Bandung
Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia.
Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the western highland of Java island, it has one of the coolest climates compared to other provincial capitals in Indonesia, situated 708 meters above sea level, approximately 145 kilometres southeast of Jakarta. Bandung lies in a river basin surrounded by volcanic mountains that provide a natural defense system, which was the primary reason for the Dutch East Indies government's plan to move the capital from Batavia to Bandung.
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Worth seeing in and around Bandung
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bandung Institute of Technology
The Bandung Institute of Technology is a public research university in Bandung, Indonesia. It has produced many notable leaders in science, engineering, politics, business, academia, and culture.
3.6 km · national university in West Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Padjadjaran University
Universitas Padjadjaran, abbreviated as Unpad) is a public university located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was established on 11 September 1957.
3.4 km · national university in West Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 03Gedung Sate
Gedung Sate is a public building in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was designed according to a neoclassical design incorporating native Indonesian elements by Dutch architect J. Gerber to be the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of State Owned Enterprises; the building was completed in 1924.
2.5 km · public building in West Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 04Indonesia University of Education
Indonesia University of Education is a public university in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was established in 1954 as Teachers Education College.
6.7 km · national university in West Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 05Merdeka Building
Merdeka Building is an Art Deco building in Jalan Asia-Afrika, Bandung, Indonesia. Today it serves as a museum displaying collections and photographs of the Asian–African Conference, the first Non-Aligned Movement event, which was held there in 1955.
300 m · building in Bandung · Wikipedia - 06Telkom University
Telkom University is a private university located in Bandung. Established in 2013, the university was formed through the merger of several higher-education institutions operated by the Telkom Foundation.
6.3 km · Private University in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 07Bandung Cathedral
Bandung Cathedral, officially Katedral Santo Petrus, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung, located at Jalan Merdeka, Bandung, Indonesia.
900 m · Roman Catholic Cathedral · Wikipedia - 08Grand Mosque of Bandung
The Grand Mosque of Bandung, previously known as the Great Mosque of Bandung, is a mosque in Bandung, the a provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. The mosque received the status of provincial mosque in West Java Province in 2004.
100 m · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 09Parahyangan Catholic University
Parahyangan Catholic University, abbreviated as UNPAR, is one of the oldest and most prestigious private universities in Indonesia, located in Bandung. The main campus is on Ciumbuleuit street, and other campuses are on Merdeka street, Aceh street and Nias street.
5.2 km · Private university in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 10Villa Isola
Villa Isola is an art-deco building in the northern part of Bandung, the capital of West Java province of Indonesia. Overlooking the valley with the view of the city, Villa Isola was completed in 1933 by the Dutch architect Wolff Schoemaker for the Dutch media tycoon Dominique Willem Berretty, the founder of the Aneta press-agency in the Dutch East Indies.
6.9 km · Art Deco building in Bandung, Indonesia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
With Bandung being one of the main cities of the Dutch East Indies, many colonial buildings were built in the city in the second half of the 19th century, and especially the first half of the 20th century. Most of the colonial buildings can be found in the city centre, as well as in the Dago area where extensive expansions of the city took place in the early 20th century.
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Things to do
There are many activities that you can do in the city or outside the city. As Bandung highland is surrounded by a string of mountains, activities in the outskirts of the city are centred about the mountain resorts, adventure activities and outdoor sports. In the city, you can have savor the culinary diversity (see the Eat section), shop at the cheap outlets and distros (see the Buy section) or just hang around.
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Where to eat
Bandung is a heaven for food lovers who enjoy new experiences. There is a huge variety of places to eat, ranging from thousands of travelling hawkers and warung food stalls to high-end restaurants. Prices vary equally, but are generally lower than in Jakarta.
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Getting to Bandung
- Airports
- Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP), 108 km · Soekarno-Hatta (CGK), 137 km · Yogyakarta (YIA), 291 km
- Stations
- Husein Sastranegara Airport, 4.1 km · Bandung railway station, 1 km · Kiaracondong railway station, 4.4 km · Ciroyom railway station, 2 km · Cimahi railway station, 8.8 km
- Jakarta → Bandung115 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · Rp92,150–123,000
- Yogyakarta → Bandung319 km · quickest by road, 6h 28m · Rp230,000–307,000
- Semarang → Bandung311 km · quickest by road, 5h 30m · Rp203,000–271,000
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bandung
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bandung. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMany buses and minivans connect Jakarta and Bandung.
- Get inWith 7-10 seater minivans leaving every few minutes, the shuttle bus market between Jakarta and Bandung is fiercely competitive.
- Get inRoughly speaking, services can be categorised as either door to door in a chartered car or van that takes your group exactly where you want to go, for around US$50–75, or point to point from its pools to another, for under US$10.
- Get inDue to competition, all shuttles now only have 2 prices, for 8-11 seats Rp80,000 (Star Shuttle) to Rp85,000 (Baraya) and for 6-7 seats Rp90,000 to Rp110,000 in a minibus.
- Get inA door-to-door travel with cars, mostly sedans instead of a minibus, runs between Bogor and Bandung and limited to 3 passengers per car.
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Next door to Bandung
Bandung is 9 km from Cimahi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cimahicity in West Java Province, Indonesia8.9 km
- Margahayudistrict in Bandung Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia7 km
- Dayeuhkolotdistrict in Bandung Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia7.4 km
- Cimenyandistrict in Bandung Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia7.9 km
- North Cimahidistrict in Cimahi City, West Java Province, Indonesia9.5 km
- Margaasihdistrict in Bandung Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia6.7 km