is the suburb across the bay from the Atlantic Seaboard hype. Cheaper rent, a lagoon to cycle around, generator backup on…
Best Cafés to Work From in Green Point and Mouille Point
Green Point and Mouille Point have roughly forty cafés. Only six of them are actually good to work from. This is the…