{"id":26425,"date":"2023-12-02T11:48:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26425"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:48:58","slug":"the-pretty-city-thats-furthest-from-the-uk-thats-a-ridiculous-30-hours-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/the-pretty-city-thats-furthest-from-the-uk-thats-a-ridiculous-30-hours-away\/","title":{"rendered":"The pretty city that\u2019s furthest from the UK thats a ridiculous 30 hours away"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How far would you travel away from home for a holiday?<\/p>\n

Some people travel all the way to Australia, but for those who want to go even further, there is a city that can provide the ultimate long-distance travel thrill.<\/p>\n

Dunedin, New Zealand, is a whopping 30 hours from London. The city sits in the south east of the country and is the furthest possible distance from the UK.<\/p>\n

According to estimates, it can take around a day and a half to travel from the UK\u2019s capital to this picturesque part of the southern hemisphere.<\/p>\n

While the city can provide some affordable sites, the flights to get there can seem stratospherically costly.<\/p>\n

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According to cheapflights.co.uk, the quickes route there from London takes just under 30 hour – with two stopovers: one in Singapore and another in Christchurch.<\/p>\n

Return flights cost an astronomical \u00a31,487 – looking at prices at the end of April 2024 for a two-week trip.<\/p>\n

Once you get to Dunedin, the city is full of iconic sights and sounds to make the long journey all the more worthwhile.<\/p>\n

This includes the world\u2019s steepest street, Baldwin Street. According to the Guinness World Records, the road has a gradient of 34.8 percent.<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cFor the purpose of this record the measurement is taken from the centre line of the street.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alongside the world\u2019s steepest street, Dunedin is home to New Zealand\u2019s oldest university and several iconic historic buildings.<\/p>\n

This includes Larnach Castle, Olveston Historic Home, the Tuhuira Otago Museum, and the Dunedin Gas Works.<\/p>\n

On the Tuhura Otago Museum, the official Dunedin website said: \u201cIt’s like time travel. See what a classic museum looked like during Victorian times in the \u2018Animal Attic\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen just a few steps away, artefacts from ancient Greece and Egypt and examples of seafaring derring-do will absorb you before the fantastical treats of the science centre and planetarium bounce you into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n