25 reasons to love Sydney

Because...

THIS MAN IS MAKING WINE... INSIDE GIANT EGGS

A White Bay warehouse may be an unlikely place for a winery, but you have you seen the four winemakers? 

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IT PRODUCES SUPER-STYLISH SONG-WRITERS LIKE LANIE LANE

If you haven't heard of Lanie Lane yet, be assured: you're about to. 

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ARTIST-RUN PERFORMANCE SPACES ARE JAZZING UP THE LIVE SCENE

Independent creative spaces can be found all over Sydney. 

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OF ITS COOL NEW BARS

Since licensing laws changed in 2007, amazing bars have slowly but surely started popping up around Sydney.

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IT'S A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY

Mwangi Wangethi and Lilian Chemng'eno can't spruik Sydney enough. 

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NOT ALL OUR HEROES ARE SPORTS STARS

For 42 years Carole Ann King has been an outspoken Sydneysider with a heart the size of the harbour. 

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WE LOVE TO HATE THE ARCHIBALD PRIZE

The annual Archibald Prize for portraiture is both Australia's most prestigious art competition and Sydney's biggest cultural stoush.

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SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY GETS US HOT

Rafael Bonachela is truly taking Sydney Dance Company from strength to strength.

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WE BREED MOVIE STARS LIKE RABBITS

Abbie Cornish, Ryan Kwanten and Jacki Weaver are among the latest crops of Sydneysiders to make it big internationally. 

WE LOVE SYDNEY

Time Out's writers, readers and other colourful Sydney identities count the reasons we're smitten with our Emerald City... 

WE HATE SYDNEY

Our town is not perfect. Here are 14 things that make our blood boil about the city we call home...