Museum Multatuli is located on Jl. Alun-Alun Timur No.8, Rangkasbitung, Lebak. The museum occupies an office and residential building built in 1923. The museum inaugurated as the first Anti-Colonial Museum in Indonesia Multatuli is the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker. The man who was born in Amsterdam, March 2, 1820, witnessed the practice of…
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Jiwasraya Building at Harmonie: An Instagramable Spot in Jakarta
As the capital city, Jakarta has a lot potential for traveler to explore the city. One of the must stop destination is located in Harmoni. During the Dutch East Indies, the Harmoni area was part of the new City in Jakarta. No wonder if we can still find the old nuances of this region. One…
RS Harapan Depok: Office of the President of Depok
The history of Depok can’t be separated from the name of the founder of Depok, Cornelis Chastelein. Cornelis Chastelein is retired VOC who bought the land of 1224 hectares in the region which is now named Depok. At that time the area was still a forest, Cornelis Chastelein then brought in a hundreds of slaves…
Jembatan Panus: Connecting Depok with Jakarta and Bogor
During the colonial era, land transportation which connecting Depok with Jakarta and Bogor from become indispensable. Therefore in 1917, the Dutch build a bridge that crosses the Ciliwung River to connect Depok with Jakarta and Bogor. Jembatan Panus name derived from the name of the architect Stephanus Jonathans or widely known as Stephanus Leander. For…
Pantjoran Tea House: Enjoy Your Tea in the Prominent Old Chinatown in Jakarta
The Old City area has a strong character, because it had always evolving a cross-cultural tradition and ethnically diverse as the formation of the network center of international trade. The Old City of Jakarta is a unique area; since the city was built from from a colonial city at the time when VOC dominate the…
Kantor PLN Gambir: Witness of Electricity Development in Jakarta
Originally, this building was the office of a company called NV NIGM (Nederlandsch Indische Gas Maatschappij) which was established in 1897. The company is expanding its operations into electric power. At that time, there was Steam Power Plant aroun Gambir near the Ciliwung river. In 1913, NV NIGM had a license to do business in…
Monumen Tugu Lonceng Cilebut: The Forgotten Monument
Who would have thought that not far from the Cilebut station it stands a monument called the Monumen Tugu Lonceng or Bell Monument. There is a sign around this monument which explain this objects as cultural heritage protected by the Government. Although the name contains the word “bell”, unfortunately there was no bell at the…
Kantor Pos Cikini: Eye Witness of Communication Development in Jakarta
Perhaps the current generation will no longer able to determine how good it feels to visit the Post Office. In the past, children are always taught how to send a letter as a tool to communicate with others. Even at that time, we have specialized term that we called “Pen friends” At that time, elementary…
Monumen Jalur Trem: The Last Remaining Tram Railway
Currently Jakarta is trying so hard to solve transportation problems. One solution that was offered was to rebuild the tram line. For some observers, the government’s idea is very reasonable because the load capacity is quite high. Kompas reported, the city tram can transport 80,000 passengers per hour, monorail 40,000 passengers per hour, a hard…
Jembatan Rel Ciliwung: There is No Railway
Up to 1913, there were two railway companies serving the public transport in Batavia, the first is Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatchappij (NISM), which is a private company and Staatspoorwegen (SS) which is a state enterprise. NISM has a train line that serves the Batavia Noord – Sawah Besar – Noordwijk (Juanda) – Weltevreden (Gambir) – Kebonsirih…
Kemayoran International Airport Terminal: A Museum Wanna Be
The area of Kemayoran used to be the former area of the Kemayoran International Airport. This Airport is the first International Airport in Indonesia. First built in 1934 and officially began operations on July 8, 1940. Till 1942, the airport is managed by the Dutch airline company, namely Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KNILM). The KMO…
Pintu Air Istiqlal: Saving the Bourgeois District of Batavia
In handling the floods that often hit Jakarta, The VOC and Dutch East Indies Government was also trying to build many canals in Jakarta. Since the construction of the canal, it should also construct various water gates in Jakarta. One of the water gate is Pintu Air Istiqlal or Istiqlal Water Gate In the Dutch…
Jakarta by Train 