Jembatan Merah Surabaya through time

Surabaya 1910–2025 5 photos of this spot

5 photographs taken at the same spot in Surabaya, spanning 1910–2025 — 3 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

This 1910 image from the Tropenmuseum collection shows the Roode Brug, or 'Red Bridge,' in Surabaya. The bridge crossed one of the city's canals at a time when Surabaya was a major trading port in the Dutch East Indies, handling much of the colony's shipping traffic.

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Roode Brug te Soerabaja TMnr 1910 This 1910 image from the Tropenmuseum collection shows the Roode Brug, or 'Red Bridge,' in Surabaya. The bridge crossed one of the city's canals at a time when Surabaya was a major trading port in the Dutch East Indies, handling much of the colony's shipping traffic.

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Karren rijden over de Roode Brug Soerabaja TMnr 1910 Horse-drawn carts cross the Roode Brug in Surabaya in this 1910 photograph from the Tropenmuseum collection. The image captures ordinary street traffic passing over the bridge, offering a glimpse of daily commerce in the Dutch East Indies during the early twentieth century.

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Roode Brug en de Handelstraat in Soerabaja TMnr 1925 This photograph from the Tropenmuseum collection shows the Roode Brug (Red Bridge) and Handelstraat in Surabaya, Indonesia, then part of the Dutch East Indies, around 1925.

Jembatan Merah Surabaya 2009 Jembatan Merah, the 'Red Bridge,' in Surabaya, Indonesia, a landmark associated with the city's 1945 battle during the Indonesian struggle for independence, photographed in 2009.

Gedung Bank Mandiri KCP Surabaya Jembatan Merah 2025 A 2025 photograph of the Bank Mandiri branch building at Jembatan Merah in Surabaya, occupying a structure from the district's Dutch colonial commercial heyday.