Category Archives: Discover Bandung

Gift & Specialty Shops

Posted on September 20, 2016 by depaviljoen

Factory Outlets

Visiting Bandung will never be the same without shopping in the famous Bandung Factory Outlet (FO). Factory outlets sell clothes for all ages: men, women and children in one store. Most of the factory outlets are scattered in Dago (Ir. H. Djuanda) street and Riau (L.L.R.E. Martadinata) street until Aceh street. Although these streets are adjacent, it is still a big area for you to wander around. You can also find Bandung FO in upper Sukajadi street until Setiabudhi street. More fashionable people like to go to Rumah Mode in Setiabudhi street. Nowadays, there are many factory outlets opened nearby.
Setiabudhi street is the main road to go to Lembang, or going down the street you will enter Cihampelas street. Cihampelas is famous for its jeans stores. You can find many things made of jeans here.

Souvenir Shops

Sin Sin. The location of this shop is at the first Bandung shopping arcade, Braga street. Sin Sin has been in souvenir business for a long time. It is always well known for selling high quality souvenirs. There are many kinds of souvenirs here: wooden statue, wooden carved name plate, paintings, silver products, wayang (Indonesian puppet), angklung, etc. Alternatively, there is a seller on the pedestrian walk in Braga street who also sells Sundanese souvenirs, but of course with lower quality.
Cupumanik at H. Akbar street, across Bandung railway station. The location is convenient if you come by train. It sells wayang golek (Sundanese puppet) among other souvenirs.
Souvenir Shop 39, Souvenir Shop 39 is one of the oldest gift shops in Bandung and sells a treasure trove of uniquely Indonesian gifts and novelties. The location is on the right side of Cihampelas street, after the crowded jeans factory outlets, near the Pasupati flyover.

Pasar Baru Trade Center

Add flavor to your Bandung shopping experience by visiting Pasar Baru Bandung. Pasar Baru is a trade centre where we can find lots of things such as various types of fabrics, modern party dresses, traditional beautiful kebaya. clothes for baby, children, men and ladies: casual and moslem clothes, bags, shoes, ladies accessories, bed sheets, wedding accesories, both for traditional Sundanese and European bride and groom, and souvenirs from Mecca. The quality of the goods vary, but, if you have good eyes you can find high quality goods there.
For more information, kindly visit http://www.pasarbarutradecenter.co.id/

Industri Sepatu Cibaduyut

Shop at the famous shoe shopping in Bandung City, Cibaduyut Region. This area is already developed and is known for a long time. Not only in Bandung, the area is also well known to the outside of the city. Some employers even had time to get orders from abroad. This illustrates the quality of shoes Cibaduyut equivalent products of other nations. In addition to footwear products, Cibaduyut Region is also famous for leather products, such as jackets, bags, belts, and other types of accessories.
Shoes made Cibaduyut actually been widely used in various circles. Only, if you wear the label “Made in Cibaduyut”, hardly a lot of takers. Consumers prefer shoes with foreign brands that sound more trendy and up to date. In fact, the shoes with the famous brand in reality, many are made here.

Sights & Landmarks

Posted on September 20, 2016 by depaviljoen

Braga Street

Braga Street or Jalan Braga is a small street in the center of Bandung, which was famous in the 1920s as a promenade street. Chic cafes, boutiques and restaurants with European ambiance along the street had made the city to attain the Paris of Java nickname. The street starts from a T-junction with the Asia-Afrika (or De Groote Postweg during the colonial time) to the north until the city council (balaikota), which was formerly a coffee warehouse.

Gedung Sate

Gedung Sate is a public building in Bandung. It was designed by Dutch architect J. Gerber to be the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of Transport, Public Works & Water Management; the building was completed in 1920. Today, the building serves as the seat of the governor of the province of West Java. Its common name, Gedung sate, is a nickname that translates literally from Indonesian to ‘satay building’, which is a reference to the shape of the building’s central pinnacle – which resemble the shape of one of the Indonesian traditional dish called satay.

Alun-Alun Bandung

Alun-alun Bandung or city square of Bandung. Alun-alun is the classical central core of the democratic city in Indonesia, since the 15th century. It is typically a square of grass field with 4 sides are the city major residence, pendopo (a place to meet between citizens and the government), a mosque and a prison. In Alun-alun Bandung, The Grand Mosque is still visible, though it has been renovated 7 times. Now, it has undergone a major renovation and expansion with two 81 m high minarets and a Taj Mahal interior design. The Pendopo is also still there, behind a high wall. The prison has been transformed into a mall with one block is preserved as a museum, a cell block where Soekarno, the first president of Indonesia, spent some time in there. The major transition is that now alun-alun serves as an entertainment park, where shopping mall buildings are surrounding the square.

