Semarang
Semarang is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia.
Semarang is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. The city has been named as the cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia by the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard (ACTCS) for 2020–2022.
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Worth seeing in and around Semarang
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.
- 01Diponegoro University
Diponegoro University is a public university located in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It was founded in 1957 as a private university by the Semarang University Foundation, which in 1960 became a public university named after Javanese Prince Diponegoro.
6.8 km · national university in Central Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Great Mosque of Central Java
The Great Mosque of Central Java is a mosque in the city of Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.
2.7 km · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 03Lawang Sewu
Lawang Sewu is a former office building in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It was a head office of the Dutch East Indies Railway Co.
1.5 km · Landmark in Semarang, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 04Sam Poo Kong
Sam Poo Kong, also known as Gedung Batu Temple, is the oldest Chinese temple in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Originally established by the Chinese explorer Zheng He, it is now shared by Indonesians of multiple religious denominations, including Muslims and Buddhists, and ethnicities, including Chinese and Javanese.
2.8 km · gedung Batu Temple · Wikipedia - 05Blenduk Church
The Protestant Church in Western Indonesia Immanuel Semarang, better known as Blenduk Church, is a Protestant church in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Built in 1753, it is the oldest church in the province.
2.5 km · church in Central Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 06Holy Rosary Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, also known as the Holy Rosary Cathedral or Randusari Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and the seat of the Archdiocese of Semarang. Finished in 1927 at Randusari, Semarang, Indonesia, it became a parish church in 1930 and a cathedral in 1940, when Albertus Soegijapranata was made the first archbishop of Semarang.
1.5 km · church in Semarang, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 07State University of Semarang
State University of Semarang is a public university in the city of Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.
7.5 km · national university in Central Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 08Jatidiri Stadium
Jatidiri Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home stadium of PSIS Semarang.
4.3 km · stadium in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 09St. Joseph's Church, Semarang
St. Joseph's Church, also known as Gedangan Church, is a Catholic church in Semarang, Indonesia, the first such church in the city.
2.8 km · church in Semarang, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 10Ranggawarsita Museum
Ranggawarsita Museum is a State Museum located in Semarang, Indonesia. As a State Museum, Ranggawarsita Museum is officially known as the State Museum of Central Java Province.
4.3 km · ethnographic museum in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia · Wikipedia
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Things to do
- 01Marina Beach
Facilities: swimming pool, children's playground, beach volleyball, water sports.
- 02Taman Lele
Facilities: children's playground & pool, cultural and art shows, also animal shows.
- 03Taman Puri Maerokoco
Tawangmas PRPP, a Central Java Miniature like Indonesia Miniature of TMII (East Jakarta).
- 04Kampung Anggrek Sodong
Purwosari, Mijen.
- 05Hutan Wisata Tinjomoyo
A city forest with a lush atmosphere and an iconic suspension bridge.
- 06Maron Beach
Do plane spotting there because the beach is located at the end of Ahmad Yani Airport runway.
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Where to eat
Semarang's choice of foods is large as other cities, you can find Japanese, Italian, Thai, Korean, Indian, and more. Semarang has many special foods that cannot be found in other cities, including: Babat gongso, beef tripe in a sweet and spicy sauce. Badak sambel, a veggies fritter in a spicy peanut sauce. Empal kelem, beef in thick spiced gravy. Kue jongkong singkong, a cake made from grated cassava.
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Getting to Semarang
- Airports
- Jenderal Ahmad Yani (SRG), 6 km · Adisoemarmo (SOC), 69 km · Yogyakarta (YIA), 109 km
- Stations
- Jenderal Ahmad Yani International Airport, 5.7 km · Semarang Tawang railway station, 2.9 km · Alastua railway station, 5.9 km · Semarang Poncol railway station, 2.1 km · Port of Tanjung Emas, 4.8 km
- Surakarta → Semarang77 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · Rp58,750–78,350
- Yogyakarta → Semarang90 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · Rp69,100–92,150
- Surabaya → Semarang259 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · Rp183,000–243,000
- 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 Semarang
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 Semarang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere are plenty of minibuses (locally called angkot or daihatsu) serving other routes.
- Get aroundThe route is normally written in the form of 'origin-destination' and sometimes with 'via' information if there is more than one minibus route with the same origin-destination but with a different path in between.
- Get aroundThere are two kinds of minibuses, the orange-coloured ones travel longer routes, and the yellow ones travel shorter routes (e.g.
- Go nextAlso, the jumping-off point to visit the copper-beating village of Cepogo and to investigate the pass between the volcanoes of Merapi and Merbabu Once in Solo, keep going further south and east, either up the slope of Mount Lawu to the magical high temples of Sukuh and Cetho, and then over into East Java, or towards the fantastic surfing beach of Watu Karung near Pacitan Slightly south of Semarang are some smaller hill towns easily reached in a day trip: Ungaran, Bandungan and Ambarawa Keep going further south to Magelang and Yogyakarta.
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Next door to Semarang
Semarang is 52 km from Jepara, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sampangansubdistrict in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia4.1 km
- Jatingalehsubdistrict in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia4 km
- SMA Negeri 3 Kota Semaranghigh school in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia1.5 km
- Regional House of Representatives of Semarang Citymunicipal legislature of the city of Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia1.4 km
- Kolese Loyolahigh school in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia1 km
- PIKA Industrial Woodworking Schoolvocational school in Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia2 km