Monument of Bambu Runcing It is built to Panglima Sudirman Street, which is the main road with solid traffic. Bambo Runcing is Surabaya city icon besides the Heroes Monument. Tourist with small and big vehicle can park around the park eastside the road. In edge of Embong Ploso Street become the meeting there is garden that is enough calm so that many exploited by the motorcyclists for take a rest for a moment release fatigue. Monument of Bambo Runcing is built in memorize of Surabaya People (arek-arek Suroboyo) spirit martially…
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Playground At Kebun Bibit
Kebun Bibit – Surabaya. Kebun bibit is an attractive garden with various plants and tropical trees. Less than thousand trees grow there so can provide a cool atmosphere, comfortable and fresh air. Beside, there is an orchid nursery areas and jogging tracks. This park has very crowded visitors on holidays and weekend, and it is free. At presence day, Kebun bibit Surabaya has animals like deer, monkey, and large bird cage like in a zoo. Around the garden, there is children play ground which is also near to bird market…
Submarine Historical Monument
SUBMARINE MONUMENT SURABAYA (SS type whiskey class submarine built in Vladivostok Russia in 1952) As you continue on your journey, visit the Monkasel, the original KRI Pasopati 410 submarine next to the Surabaya Plaza shopping center. It is 76.6 meters long and 6.3 meters wide. It was moved from Ujung to this location on July 1st, 1995, after the museum was officially opened by Arief Kushariadi, the Naval Commander of the Republic of Indonesia on June 27, 1998. KRI. Pasopati with 410 side number belongs to SS type whiskey class…
Jagir Dam Wonokromo
Jagir Dam Nowadays, Wonokromo has change. Wonokromo will become a legend in civilization dynamics of Surabaya city. For Surabaya society, Wonokromo has histories – psychologies meaning and monumental social cultural urban character. Wonokromo and Sawunggaling is development Centrum of metropolitan ‘”Surabaya tempo doeloe” (Surabaya in the past) act. Song “… Semanggi Suroboyo… Lontong Balap Wonokromo…” be the eternity hymn symbolizing how the importance of Wonokromo for Suroboyo people. But, what’s going on in Wonokromo cosmos? In Wonokromo, is residence various element typical of public Surabaya. Wonokromo face, present Surabaya Zoo…
Kalimas Surabaya Seaport
KALIMAS SEAPORT Kalimas traditional seaport is located at the east of Kalimas River, lies about 10 kilometers west of Kenjeran beach. Comprising a two-kilometre stretch of warehouse and wharves along the East ward flank of Tanjung Perak, Kalimas is a living history of Surabaya’s maritime heritage where carts and human toil continue to load and unload merchandise into and out of tile holds of brooch-beamed Phinisi Schooners. The best visit in order to see the loading and unloading activities is in the morning or before the sun, climbs too high…
House Of Sampoerna Museum
HOUSE OF SAMPOERNA Situated in “old Surabaya”, this stately Dutch colonial style compound was built in 1858 and is now a preserved historical site. Previously used as an orphanage managed by the Dutch, it was purchased in 1932 by Liem Seeng Tee, the founder of Sampoerna, with the intent of it being used as Sampoerna’s first major cigarette production facility. This complex consisted of a wide central auditorium, two smaller buildings in east wing and occidental and some wide barns with one floor behind central auditorium. The buildings that stay…
Kebun Bibit, A Family Recreation Park
Kebun Bibit – Surabaya. Kebun bibit is an attractive garden with various plants and tropical trees. Less than thousand trees grow there so can provide a cool atmosphere, comfortable and fresh air. Beside, there is an orchid nursery areas and jogging tracks. This park has very crowded visitors on holidays and weekend, and it is free. At presence day, Kebun bibit Surabaya has animals like deer, monkey, and large bird cage like in a zoo. Around the garden, there is children play ground which is also near to bird market…
Sanggar Agung Temple
SANGGAR AGUNG Date of 1 months 1 at almanac rembulan or Imlek (The Chinese New Year), have big meaning for Tionghoa people, and Tri Dharma members, that is Buddha, Konghucu, and Tao. Imlek which have been specified to become national red-letter day four years ago, now is commemorated openly in Sanggar Agung, kind of Kelenteng (Chinese Temple), a religious place with China (cultural) nuance. The Reality of Imlek is to thank the goodness coming of New Year. Usually the kelenteng is crowded visited by the believer at night nearing Imlek.…
The Historical Mosque of Cheng Hoo
Cheng Hoo Mosque: Islam, Java and Chinese Architecture The Architecture of Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque, which located in Gading Street Surabaya, is enough artistic. It is built by allying Islam culture, Java, and Chinese that predominated by green color, turned yellow, and squeezed. The form of the building is typical of Chinese with ‘Joglo’ Java. This is show tightly between Chinese cultures and Java, which have intertwined since former. Cheng Hoo is also inspiration name of ‘Admiral Cheng Hoo’, which become a Moslem when admission to Majapahit empire. The Chinese…
Four Faces Buddha Temple
Four Faces Budha Simply, Surabaya city have one of tourism object that become a real spectacular in South-East Asia, Four Faces Deity Statue or Four Faced Buddha monument. This Four Faced Buddha Monument get appreciation of MURI as the biggest and highest Four Faces Deity Statue in Indonesia. A nine meters statue that have 225 square meters width is still have not contested by other similar statue. Four Faced Buddha monument, has overall height 36 meters (including dome) opened on 9 Novembers 2004, and finish about fund 4 billion rupiahs.…