Discover the distinctive flavours, sights and passions of Melbourne's favourite neighbourhoods. Read more

Discover the distinctive flavours, sights and passions of Melbourne's favourite neighbourhoods.

Spend time in the city centre and you'll discover pockets of busy, chilled, bohemian, architectural and accidentally cool spaces to explore.

Find art galleries, bars and restaurants – upstairs and down laneways. Stumble upon indie fashion boutiques, artisan workshops, and street artists at work. Wander waterside paths for raspberry ripple sunsets and climb to a rooftop bar for cocktails with a twinkling night sky view.

Just a tram ride away, Melbourne's city fringe neighbourhoods express themselves differently.

Take your fixie for a spin in the creative northern suburbs. Welcome to the new worlds of Collingwood, Fitzroy, Brunswick and Northcote. Rock on at pubs with live music in Richmond.

South of the river, hop shop-to-shop in South Yarra, Prahran and Toorak. Head to the market in South Melbourne, or take your beach towel to bayside St Kilda and Port Melbourne. Explore more of Melbourne's neighbourhood expressions.

Don't miss

Block Arcade, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo: Robert Blackburn
Architecture & design
The Block Arcade
Wander through this iconic arcade, which boasts a soaring glass canopy and mosaic floors inspired by Milan's famed Galleria Vittorio Emanuele.
ACDC Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo: Robert Blackburn
Streets
ACDC Lane
Named after the Australian musical heroes, ACDC Lane is the physical embodiment of Melbourne's love affair with down and dirty rock 'n' roll.
Degraves Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo: Robert Blackburn
Streets
Degraves Street
Join the happy throng filling up the cafes, boutiques and eateries on this walkway linking the city's fashion precinct with Flinders Street Station.
Marion, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Destinations
Fitzroy
Perch in a Brunswick Street bar and celebrate the way that sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same in this bohemian enclave.
Centre Place, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo: Robert Blackburn
Streets
Centre Place
Despite being Melbourne's quintessential laneway, Centre Place still surprises and delights with its wild street art, boutiques and buzzing cafes.
Luna Park, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Destinations
St Kilda
Prepare to play in St Kilda, where you can kick up your heels by the seashore, by the stage at live music venues or on the whirligigs at Luna Park.
Blender Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Streets
Blender Lane
Take a wander down to Blender Lane and revel in the spectacle of colour, with stencils, murals, tags and paste-ups filling up every surface.
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo: Robert Blackburn
Public art
Hosier Lane
Wander down the bluestone laneway and take in the dizzying array of colours and characters created by local and international street artists.

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