THE REAL CAPE TOWN
Every place.
Properly credited.
Our location photographs are real photographs sourced from identified photographers through Wikimedia Commons. Each card names the place actually shown. These are archive views, not 2026 condition reports or live property listings. No AI-generated location imagery is used.
Cape Town · view from Signal Hill
Cape Town at sunrise, from Signal Hill
Photographer: Greg Zaal (panorama) and Rico Cilliers (backplates), via Poly Haven
Photograph date: Archive photograph; Commons source record lists 2018, with camera metadata dated 4 June 2016.
Original file and location record ↗
CC0 1.0 licence ↗
Website image copy ↓
Resized and converted to WebP for the website. Responsive CSS may crop the view; page text and dark overlays are display layers. No generative alterations. Website copies retain the applicable source licence. No photographer endorsement is implied.
Camps Bay · Atlantic Seaboard
Camps Bay beach, Cape Town
Photographer: HelenOnline
Photograph date: 23 April 2014
Original file and location record ↗
CC BY-SA 4.0 licence ↗
Website image copy ↓
Resized and converted to WebP for the website. Responsive CSS may crop the view; page text and dark overlays are display layers. No generative alterations. Website copies retain the applicable source licence. No photographer endorsement is implied.
Western City Bowl · Cape Town
Signal Hill and western City Bowl, Cape Town
Photographer: Matti Blume
Photograph date: 17 July 2018
Original file and location record ↗
CC BY-SA 4.0 licence ↗
Website image copy ↓
Resized and converted to WebP for the website. Responsive CSS may crop the view; page text and dark overlays are display layers. No generative alterations. The original is a stitched photographic panorama. The photographer discloses panorama processing on the source page. Website copies retain the applicable source licence. No photographer endorsement is implied.
Newlands · Southern Suburbs
Newlands, Cape Town, with the mountain backdrop
Photographer: Andresdewet (Andres de Wet) at English Wikipedia
Photograph date: December 2006
Original file and location record ↗
CC BY-SA 3.0 licence ↗
Website image copy ↓
Resized and converted to WebP for the website. Responsive CSS may crop the view; page text and dark overlays are display layers. No generative alterations. Website copies retain the applicable source licence. No photographer endorsement is implied.
Source locations and licence records checked on 20 October 2026. Cape Town’s skyline and buildings may have changed since these photographs were taken. The VANHAUS logo remains the original artwork from the supplied brand guide.