Feel The Change In Wellington

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and its urban area is the third most populated place in the country. This region locates at the North Island between Cook Strait and Rimutaka Range. It has an estimated population of 386,000 residents along with the additional 3,700 residents from the nearby rural areas.

This place is the main inhabitant centre of southern North Island and covers the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa. This city was named after Arthur Wellesley who was the first Duke of Wellington and victor of the Battle of Waterloo. Wellington is also called by its nickname that comprises The Harbour Capital, Wellywood and also the Windy City.

This city is the centre of politics for New Zealand and also housing parliament and head offices of all Government Ministries and Department. It also has bulk of the foreign diplomatic missions based in the country. You will get an arts scene, café culture and nightlife to explore this small city in a larger way. Along with this, you will also get to explore the Te Papa Tongarewa which is a Museum of New Zealand, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Museum of Wellington City & Sea and the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival. You will get almost everything here that will lead you to glorify your life.

Wellington serves a best quality of living in the world and is in twelfth position for it. This place is even more affordable as per the cost of living worldwide. The early settlers at this place were the Europeans on 20 September 1839 with only 150 people. The series of earthquakes in the year 1848 has destroyed this place severely. Also it suffered heavy loss during 1855 due to the series of major devastating earthquakes that continued till twentieth century.

Wellington became the capital of New Zealand in the year 1865 by replacing Auckland. Auckland was established by William Hobson in the year 1841. It has a soothing scenic beauty that serves for the international tourists with wide variety of features. From the douth you can experience the snowcapped Kaikoura Ranges and from north you can explore the golden beaches of the Kapiti Coast. Not only this you can also experience the Rimutaka Range that separates Wellington from Wairarapa’s wide plains to the east.

This place is the southernmost national capital city in the world. It is also called as Windy Wellington as huge winds flow through Cook Strait. Nearly 62,000 people in Wellington work for the dominated central business district and 4,000 in Auckland’s central business district. It is well-known for its natural harbour and green hillsides. You can see around 500 square kilometers of regional parks and forests in Wellington. The Wellington harbour has three distinct islands. They are Matiu or Somes Island, Makaro or Ward Island and Mokopuna Island.

The climate of Wellington is moderate where temperature rises above 25 °C and falls below 4 °C. Normally, the entire year you can experience very windy climate and huge amount of rainfall. Rainfall could be experienced during the month of June and July. Frosts that are too common in the hill suburbs and also in the Hutt Valley could also be experienced within the months of May and September. With the moderate climate snow could not be found much as it remains very rare.

You can see a variety of architectural styles at this place made before 150 years. Nineteenth century wooden cottages like Italianate Katherine Mansfield Birthplace situated in Thorndon, few streamlined Art Deco structures like the old Wellington Free Ambulance headquarters, the City Gallery and the Former Post and Telegraph Building.

You can also see the city’s oldest building called late Georgian Colonial Cottage situated in Mount Cook. Besides this, the tallest building of this city is the Majestic Centre with 116 metres high could be found at Willis Street and the second tallest with 103 metres in height is the structural expressionist BNZ Tower. Still this is not enough, you have some more options where you can visit and experience the ancient structures like the Futuna Chapel lies in Karori and is the first bicultural building in the country.

There is a huge list of places where you can visit and explore the city like the Old Saint Paul’s which was built during the 19th century and is an example of the Gothic Revival architecture. Then Saint Mary of the Angels, Museum of Wellington City & Sea, Bond Store, Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building, St. James Theatre, Opera House and the Embassy Theatre, Civic Square that is bounded by the Town Hall and council offices, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Central Library and City-to-Sea bridge.

Few memorable government buildings like National Library of New Zealand, Molesworth Street, Lambton Quay, New Zealand Parliament Buildings, the Beehive, Victoria University of Wellington and Victoria University’s Coastal Ecology Laboratory are also the old buildings that you should not miss at any cost.

To see more beauty of this city visit the places where you will get iconic sculptures and structures like Elijah Wood, Bucket Fountain that is situated in Cuba Street, Jay Leno and Zephyrometer.

Comparing the café culture of this city with the New York City, it is well found that this place has a huge amount of cafes where you can hang on. Restaurants will present you numerous cuisines from the globe. If you want to taste the New Zealand’s dishes then lamb, pork, cervena, salmon, crayfish, bluff oysters, paua, mussels, scallops, pipis, kumara, kiwifruit and tamarillo and few others are also well served here.

In Wellington, you can see many cultural events and celebrations like the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival, biennial Wellington Jazz Festival, biennial Capital E National Arts Festival, World of Wearable Art, Cuba Street Carnival, New Zealand Fringe Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Summer City, The Wellington Folk Festival, the New Zealand Sevens Weekend and Parade, Out in the Square, Vodafone Homegrown, the Couch Soup theater festival, and several others including film festivals.

To reach here you can get down at the Wellington International Airport. By road you have interconnected highways like the State Highway 1 and the State Highway 2. Bus services are very common in Wellington. You will get Wellington Railway Station as well.

Once you reach at this place do visit the Wellington Botanical Garden and Cable Car, Parliament buildings, Wellington Zoo, Museums and Old St Paul’s. These are the key attractions that well definitely make you feel on the ninth sky. Many hotels, restaurants, lodges and other places are there to fulfill your needs. So without any hesitation feel the delightful moments at Wellington.