Most beautiful piece of street art to be found in Christchurch.

Nobody wants to go to Christchurch but everybody comes here.

Christchurch is the biggest city on the southern island but during a destructive earthquake in 2010 most of its structure was destroyed. Nowadays the city is characterized by ruins, construction sites and unconnected rebuilds, which gives the city an ugly face. But there is also the colorful attempt of its inhabitants to make live worthy again. You find a Lego like shopping area in the city center made of containers (You get an amazing Greek kebab here.), art projects are installed also to remind of this long lasting event and street art can be found all over the city.

Christchurch’s cathedral. Once a tourist side, now an attraction of a different kind.

The great attempt to add some color to the ugly faces of the many construction sides.

The Lego inspired shopping center of Christchurch. They just can’t put up a new building. Pipes and electricity has to be repaired first.

When you come across this car park, check out what the horse is doing.

One empty chair for every soul lost during the earthquake.

So yes the city is not beautiful but we anyway enjoyed exploring it and see how people cope here and  the botanical garden is a great place to retreat from the many construction sites. We also tried to find some nightlife and found a great brewery, but real nightlife has so far not found its way back to Christchurch.