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Old photos of Bandung

31 photographs of Bandung, from 1910 to 2025 — each pinned to the exact place it was taken.

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What the photos show

The 31 photographs of Bandung on PlaceWas span 7 decades, from 1910 to 2025. 8 of them were taken before 1980; the other 23 are recent views of the same streets and landmarks.5 spots were photographed more than once, so you can compare the same street, square or building across the years.31 of the photos carry a written caption explaining what is in the frame. Every picture is pinned to the place it was taken, so the map below shows where the photographers stood.

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Places in Bandung through time

Spots photographed more than once — compare the same place across the years.

Bank Artha Graha, Bandung — photos through time
Bank Artha Graha 12 photos · 1910–2025
EU: Aloen-aloen in Bandung (1910), Bandung — photos through time
EU: Aloen-aloen in Bandung (1910) 3 photos · 1910–1920
Museum KAA, Bandung — photos through time
Museum KAA 3 photos · 2014–2025
Cakrawala Jalan Asia-Afrika, Bandung — photos through time
Cakrawala Jalan Asia-Afrika 2 photos · 2014–2015
Gedung Merdeka, Bandung — photos through time
Gedung Merdeka 2 photos · 2014–2025

Stories from Bandung

What contributors wrote about these photographs.

EU: Aloen-aloen in Bandung (1910), Bandung, 1910
EU: Aloen-aloen in Bandung (1910) 1910 The alun-alun, or central town square, of Bandung is shown in this 1910 photograph from the Dutch East Indies. Such squares typically stood at the civic heart of towns across colonial Java, bordered by government…
Hotel Preanger, Bandung, 2014
Hotel Preanger 2014 The Hotel Preanger in Bandung, Indonesia, an Art Deco building associated with Dutch colonial-era architect Wolff Schoemaker, photographed in 2014. Bandung retains a notable collection of early 20th-century Art Deco…
Gedung Merdeka, Bandung, 2014
Gedung Merdeka 2014 Gedung Merdeka in Bandung hosted the 1955 Asian-African Conference, a landmark meeting of newly independent and colonized nations that helped lay the groundwork for the Non-Aligned Movement founded several years later.
Savoy Homann, Bandung, 2018
Savoy Homann 2018 The Savoy Homann, an Art Deco hotel completed in the 1930s, is among the landmark buildings along Asia-Afrika Street in Bandung, a city known for its concentration of early twentieth-century Dutch colonial architecture.…
Stasiun Cikudapateuh Depan, Bandung, 2021
Stasiun Cikudapateuh Depan 2021 The front of Cikudapateuh railway station in Bandung, photographed in 2021. The station lies on the line linking Bandung with Jakarta and other cities across West Java, part of a rail network built during the Dutch…
Braga Street, Bandung, 2023
Braga Street 2023 Jalan Braga in Bandung rose to prominence in the early twentieth century as a fashionable shopping street lined with Art Deco buildings, part of what gave the city its reputation as the 'Paris van Java.' This photograph…
Bandung - Majestic Cinema (2025), Bandung, 2025
Bandung - Majestic Cinema (2025) 2025 The Majestic building in Bandung, Indonesia, photographed in 2025. Originally opened as a cinema during the Dutch colonial period, it is among the city's notable Art Deco structures, a style for which Bandung remains…
Bandung - Hotel Savoy Homann (2025), Bandung, 2025
Bandung - Hotel Savoy Homann (2025) 2025 The Hotel Savoy Homann in Bandung, Indonesia, photographed in 2025. Built in the Art Deco style during the Dutch colonial period, the hotel is one of Bandung's best-known examples of early twentieth-century architecture.
1910s · 4 photos
1920s · 2 photos
1940s · 1 photo
1970s · 1 photo
1980s · 1 photo
2010s · 11 photos
2020s · 11 photos