--- title: "Tafawa Balewa Square · OpenVibe.Tours" canonical: "https://openvibe.tours/place/tafawa-balewa-square-plc_4K2QRQNG76B1CZ5VF569FPRK36" updated: null --- # Tafawa Balewa Square · OpenVibe.Tours HTML: [Tafawa Balewa Square · OpenVibe.Tours](https://openvibe.tours/place/tafawa-balewa-square-plc_4K2QRQNG76B1CZ5VF569FPRK36) attraction # Tafawa Balewa Square TBS is the historical site of where Tafawa Balewa delivered his speech declaring Nigeria’s independence on 1 October 1960. Go here together [Make a plan together](https://openvibe.fun/plans/new?place=Tafawa+Balewa+Square&city=Lagos&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Ftafawa-balewa-square-plc_4K2QRQNG76B1CZ5VF569FPRK36&lat=6.4464&lon=3.4019) [Add to Our places](https://openvibe.fun/places/new?place=Tafawa+Balewa+Square&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Ftafawa-balewa-square-plc_4K2QRQNG76B1CZ5VF569FPRK36) A date poll for your people, or a shared list of places you want to see. ![Tafawa Balewa Square](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YYT7MSEKW86HF0TCG1S4S6) Photo: Sidhant Bendre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATafawa_Balewa_Square_Image.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) 3 more photos - ![Tafawa Balewa Square, photo 2 of 4](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YZ062PGSWA5DGZECQDW2GZ?w=640) Photo: Ready Street · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABack_of_Tafawa_Balewa_Square_Lagos_01.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) - ![Tafawa Balewa Square, photo 3 of 4](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YZ359HRG2CFSJ2PE485505?w=640) Photo: Ready Street · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABack_of_Tafawa_Balewa_Square_Lagos_02.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) - ![Tafawa Balewa Square, photo 4 of 4](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YZ4YDMD62KXX1T9W3BPGKT?w=640) Photo: Ready Street · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABack_of_Tafawa_Balewa_Square_Lagos_03.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) - [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.4464&mlon=3.4019#map=16/6.4464/3.4019) - **Admission not confirmed**check before you go ## Why go It used to be known as the "Race Course," a field Oba Dosunmu had given to colonials who used it as a football and cricket ground. It was used for horse races and Commonwealth Day celebrations as well. Also found here is a monument to Nigerian World War I and II and Nigerian Civil War soldiers. Between Freedom Park and TBS is the Independence Building on Cable Street, Nigeria's Ministry of Defence before it moved to Abuja. Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lagos_City/Lagos_Island) ## How to visit Admission not confirmed. Check the hours and access before you travel. ## Come back later Ask for a reminder on the day you want to go. Remind us on a date ## See it live [Stream it from here](https://openvibe.live/broadcast?place=Tafawa+Balewa+Square&place_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Ftafawa-balewa-square-plc_4K2QRQNG76B1CZ5VF569FPRK36&title=At+Tafawa+Balewa+Square) No public streams or clips from here yet. Stream it and you are the first: OpenVibe.Live opens its go-live setup, and you choose when to start. ## Nearby 1. ![National Museum of Nigeria](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YPWP8QWP4C264XNXM2P6H4?w=640) ### [National Museum of Nigeria](/place/national-museum-of-nigeria-plc_V70MCKX6YE2W50X9HA67JZA97H) attraction Photo: crashdburnd · CC BY-SA 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGarden_in_front_of_museum_%286349971557%29.jpg) 2. ![Cathedral Church of Christ](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YYS7WAQQ9BT4N5FSM3PY1R?w=640) ### [Cathedral Church of Christ](/place/cathedral-church-of-christ-plc_AT6E1XZNZR0PHCVDZR273BCVAS) attraction Photo: Sho photography · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACathedral_Church_of_Christ%2C_CMS%2C_Lagos.jpg) 3. ![Lagos Central Mosque](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YPWP7D4XNHBQ67ZJC210VH?w=640) ### [Lagos Central Mosque](/place/lagos-central-mosque-plc_A5MEBREZF5GVFFB7P8E35WVTRN) attraction Photo: Chukwuka Tolulope Obu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALagos_Central_Mosque.jpg) 4. ![Shitta-Bey Mosque](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YPWP9ZH3VWBX7ZRA5NEV99?w=640) ### [Shitta-Bey Mosque](/place/shitta-bey-mosque-plc_HB85MHKQSWEABFBQBXHGA7HQ7A) attraction Photo: Cliché C.F.A.O · Public domain · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AShitta-Bey_Mosque.jpg) 5. ![National Theatre](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YYSV5GX7BA5GC381XPDQJN?w=640) ### [National Theatre](/place/national-theatre-plc_M4WTB8QMR690JY5ZTCSXZBCRZN) attraction Photo: Maersk Line · CC BY-SA 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_National_Arts_Theatre_in_Lagos_%287099736099%29.jpg) 6. ![Tinubu Square](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YYTE18R9EJ57K1EKFEH0TR?w=640) ### [Tinubu Square](/place/tinubu-square-plc_JSKFVN6S3SWRM9JEAWG9JB9WMA) attraction Photo: Jeremy Weate from Abuja, Nigeria · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A2014_Tinubu_Square_Lagos_Nigeria_14640600637.jpg) ## On these routes 1. 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