A university town, Dunedin has the austere seriousness that old stone academic buildings lend a city. At the same time, it has the fresh, creative brio of young academics. Dunedin has always had a reputation for the eccentric. Wearing no shoes and a big beard here marks a person as bohemian rather than destitute, and the residents wouldn't have it any other way. The backdrop is just as interesting: the port clangs and squeals with the busy work of massive international freighters, while across the harbor, albatross chicks learn to fly, and penguins waddle anxiously past snoozing elephant seals.
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