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A Belgian beer café in Auckland

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A Belgian beer café in Auckland

Only tiny numbers of Belgians ever settled in New Zealand, but one feature of their culture has been transplanted to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Native Belgians and New Zealanders who enjoyed the beer cafés of Belgium have opened similar outlets in New Zealand, such as the Occidental in Auckland’s Vulcan Lane.

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John Wilson, Other Western Europeans – Belgium, Malta and Gibraltar, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/895/a-belgian-beer-cafe-in-auckland (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.