Tourist Destination and Popular Foods in Semarang

Sunday, 24 February 2019

Semarang Tourist Destination

Lawang Sewu

Built in 1904, Lawang Sewu is an ancient building which is famous for its exotic design as well as its mystical tales. This Dutch colonial building is quite eye-catching that you can easily spot in the east side of the Tugu Muda Monument Semarang, right in the middle of this rich historical city. The name of Lawang Sewu in Javanese means “thousand of doors”, but don’t take it literally. Although it doesn’t even have nearly one thousand, but this peculiar designated building has a lot of doors and many large windows which made local people back then mistaken them as doors.

But in 1942, this building was taken over by Japanese and turned into prison and torment place where many people died terribly. Due to its tragic history, no wonder the name of Lawang Sewu is always associated to the spooky haunted mansion among local people. Rumor has it that there are many ghosts sighting in this place.

Ticket entrance to visit Lawang Sewu is quite cheap, which is Rp 10.000 for a student and Rp 20.000 for an adult. A trip to Semarang isn’t complete if you don’t enter this famous colonial landmark.

https://thedailyroar.com/travel/lawang-sewu-a-historical-landmark-in-semarang/

Popular/special foods in Semarang

Lumpia Semarang

Lumpia Semarang is a type of fried spring roll thats comes with savory sweet bamboo shoot fillings – chicken, shrimp, and egg are usually added. The dish essentially boasts the blend of Chinese and Javanese flavors. Snacking on the top-ratted fusion delicacy is incomplete without dipping it in the sauce made of brown sugar, soy sauce, and corn starch.

https://trip101.com/article/best-semarang-foods