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Melbourne

Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens. Many of its 5. Wikivoyage

Population 5,350,705 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Australia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Australia

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Melbourne. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Melbourne International Animation Festival

    May

    The Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) is an independent, not-for-profit annual animation festival held in Melbourne, Australia, since 2001.

    Official site Wikipedia

  2. Melbourne International Film Festival

    August

    The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

    Official site Wikipedia

  3. Melbourne International Games Week

    October

    Melbourne International Games Week is the largest game professional and consumer communication and networking platform in Asia Pacific, hosted by Creative Victoria.

    Official site Wikipedia

  4. Melbourne Marathon

    October

    The Melbourne Marathon is an annual marathon that has taken place in Melbourne, Australia since 1978. It is the main race within the Melbourne Marathon Festival.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 48 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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