Christchurch is the oldest city in New Zealand. It officially received the status of a city in 1856. The town has preserved buildings from those times, many century-old trees, species unknown to me, growing for hundreds of years. In 2010 and 2011 Christchurch was hit hard by earthquakes and most of the historic buildings were destroyed. Now the city is just beginning to climb out of this disaster. It is noteworthy that one of the first buildings rebuilt after the earthquakes was the Art Gallery building.

001 - The cyclist has just climbed about 400 meters uphill, now he faces the same distance downhill
002 - Approaching Lyttelton
003 - Lyttelton is a port town near Christchurch
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005 - Lyttelton was severely affected during the 2010-2011 earthquakes
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007 - Some buildings are slowly being restored
008 - Others are being demolished. Now it's prohibited to build above 5 stories
009 - A 1.5-kilometer tunnel connecting Lyttelton and Christchurch
010 - Pacific Ocean coastline near Sumner
011 - Sumner is the most expensive area of Christchurch
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013 - A local attraction, Caverock
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015 - Flowers, of course
016 - From here you can see the cave at Caverock well
017 - About 8,500 km across the water is Argentina
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020 - Collapsed slopes
021 - Before the earthquake, there were green slopes with houses here
022 - Heading back to Christchurch
023 - Two years ago, this was someone's home. Now it's unsafe to live there
024 - A building is being prepared for demolition
025 - Restoring a chapel
026 - Surprisingly, this chapel was not damaged at all
027 - A little piece of Las Vegas
The casino building itself didn’t get a good photo, but externally it looks like a CIA bunker - dark gray, no windows and no doors 🙂 .
028 - One of Christchurch’s oldest buildings. Unfortunately, it cannot be restored
029 - A protest against demolishing the remains
030 - This is the governor of Christchurch
they also have an official position for a wizard, but he must have had the day off 🙂
031 - Container Store on the site of a destroyed mall
As we know, residents of big cities like to spend time in shopping centers. Here you can relax, buy everything you need and eat delicious food. Very often citizens visit them with the whole family and for the whole day. And after the earthquake, in order to keep this tradition and quickly return the residents to a normal rhythm of life, a container shopping center was built. Among these container stores, you can find restaurants and even a couple of containers from Kiwi Bank.
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033 - The empty lots look depressing
034 - A bridge with an arch in memory of WWII heroes
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036 - A house barely standing
037 - The IBM building appears undamaged, but it's still unsafe to work there
038 - Freshly squeezed juices and mousses
039 - I enjoyed this Greek delicacy three times!
040 - A river flows through the city center
041 - Local hooligans
042 - Just an eel... in the city center
043 - Elderly trees
044 - Central Police department
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047 - another chapel stands on the ground after the earthquake
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050 - went to the river again
051 - local bums
052 - you could put on an art show 🙂
053 - Well, there are still trout...
054 - one more photo of the Bridge of Remembrance
055 - some famous guy.
056 - dances on the ruins
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058 - containers of rocks keep the last wall from falling.
059 - and in general, Chch is very beautiful, but a little bit sad and desolate.