The Culture of Melbourne (the capital of Victoria, Australia) reflects its diverse, multi-layered culture and society and the city is widely noted as the "cultural and sporting capital" of Australia.
Melbourne's culture draws on Western culture and the culture of Australia, and cultures of the world, however it branches into its own local culture through a number of local traditions and strong themes with the Melburnian emphasis on the arts (particularly the performing arts, culinary arts and visual arts) as well as sport, sporting traditions and recreation. Melbourne is also a major centre of activism, including the Australian trade union movement.
Melbourne Attractions that have been selected to appear on the AGFG website have been categorised according to Activity. Attractions in Melbourne are classified as follows:
Information Centres
Attractions
Entertainment Venues
Galleries & Museums
Outdoor Activities
Snow & Ski
Water & Boating
Tours, Transport & Travel Services
Golf Courses
Melbourne enjoys a temperate climate with warm-hot summers; spring and autumn are balmy and mild, the winters cool. Melbourne is seldom unbearably cold or unbearably hot, temperature extremes when they do occur see the hotter realms of the thermometer causing more problems than the colder.
Melbourne [] ist die Hauptstadt des Bundesstaates Victoria in Australien. Sie ist mit 3, 37 Millionen Einwohnern (2006)Australian Bureau of Statistics: Erzbischofsitz.
Die aus der Kernstadt Melbourne City mit 71. 380 Einwohnern (2006) und 30 weiteren Gemeinden bestehende Agglomeration ist das wichtigste wirtschaftliche, kulturelle und politische Zentrum Victorias. Zur Bevölkerung der Stadt gehören viele Einwanderer, die chinesischer, britischer, griechischer, italienischer, irischer, kroatischer oder vietnamesischer Herkunft sind.
Aufgrund von Erhebungen des „The Economist“ ist Melbourne in den Jahren 2002, 2004, 2005 und 2011 zu der lebenswertesten Stadt der Welt (unter Berücksichtigung der kulturellen Gegebenheiten, des Klimas, den Lebenshaltungskosten und des sozialen Umfeldes) gewählt worden.
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