Surabaya, an Interesting City

In this third post, I write about my hometown, Surabaya.

Surabaya is located in East Java and its become a capital city of East Java. The word of “Surabaya” is taken from a fish names Sura and Buaya, which means crocodile. These two animals represent a heroic event from the past. That’s why the statue of Sura and Buaya is made for symbolizing their battle. This city is also known as a City of Heroes, due the war of people in Surabaya to win independence on 10 November 1945. This incident called Peristiwa 10 November.

Surabaya is Indonesia’s second largest city after Jakarta and it is a modern city. It looks from there are many malls in Surabaya, such as Tunjungan Plaza, Delta, Lenmarc, Marvel City, and so on. Surabaya provides many facilities for who lived in Surabaya. For instance, there are many parks like Taman Kunang-Kunang, Taman Harmoni, Taman Mundu, Taman Bungkul, etc. In Taman Bungkul there is a routine event on Sundays called Car Free Day (CFD). Besides parks, there is also an airport in Juanda, a port in Tanjung Perak and many hospitals in Surabaya. There is an amusement park in here, Surabaya Night Carnival. People can spend their time with their family or friends in there.

Surabaya has many interesting historical sites that can be visited. It can be a building or monument. Hotel Majapahit is one of the historical building. In November 1945, there was an important incident in there, people tore the Dutch flag. There is also Tugu Pahlawan, it reminds us about Peristiwa 10 November which is Bung Tomo lead the war between people in Surabaya and Dutch troops.

I like living in Surabaya because Surabaya provides many facilities like malls, where I can spend my time on the weekend in there with my family or friends, many parks that makes Surabaya more beautiful nowadays.