Dunedin Railway Station
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
September 26, 2023
We hopped on a bus and made our way out to the pride of the city, The Dunedin Railway Station, a predominant architectural wonder. It dates back to 1906, touted as being a ‘Flemish Renaissance-style’ structure featuring white Oamaru limestone facings on black basalt rock, its dramatic character also makes it known as the ‘Gingerbread House’. One thing I am is a gingerbread house lover!
The outside is spectacular enough, but inside is also fitted out in the lavish style of the times, the ticket hall alone features a mosaic floor of nearly 750,000 tiles of Royal Doulton porcelain.
There are stained glass windows (another obsession of mine) in the upper level of the station depicting a steam locomotive with the letters N, Z, R intertwined for New Zealand Railways.
We stopped to appreciate some the locals artwork housed in the museum, even got to vote for our favorites. Here's a sampling of what we saw.
