10 Top Things To Do In Wellington New Zealand 🇳🇿

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and a seriously awesome place to explore and despite being compact and easy to explore, theres also some really awesome things to do in Wellington that we want to share with you in this little travel vlog and guide.

I grew up in Wellington, have spent a lot of my adult life there and have friends in the city still - while living there might be different to travels, there's still so many good things to see and do.

So if you're looking for a quick read of what to do in Wellington, here's a very top line run down, but you're better off using the chapters on the timeline on the video above and skimming ahead to what interests you.

In short:
— Te Papa Museum has 800,000+ things to see, but don't miss the award winning "Gallipoli Scale of our War" exhibition
— Explore the waterfront
— Don't miss Cuba Street and Lampton Quay for people watching, eating and shopping
— Wellington Chocolate Factory 90- minute tour where you learn about the whole process from bean to bar:
— Lucky Fried Chicken was my favourite cheap eat
— Dockside Restaurant has a great reputation for a reason
— August Eatery is our best recommendation for brunch
— Vonuts for donuts
— Scopa for the best pizza!
— The Hangar by Flight Coffee for a trio of flat whites
— Fortune Favours for a beersie or 3
— Wellington Cable Car is a must do!
— The Roastery on the Kapiti Coast for the best coffee, and experience, in your life

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Chapters
00:00 Wellington Is Awesome
00:38 Te Papa
01:50 Getting To Wellington
02:31 Waterfront
03:44 Oriental Bay
04:36 Central Areas
05:16 Chocolate Tour
06:05 Food, Coffee and Beer
08:01 Cable Car
08:50 Mount Victoria Lookout
09:40 Weta Workshop
10:26 Best Day Trip
10:40 COFFEE
11:49 Bonus

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[rickysmenon]

Hello! I binged through your entire playlist on New Zealand and I can't thank you both enough for all that wealth of information! The quality of your vlogs from the camera work, to editing, sound, content are all absolutely top notch. This really feels like a travel show with some high quality production. Thank you so much for all your efforts :) Looking forward to our trip soon and checking off tonnes of bucket list items all from your lovely recommendations throughout the series! Loads of love from India :))

[hamishharrison]

‘The Library’ is my favourite bar. It’s best to book ahead of time as it’s always busy, and they have the best combination of cocktails!

[nikkilogan]

Wellington is so breathtakingly beautiful....Thank you guys!

[renatamortazavi]

Wellington is such a beautiful city with so many attractions. We hope to explore it one day. Thank you, guys! 💖 you are both amazing ❤

[richiereid]

Such a great vlog on Wellington! A city missed on my last visit to your beautiful islands and now very much at the top of my must visit list! WOW 👏❤️👏❤️

[costasworldofmusicmemories]

Wellington is a favorite city of ours . We enjoyed our time there. Loved Weta Workshop. Like kids in a candy store. The railway / cable cars were great to get around to the spots that we wanted to go to. A very walkable city. As always, great job with the video. Sending you 🫂 Hugs and 💋 Kisses from Harriet, Jim and Yuki

[madswansfan]

Great video. It brings back so many memories of being in Wellington. It’s my favourite city in NZ.

[PaulEcosse]

I miss being up at this time regularly and being one of the first to watch your videos, it's very rare now, circumstances dictate. I'm happy to be one of the first again today it's almost nostalgic 😄

[_Claire_Louise_]

I loved Wellington on my visit to NZ, its the only capital (and big city in general) that I've felt like I could live in for a while, normally I can’t wait to get somewhere smaller 😂 in a strange way it reminded me of Bristol in the UK which is the nearest big city to me, still smaller but similar vibes

[bronwynquinn]

How fabulous! Makes me want to go back to New Zealand!

[ericproulx]

Great vlog guys. I was there for my birthday last year and it was one of the highlights of my trip.

[exploreearth]

Really enjoy to watch
Interesting list to do in Wellington

[edenbrown]

Love it! Will definitely check out The Roastery next time I'm in Kapiti. Soooo excited for your Wairarapa vid, wish I bumped into you guys!! I saw a post from a local business that you guys were in town so I kept my eyes open 😂 good work guys!

[kellysemper]

Perfect timing! Off to the wairarapa in two weeks and was hoping youd add that area to your video collection!!!

[bookwormfaith]

Love this list! And man, I definitely need to see Te Papa again.

[yvonneandbeyond]

Sooo excited to move to Wellington this month on my Working Holiday Visa! Thank you for the great list of recommendations. & that coffee looks "pretty nice!!!" to say the least." 😆😍☕

[johnpanayi]

We loved Wellington when we went to N.Z.. defo be back again one day 🥰

[keangwooichoo]

If I can afford it, I sure would love to visit south island especially queenstown.

[robertgusthart]

I’m at Wellington first week of March so I’ll be checking out some of your suggestions & later the Bay of Many Coves on Queen Charlotte Sound & then on further to the South Island. Love New Zealand

[angechristensen]

Another great video ❤ would be awesome if you came back and explored the hutt (upper and lower hutt) you guys would love Brewtown