Things to Do in Dunedin

Explore the Dunedin Railway Station -- one of NZ's most photographed buildings, Flemish Renaissance style (free to visit)

Explore the Dunedin Railway Station — one of NZ's most photographed buildings, Flemish Renaissance style (free to visit)

Follow the Dunedin Street Art Trail through the city's laneways and alleyways (free, self-guided)

Ride the Taieri Gorge Railway through spectacular inland gorge scenery (from $89 NZD)

See blue penguins at Blue Penguins Pukekura -- 90-minute evening encounter at dusk, 365 nights a year (from $40 NZD adult)

See blue penguins at Blue Penguins Pukekura — 90-minute evening encounter at dusk, 365 nights a year (from $40 NZD adult)

Tour Emerson's Brewery for a behind-the-scenes look at one of NZ's top craft operations (from $25 NZD)

Tour Speight's Brewery, NZ's oldest (est. 1876), with generous tastings ($25 NZD adult)

Visit the Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head for a guided tour of the world's only mainland albatross colony (from $50 NZD adult)

Walk up Baldwin Street (free) -- the world's steepest residential street at a 34.8% gradient

Walk up Baldwin Street (free) — the world's steepest residential street at a 34.8% gradient

Wander the Dunedin Botanic Garden, NZ's first botanic garden (free)

Watch yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho) return to shore at The OPERA on the Otago Peninsula (from $55 NZD)