| Page Views: 918 Last Visit to Auckland: January, 2006 | Between two seas - Auckland the City of Sails by Bernd_L - last update: Mar 16, 2006 |
| The city's landmark - Sky Tower |
Auckland and it's metropolitan area is the largest urban area in New Zealand with a population of about 1.2 million inhabitants. About 25 % of the countries population lives here.
It's the place where most of the visitors arrive and depart because it's home of the most important airport. Before we went on our round trip we took time for a visit of this impressing city. |
| Downtown Auckland seen from Sky Tower |
|  | Situated on an isthmus between the main part of the North Island and Northland the city stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Tasman Sea. This makes it a perfect spot for water sports and is the reason for its nickname "City of Sails".
The climate is temperate. It's never too hot and never really cold. As it is on the southern hemisphere the warmest months and the best time to visit is from December to March. Average maximum temperatures then are around 22-24 C. |
| | Auckland is a cosmopolitan city. Not only mingle the native Maoris with the Anglo-Saxons but also a lot of immigrants from all over the world. Large parts of the population are polynesian and asian people and this gives the city an exotic multicultural flair.
So Auckland is a lively city which offers a good quality of life. I could imagine living there if it wouldn't be so far away from the rest of the world. |
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| Pros: | "Lively city which offers excellent quality of life" | | Cons: | "At the edge of the world - too far away" | | In A Nutshell: | "Interesting entrance of an even more interesting island" |
Bernd_L's Auckland Travel Tips
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Tips: 5 - Photos: 6 | | | | Restaurants | Hotels & Accommodations | | | | Nightlife | Off The Beaten Path | | | | Tourist Traps | Warnings Or Dangers | | | | Transportation | Local Customs | | | | Packing Lists | Shopping | | | Sports Travel
Tips: 2 - Photos: 2 | General Tips |
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Nemorino Thu Feb 1, 2007 22:32 UTC
Hi Bernd, it was great to see you again at the VT meeting in Frankfurt last Saturday. Say hello to Andrea for me. --- Interesting tips on the "City of Sails". I didn't realize such a large percentage of the NZ population lives there. | tessy Fri Apr 28, 2006 20:49 UTC
Hi bernd, lange nichts mehr von dir gehoert!!! Schoen zu sehen, dass eine neue Seite entstanden ist!! | tini58de Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:07 UTC
Heinz and I have been talking about you and your trip to NZ - glad to see you started on your pages! Great start! |
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