Asia-Africa Street

Asia-Africa Strret is one of the most popular streets in Bandung City. It's one of the most frequently passable street in Bandung. Many important buildings are standing in this street.It is a very well-known street for Bandung people.

Asia-Africa Street is a really old street. It was build during the Dutch colonialism era. At first, this street was only a part of the Anyer-Panarukan street. Then, after the city location was moved, this street became a witness of Bandung's development.

I think that Asia-Africa street is a very neat street. It is a large and long street which is always full of people and their vehicles. Not only at day, but also at night. When an event occurs in this street and the road is blocked, people are still coming without their vehicles. This street is just never gets sleep.

In their right and left side, there are many historical buildings. There are Savoy Homann Hotel, Preanger Hotel, 0 km point of Bandung, Merdeka Building, Alun-Alun, a building which was a hotel(I forgot its name), and more. It is a great spot for photographers, or for people who just like to take photos. The architecture is beautiful. For your information, Preanger Hotel was designed by our first president, Ir. Soekarno. And look how amazing the hotel is!

While Savoy Homann Hotel, the oldest hotel in Bandung, does not lose its pride for its 4 star-rating. Savoy Homann is one of the most comfortable and beautiful hotel for me. Its look from the outside is really fancy. But, when you are inside of the hotel, everything is more fancy. The chandeliers, the wallpapers, the furniture, the interior design, everything. I am amazed when I first come to the hotel. Savoy Homann Hotel was also a hotel in 1955 that's used for delegations of Asia-Africa Conference to stay for the night.

Savoy Homann Hotel

And our main building in the Asia-Africa street is Merdeka Building. It is a really cool place for me. It has a lot of tall flag poles in the front of the buildings. Really, a lot. Those flag poles are used to hang various countries flags. And when the flags are all up, it looks really beautiful. Well, the flags are hung when there is an inportant event held. For example, last April, we are proud to be the host of 60 Years Remembrance of Asia-Africa Conference. The street and the sidewalk are decorated nicely by our lovely mayor, Mr. Ridwan Kamil. The flags are all hung up which is an amazing view for me. And there are stones, many "ball-shaped" stones, and are carved with the countries names who participated in the conference in its surface. The stones are placed in the sidewalk of Asia-Africa Street. Oh, and the delegations? They rest in our oldest hotel, Savoy Homann Hotel.

Merdeka Building

60 Years Remembrance of Asia-Africa Conference

So, I think that Asia-Africa street really holds many histories of Bandung. Even the street's name itself reflects one of the histories, which is about Asia-Africa Conference.

I think that's all that I can share with you guys. Thanks for reading, I hope it's useful. :)