The New Zealand city of Auckland is a large settlement, and by local standards it is a gigantic one. At the same time, despite the apparent dominance of high-rise buildings and modern technologies, it still feels the true spirit of New Zealand – leisurely, calm, sincere and open. New Zealanders themselves say that Auckland does not reflect the true picture of the country, but to broaden one’s horizons, it’s worth a visit if you’re already brought to this land of pastoral landscapes.
A large proportion of New Zealand’s population is Maori, the indigenous people of these places. In their language, the name of the city sounds like “Tamaki Macaurau”. Prices for the purchase or rental of real estate here are much, much higher than even in Moscow. Something like Singapore. Auckland is consistently in the top 10 cities in the world with the highest standard of living. The weather here is amazingly changeable. The sun can be replaced by rain for ten minutes. Then there will be a short squall, again the sun, again the rain. Leaving the house in shorts, just in case it is better to take an umbrella and a jacket with you. This is the only city built on this volcanic field. There are 53 of them under the city. All of them, of course, have been sleeping for a long time. Auckland Square is approximately comparable to the area of Moscow without its satellite cities. Despite the fact that powerful typhoons fall on New Zealand every year, Auckland does not suffer from them due to its location – it is protected by mountains. The highest point of the city is the peak of the extinct Eden volcano. From here, a gorgeous view.
Many tourists consider Auckland the capital, although it is not. He was once her, but a half century has lost this title. The capital of New Zealand is Wellington. Cloudy days there are only about a hundred per year. But New Zealanders do not like the sun – it is evil here, it easily burns the skin and causes cancer. Sometimes it snows in Auckland, but it usually melts, barely touching the ground. This, of course, is not a tropical resort, but there is a beach here, and there are many around forty. Auckland ranks second in terms of the number of cars to the number of residents among all cities in the world. Because of the global climate change, in the last ten years, devastating tornadoes have begun to fall on Auckland, which has never happened before. The famous Auckland Tower Sky Tower is the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere.
Despite the size of the city, there is no metro. At the beginning of the last century, Auckland hastily strengthened his fort, as he feared an attack by the fleet of the Russian Empire. Fortifications and guns are still preserved. Here lives the largest diaspora of Tongans outside this small Pacific country. About a third of all Oaklands are immigrants born outside of New Zealand. In Auckland, there are about a thousand officially registered restaurants, cafes and other places to eat.
