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Melbourne [1] is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of the south-eastern state of Victoria. Located on the southern coast of Australia’s eastern seaboard, it is considered by many to be one Australia’s most cultured cities, the exclusive title to which Melbourne vies for with its great rival Sydney. The city’s features include Victorian-era architecture, many cultural institutions such as museums, galleries and theaters, and large parks and gardens. Melbourne's 3.8 million population is both multicultural (with large Greek, Italian, Jewish, Vietnamese and other immigrant communities) and sports-mad.
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Melbourne has a seemingly endless list of attractions. Here is a listing according to their respective districts. Please go to the respective district pages for full details.
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- See interesting films at Cinema Nova in Carlton, the Kino or ACMI in the city, or the Astor in Windsor. There are several moonlight cinema programmes in summer. The Melbourne International Film Festival is on in August.
- Visit a comedy club. The Comic's Lounge has shows for $10-25 including a show filmed for Channel 31 on Mondays, or dinner and show for $45. The Comedy Club has dinner and show for $32 and shows only beginning at $7 (discount ticket price).
- Watch the mesmorising process of personalised hard candy being hand-made at Suga. Around lunch time is a good time to see (and sample!). There is one store at Queen Victoria Market, but if you visit the Royal Arcade location, you can also watch chocolate making next door at Koko Black.
- Watch a game of AFL football at the MCG or Telstra Dome during the winter, or a Cricket Match during the summer, AFL Fixtures Cricket Fixtures bookings at both the MCG and Telstra can be made through Ticketmaster.
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For the culinary traveller, Melbourne is one of the best destinations in the world. There is an abundance of affordable, high quality restaurants representing almost every cuisine — though authentic Mexican is a notable weak point. While prices have increased in recent years, eating out remains noticeably cheaper than in Western Europe but not nearly as affordable as North America. The service in Australian restaurants is more discreet than many North Americans may be used to. Don't expect your waiter to fawn over your ever move, once your meal has been brought to your table expect to see little of your server. Some suspect this may because there is no tipping in Australia, so service personnel have no incentive to 'go the extra mile', although service staff in Australia are paid considerably more than their North American counterparts, this may also be because Australia is a more conservative society and your waiter/waitress may not want to 'annoy you' - the zeal of North American waiting staff is often closer to bad manners than good service.
Excellent eateries can be found sprinkled throughout all of the inner (and some outer) suburbs, while certain neighbourhoods have become magnets for residents and restaurants of particular countries.
This section gives an introduction of the various types of cuisine available in Melbourne and where the can be found. Please see the respective district pages for outlet listing.
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