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๐. Bandung is a city that is lined up to be the capital of West Java. Besides the Flower City, Bandung is also often dubbed as Paris van Java or in Dutch spelling, Parijs van Java.
Why is Bandung called Paris van Java? The nickname has been pinned to Bandung since 1889-1904 during the Dutch East Indies colonial period, and was popularized by the Dutch. The nickname was deliberately created in order to attract tourists to visit the Dutch East Indies. Not only Bandung, a number of cities in Indonesia were also introduced with similar nicknames, for example Venetie van Java for Batavia, Gibraltar van Java for Semarang, and Switzerland van Java for Garut. Then is it true that Bandung is similar to Paris?
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๐. Bandung is a city that is lined up to be the capital of West Java. Besides the Flower City, Bandung is also often dubbed as Paris van Java or in Dutch spelling, Parijs van Java.
Why is Bandung called Paris van Java? The nickname has been pinned to Bandung since 1889-1904 during the Dutch East Indies colonial period, and was popularized by the Dutch. The nickname was deliberately created in order to attract tourists to visit the Dutch East Indies. Not only Bandung, a number of cities in Indonesia were also introduced with similar nicknames, for example Venetie van Java for Batavia, Gibraltar van Java for Semarang, and Switzerland van Java for Garut. Then is it true that Bandung is similar to Paris?