PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - Since long nicknamed the 'City of Flowers', Bandung has a lot of charm and magnetism of its own. Recently, the city of Bandung was also included in Tripadvisor's World Trending Destinations 2024 category in the Best of the Best Destinations Travelers Choice category.

The city of Bandung is in 15th place out of 25 cities in the world and is the only city from Indonesia on the list.

The city of Bandung's magnetism as a favorite tourist destination cannot be separated from its tourism, culinary and creativity elements.

Apart from these reasons, there are still many interesting facts about the city of Bandung so that it deserves the title "Best of the Best Destinations Travelers Choice". What are they?

1. Birthplace of the Asia-Africa Conference

The city of Bandung cannot be separated from the birth of the Asia-Africa Conference in 1955 which made Indonesia, especially Bandung, known to the world. This historical evidence can be seen directly at the Asia-Africa Conference Museum which is located on Jalan Asia Afrika No. 65, Braga, Bandung.

Apart from that, there are many more historical tours that you can use as a means of nostalgia in Bandung. Starting from Gedung Sate, the Geological Museum, the Bandung Lautan Api Monument, to the Jalan Braga area.

2. The charm of city tourism

The city of Bandung has many city tourist destinations. The streets and buildings written in the previous point are also city tourist destinations.

For example on Jalan Braga. Residents can enjoy the atmosphere of the city of Bandung along with its old buildings and take photos there.

3. Viral and Thematic Culinary Center

After being tired of traveling around the city, Wargi can also fill up his energy by trying out the various culinary delights available. Yes, the city of Bandung is known as a viral culinary center.

In fact, Bandung is in the Top 10 in TasteAtlas's "100 Best Food Cities", and typical Bandung snacks often go viral on social media, inspiring other cities in Indonesia. Such as seblak, cilung, cilor, cilok, citul, and egg rolls which have gone viral throughout Indonesia.

4. Paris van Java

Bandung is often referred to as "Paris van Java", one of the reasons is because Bandung is one of the cities that gives birth to the latest fashion trends. In fact, the development of fashion in Bandung began in the 1900s, and continues to develop today.

The city of Bandung is also the birthplace of the distro trend which is growing rapidly throughout Indonesia, and has become a fashion district spread across various main roads, such as in the Jalan Cihampelas, Jalan Riau and Dago areas.

5. Center for Creative Industries

The development of the creative industry in Bandung is also quite rapid. Be it in the fine arts, film, performing arts and music sub-sectors. What's even more interesting is that many creative industry players from Bandung have made a big contribution and are very influential on the development of the creative industry in Indonesia.

In 2007, Bandung was also confirmed as a "Creative City" by the British Council by making Bandung a pilot project for Creative Cities in East Asia.

6. Film City

The city of Bandung is also the location where the first Indonesian film was made, entitled Loetoeng Kasarung. The film premiered on December 31, 1929.

The nickname "Film City" for Bandung continues to stick, especially in 1987 the Bandung Film Festival was born which became an awards event for Indonesian film people which continues to be present to this day.

Many of the scenes that have remained in the memories of local film lovers were also shot in Bandung. For example, the phenomenal film 'Dilan'.

It would be interesting if you solved where the film was set and captured the moment at that location.

While there is still a long holiday, there's no harm in spending time in the city of Bandung. Welcome to the Wargi weekend.