Museum & Art Gallery

Posted on September 20, 2016 by depaviljoen

Museum of The Asian-African Conference / Gedung Merdeka

The museum, also known as Gedung Merdeka (“Independence Building”), was built in 1879 by Dutch architects, Van Galen and Wolff Schoemaker, and was named Societeit Concodia. The Dutch used this building as a function building, which was the best they had those days in Bandung.
After Indonesia gained its independence, the country held the so-called Asia-Africa Conference in this building froms 18 to 24 April 1955 where twenty nine countries from Asia and Africa were present. The building was officially turned into a museum in 1980.
For more information, kindly visit http://asianafricanmuseum.org/en/

Bandung Geological Museum

First established on 16 May 1929 by a Dutch administrator, the museum was renovated with financial help from Japan International Cooperation Agency and reopened on 23 August 2000.
The museum has hundreds of thousands of artifacts and fossils, as well as tens of thousands of mineral deposits, rocks and so on that were collected in Indonesia since 1850, as well as objects from overseas. From all collections that they have, the museum only displays 10% of them and they keep the rest of the collections in the “Documentation Room”. There is a library, which is located next to the museum that gives you more information about geology. However, their books are not for loan (in-house photocopy is allowed).
For more information, kindly visit http://tempatwisatadibandung.info/museum-geologi-bandung/

Indonesia Postal Museum

The museum is located in the same block as Gedung Sate and the building itself was completed in 1920, then turned into a museum named Museum Post Telegraph and Telephones, in 1931. The government of Indonesia changed the name to Museum Pos dan Giro (Postal Museum) in 1983 and later changed the name to Museum Pos Indonesia (Indonesia Postal Museum) in 1995.
For more information, kindly visit http://tempatwisatadibandung.info/museum-geologi-bandung/

Museum Sri Baduga Jawa Barat

Museum Sri Baduga is one of the more recently built museums in Bandung, constructed in 1974, and was inaugurated by the Indonesian minister of education on 5 June 1980. The name of Sri Baduga is taken from a former Sundanese king from the 15th century. Currently the museum runs an enhancement program, aiming for a full completion in 2013. It has more than 6,600 items, mostly about Sundanese culture, history and some Chinese artifacts that were found in West Java. The museum also displays replicas of Sundanese traditional musical instruments, housing, transportation, statues, and even weaponry.
For more information, kindly visit http://museumsribaduga.jabarprov.go.id/

Selasar Sunaryo Art Space

Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (SSAS) is a not-for profit organsiation that works to develop arts and culture in Indonesia. Its opened to public in 1998 and continues to actively promote the development of all aspects of art, throughout Bandung and Indonesia. Home to a collection of stylish contemporary paintings, photographs and handicrafts, the Selasar Sunaryo Art Space regularly features the works of up-and-coming local artists. The Selasar Cafe (Kopi Selasar) and Cinderamata Selasar gift shop complete the main attractions.
For more information, kindly visit http://www.selasarsunaryo.com/

Nu Art Sculpture Park

Located at the northern part of Bandung in West Java, Indonesia, NuArt Sculpture Park was first opened to public in the year of 2000. Like its name, NuArt Sculpture Park primarily exhibits the works of the sculptor Nyoman Nuarta that spans from the beginning of his careerto the latest masterpieces. The 3 ha park was specifically designed and developed for art lovers. It offers limitless resources for those who seek knowledge in art and design. With NuArt building as the park’s landmark, Nuarta has created a very special place for artists, designers and other art-goers to meet,discuss and share their common interests.
For more information, kindly visit http://www.nuarta.com/park.htm

Nature & Parks

Posted on September 19, 2016 by depaviljoen

Tebing Keraton – Juanda Forest Park (Tahura Juanda)

Tebing Keraton or Keraton cliff is located in Ir. H. Juanda Forest Park, Bandung, or well-known as TAHURA (Taman Hutan Raya). It is a conservation area that combines the secondary nature and pine (Pinus Merkusil) forest that is located in the sub-watershed Cikapundung, Citarum, West Java. If you are on top of the cliff, you can see the green scenery of the Forest Park. You will see more beautiful view when you come before sunrise, because at that time you can enjoy the atmosphere of Bandung city which is still shrouded in thick fog. Coupled with the beauty of the sun rising behind the hill at the east, it’s really an amazing panorama.
For more information, kindly visit http://tahuradjuanda.jabarprov.go.id/informasi/

Maribaya Waterfall – Lembang

Maribaya is well known for its hot springs, the sulfur-laden water, a comfortable place for swimming and enjoying the scenery of a 25-meter waterfall set against a steep mountain cliff. The 30-minute trip from Bandung to Maribaya passes through some lovely mountain scenery. Renowned for its hot springs, the sulfur-laden water is comfort, able for swimming or soaking.
For more information, kindly visit http://www.infobdg.com/v2/wisata-alam-di-maribaya-natural-hot-spring-resort/

Malabar Tea Plantation – Pangalengan

Malabar tea plantation in Pangalengan, Bandung regency, has very beautiful scenery. Besides expanse of tea tree like a giant tapestry, there are also tombs and houses a relic of the Dutch KAR Bosscha. The tea garden is also full of history, because there is a tomb and relics of KAR Bosscha home built in 1894. You definitely know his name, immortalized as the name of the observatory in Lembang, Bandung north. The beauty of the tea gardens can not be doubted. As far as the eye could see, the green expanse of the tea tree like a giant tapestry.
For more information, kindly visit http://petatempatwisata.com/perkebunan-teh-malabar-pangalengan-bandung/

Tangkuban Perahu Volcano

Tangkuban perahu is a volcano, 25 kilometers north of Bandung direction of Lembang. This is Bandung’s most famous tourist volcano just 28 km north of the city. This volcano offers many places to see and explore. Whether we look into the huge crater or hike down into it, stroll through the forest on its slopes, or simply enjoy the splendid panoramic scenery.
For more information, kindly visit http://www.tourbandung.com/tangkuban-perahu/