Exploring New Zealand's elegant, architecturally significant city with its staunch Scottish heritage

Dunedin, New Zealand’s fourth largest city (and the country’s oldest) in the South Island is a little overshadowed by the big guns up north. Almost in a time warp, all the development and economy went to the North Island after WWI and it’s turned out to be not such a bad thing. One of the most arresting aspects of Dunedin is its window to the past. Edwardian baroque monuments blend with the gold rush era architecture; art deco buildings stand tall and Venetian Gothic windows loom close to Corinthian columns and Italian Renaissance facades. The breathtaking craftsmanship has been preserved due to lack of crazy 20th-century progress here.

Discover some of the best preserved, stunning Victorian and Edwardian buildings, acclaimed fashion designers cache, glorious wild Otago countryside nearby, a splendid harbour and food and wine to sooth the soul.

Read more in Tripatini member Bev Malzard's post Great Scot! A Dunedin, New Zealand To-do List.

 

James Dignan

 

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