Bandung Shopping Guide
Bandung is very popular and known as a shopping city, or Kota Wisata Belanja. There are many lots of shopping spots in Bandung. Bandung Shopping the right place for shoppers where you can find and buy clothes, shoes, handbags and souvenirs in Bandung. Since Bandung has otonomy right to build their own city, they now build lots of shopping center, The fashion stores now grow so fast, they sell various stuff like quality clothes, and rejected export products which is alot cheaper rather then the price in the malls. You also can find Distro (distribution outlets). Distro is an interesting place to shop in Bandung because they produce their own fashion design which is very unique and cannot be found in other shopping place. There are also several factory outlet shops around Bandung. The shops are mainly found along the streets of Juanda (known as Dago area), Cipaganti area, Martadinata Street (known as Riau) and Cihampelas street. Bandung Shopping is one of the primary attractions for Indonesians visiting Bandung. The other reason is culinary food.
Where to Shop in Bandung?
* Alun-alun area (city square) is surrounded by shopping centers, particularly on Dalem Kaum Street. Facility: Shopping center (available for bargain), food court, mosque.
Cihampelas Bandung
Cihampelas or popular called as The Street of 1001 Jeans is best known for jeans. You can find denim (jeans) stores along the street. Here you can buy literally any type as well as any size of jeans, in addition to a very large selection of casual wear, all at very reasonable prices. The jeans here are mostly copies. The shops here boast huge fantastical statues of comic book or movie characters on their roofs and shop fronts such as Superman, Goku, Rambo and others.
Cibaduyut Bandung:
If you have sometime to explore shopping in Bandung, you can try to go to Cibaduyut. Cibaduyut is the center of shoe sellers. The statue of two bronze shoes at the beginning of the street conveys it all: shoes of all sorts and sizes make up the bulk of what this street sells. If you are keen on shoes and like a bargain, Cibaduyut street will both satisfy your feet as your wallet. To get there, either take a taxi or hop on one of the angkots that states Cibaduyut, and get off past the shoe statue. Most of the branded shoes might not be the real thing even though, many still are of good quality and it is hard to tell if it concerns the real thing or not. Other than that most shoes are Indonesian brands, again of good enough quality and economically priced.
* Factory outlets: Mostly Factory outlets are concentrated along the streets of Juanda (Dago), Cipaganti, and Martadinata (Riau). You can just walk along the streets. Such as The Summit Factory Outlet and Herittage Factory Outlet which are located at Martadinata (Riau) Street. Just ask away how to get there.
* Distros (Distribution Outlets) are a new phenomenon in Bandung where a shop sells stylish products that were made by local designers. They are served as a distribution store, because these local designers do not have their own marketing label yet. One thing that makes distros stand out from factory outlet is that distros come from individual designers and young entrepeneurs, while factory outlet products come from a garment factory.
Some of Bandung distros: EAT, Jl. Trunojoyo 4, Invictus, Jl.Pager gunung 13 and Jl.Trunojoyo 6 also you can check their website www.invcts.com Ouval Research, Jl. Buah Batu 64, No Label, Jl. Sumatra 24, etc.
Where to Shop in Bandung?
* Alun-alun area (city square) is surrounded by shopping centers, particularly on Dalem Kaum Street. Facility: Shopping center (available for bargain), food court, mosque.
Cihampelas Bandung
Cihampelas or popular called as The Street of 1001 Jeans is best known for jeans. You can find denim (jeans) stores along the street. Here you can buy literally any type as well as any size of jeans, in addition to a very large selection of casual wear, all at very reasonable prices. The jeans here are mostly copies. The shops here boast huge fantastical statues of comic book or movie characters on their roofs and shop fronts such as Superman, Goku, Rambo and others.Cibaduyut Bandung:
If you have sometime to explore shopping in Bandung, you can try to go to Cibaduyut. Cibaduyut is the center of shoe sellers. The statue of two bronze shoes at the beginning of the street conveys it all: shoes of all sorts and sizes make up the bulk of what this street sells. If you are keen on shoes and like a bargain, Cibaduyut street will both satisfy your feet as your wallet. To get there, either take a taxi or hop on one of the angkots that states Cibaduyut, and get off past the shoe statue. Most of the branded shoes might not be the real thing even though, many still are of good quality and it is hard to tell if it concerns the real thing or not. Other than that most shoes are Indonesian brands, again of good enough quality and economically priced.* Factory outlets: Mostly Factory outlets are concentrated along the streets of Juanda (Dago), Cipaganti, and Martadinata (Riau). You can just walk along the streets. Such as The Summit Factory Outlet and Herittage Factory Outlet which are located at Martadinata (Riau) Street. Just ask away how to get there.
