{"id":2985,"date":"2017-06-19T10:32:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T08:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwheeltravel.com\/?p=2985\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T08:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T07:46:07","slug":"auckland-city-of-sails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwheeltravel.com\/en\/auckland-city-of-sails\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland, the city of sails"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland, located in the north island north-west, is the biggest city of New Zealand. For that reason many people think that it is the capital whereas it is actually Wellington<\/a>. Auckland do gathers more that a third of the New Zealand population. This city can also boast about having the world highest rate of boat per inhabitant which is why it is called “city of sails”.<\/p>\n

As a lot of foreigners Auckland was the first New Zealand city that I visited. As the main economic centre, it hosts the biggest airport. Like many people arriving in the country with a working holiday visa I spent a week there in order to get papers and buy a car before starting to explore the north island<\/a>. Despite a really bad weather we succeeded to visit the city during this week.<\/p>\n