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Yearly fashion carnival around Semarang city main road. It usually starts at the city hall.
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Lawang Sewu means 'a thousand doors' in Javanese. It has a lot of them, but probably not that many. Built as the headquarters of the Dutch East Indies railway company in 1907, over time it served various purposes. The Dutch reputedly used the basement as a jail and torture centre. During World War II it was used as the Japanese army's headquarters in Semarang, and further atrocities were committed by the Japanese. The attic, with its twin water towers, was used by the military as a badminton court. Reputed to be haunted. Tour guides are available at the building's entrance. Flashlight tours of the basement, with its interesting system of small pools of water to help keep it cool, are a fun scare.
Military museum.
A multi-colored rainbow village focused on sustainable initiatives. Near the village, there is a Kalisari floral market and a promising outlook in the wood construction library that won Architizer A+ Awards 2020 and became the winner of ArchDaily building of the year 2021, named Microlibrary Warak Kayu.
Running track, badminton, and tennis venue. Every afternoon, many Semarang people run and jog in this place.