There are few towns and cities that can boast a street as an icon. Such a street is Cuba Street in Wellington. Cuba Street lies in the middle of the central business district (CBD) and runs approximately a kilometre from east to west. It provides much entertainment to all visitors. It has been described as the bohemian part of Wellington and is definitely the part of the city where creativity reigns and you will find something new every day, just to be replaced the following day by something else that is just as creative!
Cuba Street did not derive its name from the Caribbean island east of America, but was named after a ship with the first settlers who came to Wellington in the early 1840s. However, this did not deter some of the inhabitants of Cuba Street from making the best of the name, and Fidel’s Café provides coffee where “the coffee is Cuban and the hospitality is from New Zealand”. Near Fidel’s you can find Havanas, where you can enjoy some of the
