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Historic places in Bandung

7 historic buildings, sites and memorials in Bandung.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Historic places in Bandung

  1. SeeCentral

    Bandung Cathedral

    Gereja Katedral Santo Petrus

    Church building designed by Wolff Schoemaker in Neogothic style, built in 1921.

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    Geological Museum

    Museum Geologi Bandung

    Houses 250,000 rocks, a mineral collection, and 60,000 fossils. There are 3 major rooms in the museum: the geology of Indonesia, the history of life and the geology of human life. The building itself has an art-deco style, built in 1928 by a Dutch architect H. Menalda van Schouwenburg. Recommended museum by locals. Part of museum fully Indonesian and English texts but part with almost none.

    Tue-Thu 09:00-15:00; Mon Fri closed; Sat Sun 09:00-14:00Ticket student Rp 2,000, public Rp 3,000, foreigner Rp 10,000 and pre-register on https://museum.geologi.esdm.go.id/tiket (can be done at entrance)

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    Grand Hotel Preanger

    Although less well-known than the Savoy Homann, the Preanger hotel has a history dating back to the 19th century. The current building dates from 1925 and is based on a design by Dutch architect C.P.W. Schoemaker. The facade combines Art Deco style with local cultural elements, which was controversial when it was constructed.

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    Postal Museum

    Museum Pos

    The Postal Museum was established upon the completion of the building, in 1931. Initially, the collection mainly consisted of postal stamps from the Dutch East Indies. Nowadays, it is a complete museum, covering Indonesia's postal history from the beginning of colonial times in the 17th century, until the present. An audio tour guide is available in Indonesian and English.

    Mon-Fri 09:00-16:00, Sat 09:00-13:00Free entrance

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    Sri Baduga Museum

    Museum Negeri Sri Baduga

    Archeological and geological exhibitions related to the province of West Java, such as Sundanese crafts, furnishings, geologic history, and natural diversity.

    Tue-Sun 08:00-16:00 (closed Mondays)

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    Thai Palace

    The most well-known Thai restaurant of the city. There are two other branches at the Istana Plaza and Festival Citylink malls.

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    Toko Sin Sin

    Sin Sin Art Shop

    Sells various high quality handicraft and souvenirs, including wayang golek (wood puppet), wayang kulit (leather puppet), angklung, leather and crocodile skin handicraft (mostly bags, wallets, and belts), wood carvings, Indonesian traditional silverworks, paintings, and even Indonesian furniture. This is a shop with very long history, started even before Indonesia gained independence.

    Mon-Sat 09:00-17:00, Sun 09:00-12:00

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Bandung (CC BY-SA 4.0).