East of the narrow bridge that carries the main road into Kondoa, a cluster of sturdy low buildings survives from the German colonial administration that preceded British rule in Tanganyika. Built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from local stone with wide shaded verandas, they were designed to function in the heat and to project permanence. The post office is the most architecturally confident of the group — a well-proportioned building that still dominates its corner of the street.
The buildings now house district government offices and are in continuous use, which is probably the reason they have survived when so many similar structures elsewhere in Tanzania were demolished or allowed to collapse. They are not tourist sites in any formal sense — there are no signs and no opening hours for visitors — but nobody will object to a slow walk past them. The contrast between the colonial solidity and the improvised street life around them is worth noticing.
The bridge itself, a narrow one-lane affair over the Kondoa River, deserves a look; just be aware that the police station commands a clear view of it, and photographs of bridges in Tanzania can attract official attention.