- Where to find: New Zealand, Wellington
Wellington is the capital of New Zealand , which also serves as the business and cultural center of the country. The most visited street of the city is Courtenay. It is central in Wellington, so here are the best offices, shops and entertainment centers. It is on this street that most of New Zealand's most spectacular events take place.
What to see?
Visiting Wellington is hard to bypass Courtenay, it is there that are the best entertainment for children and adults, nightlife is also concentrated here. On the Courtenay are famous restaurants with international and national cuisine Hummingbird, a restaurant with home-made Mexican cuisine Sweet Mother`s Kitchen and Dragonfly with Asian and Japanese cuisine.
Speaking about cultural events, it is at Courtenay that national theatrical festivals BATS, Downstage Theater and Embassy Theater are held. They showcase the best contemporary and classical plays. Theater festivals are a bright event, which annually gathers a huge audience of local residents and tourists.
On Courtenay is located the New Zealand Opera House St. James. Its construction became a real world event, as it was the first arched theater with a steel frame in the southern hemisphere. It is resistant to earthquakes, which makes it almost eternal.
On the main street of the capital there are a lot of shops of different orientation, most of them of course concentrated in the huge shopping center Reading Cinema Complex, its area is 17 000 sq.m. It was built in 1980. To date, it houses 10 cinemas and hundreds of stores of world brands. It is worth to come here, wanting to buy good things at pleasant discounts or interesting souvenirs for loved ones.
Where is?
Courtenay Street is a "continuation" of the Isle of Isle, also part of the Comox Avenue. The street itself is in the center of the city, so it's easy to find.
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