The city is also a gateway to New Zealand’s most mysteriously overlooked region – Central Otago. Think of a wonderland of world-class wineries, secluded Pacific beaches and transformed 19th-century gold-mining towns where boutique hotels and diners have replaced rowdy taverns.
It is no surprise, then, that lovely Dunedin has been selected as one of just nine cities across New Zealand and Australia that are Set to host fixtures of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup when it kicks off on July 20. So, you had get booking before the rest of the world discovers it, too.
Six ways to explore DunedinCulture
Start by tapping Dunedin’s Unesco City of Literature roots via quote-filled pavement plaques arcing around the statue of Robert Burns in the Octagon – then download the dtour app (available through Apple/Google), which links more than 100 writers to local spots.
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery (dunedin.art.museum) was New Zealand’s first and it continues to showcase pioneering NZ artists, such as the acclaimed Maori painter Ralph Hotere. Also check the exhibition list at the University of Otago’s Hocken Collections and Gallery (otago.ac.nz/hocken), and marvel at the unique bone-based art of Bruce Mahalski at his Victorian villa home, aka Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery (royaldunedinmuseum.com). You can add the outstanding commercial galleries clustered on Dowling Street, too.
The Otago Museum (otagomuseum.nz) contains more than 1.5 million objects, plus the Tuhura Science Centre, which includes a three-storey slide and a tropical forest alive with butterflies. Meanwhile, the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum (toituosm.com) chronicles the area’s colourful social history in a beautiful art-deco building.
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