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Een Historische Reis: Toko Oen en het Nederlandse Koloniale Verleden van Malang

De stad Malang is ƩƩn van de plaatsen in IndonesiĆ« die een rijke geschiedenis van de Nederlandse bezetting kent. Het is dan ook geen verrassing dat er nog veel koloniale gebouwen te vinden zijn in deze stad, die in vroegere tijden ook wel het Parijs van Oost-Java werd genoemd. Een van de bekendste gebouwen is Toko Oen, destijds een geliefde ontmoetingsplek voor Nederlanders om samen met familie en vrienden van hun vrije tijd te genieten. In die tijd woonden Nederlanders in Malang niet alleen in het stadscentrum, maar ook op het platteland en op plantages. Zelfs Nederlanders uit Blitar en Pasuruan kwamen regelmatig naar Toko Oen. Men kwam er niet alleen om te eten en te drinken, maar ook om te dansen – Toko Oen beschikte destijds over een speciaal boogvormig gedeelte dat voor dansavonden werd gebruikt. Het was zelfs een populaire locatie voor bruiloften. Toko Oen ligt in het hart van de stad, vlak bij het Alun-Alun van Malang, tegenwoordig bekend als Jalan Jenderal Basuki Rahmat numm...
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Ontdek Kampoeng Heritage Kajoetangan – Het Verborgen Hart van Malang

Fotocredit: Wikimedia Commons Stel je voor: je wandelt door smalle straatjes waar de tijd lijkt stil te staan. De geur van verse koffie mengt zich met de aroma’s van kruidige Indonesische gerechten. Aan weerszijden zie je prachtige, oude huizen in koloniale stijl, sommige met elegante houten veranda’s, andere met kleurrijke gevels en sierlijke ramen. Dit is Kampoeng Heritage Kajoetangan – een levend museum in het hart van Malang, waar geschiedenis, cultuur en het dagelijks leven harmonieus samenkomen. šŸ“ Waar vind je Kajoetangan? Kajoetangan ligt in het centrum van Malang, op slechts een steenworp afstand van het stadhuis ( Balaikota ) en het levendige stadsplein ( Alun-Alun ). Deze wijk, officieel onderdeel van Kelurahan Kauman in het district Klojen, behoort tot de oudste delen van de stad. Al sinds de 13e eeuw wonen hier mensen, en door de eeuwen heen heeft de wijk invloeden gekend van Javaanse tradities, koloniale architectuur en moderne stadsontwikkeling. šŸ› Een wijk vol verh...

Ijen Boulevard (Ijen Straat) in Malang

A pretty street with palm trees and a garden in the middle. The sentence may be used by many people to describe the condition of Ijen roads in the city of Malang. One cause of the title as a beautiful city and beautiful for no other Malang obtained thanks to the way this one. As a region that is a landmark for the city of Malang, the Ijen is one of the places visited or simply bypassed by tourists when this city. The beauty of this path to grow perfect with some points that can be used to relax and take pictures. Since it was first built, the title as a beautiful street never escape from this place. Ijen street itself is a masterpiece of a Dutch architect who is quite famous, Ir Thomas Karsten. With regard beauty as well as connectivity with other parts of the city, Karsten began designing road Ijen as a luxury residential area for many officials. Development of this area was conducted by Karsten in 1935 with the appropriate city planning until 1960. Shape their own way made ...

The Nostalgia Train of Malang Stoomtram Maatschappij

The railway line in Indonesia is the oldest in Asia after India. The line was almost largely created in the period of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia. Not only connecting between cities, railway line also connects the region. One example is in Malang. In Malang, in the Dutch period there used to be plenty of tram lines. The path connects several regions in Malang, Tumpang, Gondanglegi, Dampit, and Turen. The track is under the management of Malang Stoomtram Maatschappij or abbreviated as MSM who had in Malang Jagalan Station (now inactive). Although not the main station, but the station Jagalan can be regarded as the center of the MSM. While the MSM itself centered in Blimbing Station, on the two branching rail stations are each heading to Station Ferns and Jagalan Station. MSM as a private company established on November 14, 1897 represents the association of a tram with KSM (Kediri Stoomtram Maatschappij) which operate tremnya stretch Kediri - Pare - Djombang and surrounding...

Hotel Tugu Malang: Reviving the Romance of Old Java

Tugu Malang is found at the guts of the recent city, looking to the most monument of Indonesia’s struggle for independence and an attractive lotus lake park. Tugu Malang homes an enormous, invaluable assortment of antiques influenced by the Javanese Babah Peranakan (the hundreds-years-old mixed culture between the Chinese migrants in Java and also the native Javanese). Tugu Malang is quite simply a hotel; it's become most indigenous, most essential in experiencing the attractive richness of the history of Java. Tugu, in Indonesian language, means that ‘monument’. Tugu Hotels area unit little in camera owned  and designed assortment of luxury art hotels born out of 1 man’s love and keenness for Indonesia’s romantic history. Tugu Hotels’ founder, Anhar Setjadibrata, once upon a time a medical student-turned-lawyer, and currently the owner of the most important assortment of fine country art and cultural antiquities in Indonesia, designed these stunning shop repository hotels ...

Taman Indie Restaurant in Malang

I want to enjoy my holiday in Malang by eating foods with artificial typical mother or eating typical foods in restaurants that dot the city of Malang. One restaurant that I have visited is the Taman Indie. Located in the city of Malang, East Java, in a residential Pondok Blimbing Indah (Araya). The location makes the land winding places to eat this one has its own uniqueness. Combined with river and planted with rice in the mouth of the river makes this restaurant different from any other restaurant in Malang. No wonder the place is often used as a filming a cooking show on TV. Dining is also just adjacent to the golf course. While enjoying the meal is not rare voice golf cars crossing the bridge sounds. This kind of scenery can be viewed directly from the gazebo were scattered in the river mouth. If you do not like sitting on the floor in the gazebo, the above are also available as places to eat in general are enjoying the food on the table and a chair. What about the dis...

Amsterdam Restaurant is an Iconic Restaurant in Malang

This food seems to want to impress visitors with decor that includes one of the cities in the Netherlands, Amsterdam. Iconic 'I Amsterdam' to welcome the visitors who want to tasting dishes here. Similarly, the decor in the room inside, imaging city with thousand canals. The menu is varied and served in portions that fit according to my size, not too much and not too little. I had come with my dear nephew try the menu that is different and we each grimy menu each - each. Among a series of menu we ordered, I love the taste of burgers, tasty and not neg. Tender meat tastes also taste on the tongue. Another dish that is no less delicious pasta and steak that comes with French fries. Eating place was quite crowded at night, somehow the atmosphere during the day. The strains of live music to accompany the dinner we then, whether there is live music continues every day. The singer's voice and the music fit the ear with a relaxed atmosphere and of course the convenient o...