* Distros (Distribution Outlets) are a new phenomenon in Bandung where a shop sells stylish products that were made by local designers. They are served as a distribution store, because these local designers do not have their own marketing label yet. One thing that makes distros stand out from factory outlet is that distros come from individual designers and young entrepeneurs, while factory outlet products come from a garment factory.
Some of Bandung distros: EAT, Jl. Trunojoyo 4, Invictus, Jl.Pager gunung 13 and Jl.Trunojoyo 6 also you can check their website www.invcts.com Ouval Research, Jl. Buah Batu 64, No Label, Jl. Sumatra 24, etc.
Note: be careful when buying in distros as the prices are increasing to a level almost the same as at boutique shops.
Mall and Shopping Center in Bandung :
Bandung ELectronic Centre (BEC)
Purnawarman Street
Facility: Electronic, Computer & Hand phone retails, food court.
Bandung Indah Plaza (BIP)
Merdeka Street
Facility: Shopping center, food court, cafe, cinema
Bandung Super Mall (BSM)
Gatot Subroto Street
Facility: Shopping center, food court, cafe, cinema
BE-mall
Naripan Street
Facility: Facility: Electronic retails, food court
Braga City Walk
Braga Street
Facility: Shopping center, food court, cafe, cinema
Bandung Trade Center (BTC)
Pasteur Street
Facility: Shopping center (available for bargain), Food court
Cihampelas Walk (Ciwalk)
Cihampelas Street
Facility: Shopping center, food court, cafe, cinema, billiard, nightlife
Hyper Square
Pasirkaliki Street
Facility: Outdoor Food court, discotheque, FO, Ruko
IBCC (Istana Building Commodities Center)
Ahmad Yani Street
Facility: Electronic center, Food court
Istana Plaza
Pasirkaliki Street in Pajajaran area
Facility: Shopping center, Food court, Cafe, Ice skating
ITC Kebon Kelapa
Moh. Toha Street, Pungkur are
Facility: Shopping center (available for bargain), Food court
Kings Shopping Center
This is a very popular shopping spot for local shoppers
Kepatihan Street
Facility: Shopping center (available for bargain), Food court, Cinema
Palaguna
It is one of old shopping center in Bandung
Dalem Kaum Street
Facility: Shopping center (available for bargain)
Paris Van Java Mall
Sukajadi Street
Facility: Shopping center, Food court, Cafe, Cinema
Pasar Baru
Otto Iskandar Dinata or known as Otista Street
Facility: Shopping center (available for bargain), Food court
Planet Dago
It's in front of Indmaret supermarket, there you can find a popular Cafe "O la la"
Juanda Street, Dago area
Facility: Shopping center, Bowling, Food court, Cafe
Plaza Dago
There you can find many of mobile/cellphone sellers
It's also near to the popular mall in Bandung, BIP.
Dago/Juanda
Facility: Shopping center, Cafe, Food court, Karaoke, Billiard
Premiere
Cihampelas Street
Facility: Shopping center, Food court
Below are some interesting places and shops to find or buy souvenirs and arts.
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Gallery and Boutique in Bandung
| Galeri 16 Cibeureum Street 16 Galeri Kita RE.Martadinata Street 209 Galeri Win Art Mangga Street 36 Batik Keris Tamblong Street 64 Badjoe Batik Jendral Sudirman Street Batik Danar Hadi Sukajadi Street 119 Babe Butik Telaga Bodas Street 55 Baleza Butik Ir.H.Djuanda Street 131 Tirta Jaya Batik Prof.DR.Surya Sumantri Street 6C Museum Barli R.Prof.DR.Sutami Street Mab Butik Prof.DR.Surya Sumantri Street 6C | Best Boutique Lengkong Kecil Street 74 Blue Moon Boutique Jend. Sudirman Street 75 Carla Boutique Jamika Street 41 Celcius Butik Naripan Street 62 Chance Boutique Komp, Kopo Plaza BI D/B Rumah Nusantara Gegerkalong Street 147 Azzalea Shoes Naripan Street 62 Galeri Jeihan Cibeunying Selatan Street Chalisa Boutique Rajamantri Mantri Street 11/2 Fan Italian Butik Terusan Martanegara Street 9 Rumah Payung Nyoman Setrasari Street |
Well, that's all I know. I hope this bandung shopping guide will be useful for you..
I will add more information when I have some.
Happy Shopping :)
I will add more information when I have some.
Happy Shopping :)
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