Street in Surabaya through time

Surabaya 1865–2025 22 photos of this spot

22 photographs taken at the same spot in Surabaya, spanning 1865–2025 — 17 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Street in Surabaya, Java, photographed by K. Buwalda, 1865. Source: KITLV / Leiden University Libraries, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).

Street in Surabaya 1865 Street in Surabaya, Java, photographed by K. Buwalda, 1865. Source: KITLV / Leiden University Libraries, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).

EU: Het Surabaya-hotel (1880) 1880 The Surabaya Hotel appears in this 1880 photograph, one of the establishments serving Dutch colonial residents and travelers passing through Surabaya, one of the largest port cities in the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Station van Surabaya (1880) 1880 This 1880 image shows Surabaya's railway station, part of the transport infrastructure built up in the city under Dutch colonial administration as it grew into a major East Indies commercial hub.

EU: Een straat in Surabaya (1880) 1880 A street in Surabaya is pictured in this 1880 photograph, offering a glimpse of daily life in a city that had grown into one of the busiest ports of the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Een verenigingsgebouw in Surabaya (1880) 1880 An association building in Surabaya, likely a social or civic clubhouse serving the city's colonial residents, is the subject of this 1880 photograph from the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Het handelscentrum van Surabaya (1880) 1880 Surabaya's trade center is documented in this 1880 photograph, reflecting the city's role as one of the busiest commercial ports in the Dutch East Indies during the colonial period.

EU: Het stadspark van Surabaya (1880) 1880 This 1880 photograph shows the city park of Surabaya, a public green space laid out in one of the largest and busiest port cities of the Dutch East Indies.

EU: De rede van Surabaya (1880) 1880 The roadstead of Surabaya, the sheltered anchorage where ships lay at harbor, is pictured in this 1880 photograph, reflecting the city's importance as a shipping hub in the Dutch East Indies.

EU: Het residentiehuis in Surabaya (1880) 1880 This 1880 image shows the Resident's house in Surabaya, the official residence of the Dutch colonial administrator overseeing the city and surrounding region.

EU: De sociëteit van Surabaya (1880) 1880 Surabaya's societeit, a Dutch colonial-era social club for the city's European residents, is the subject of this 1880 photograph documenting civic life in the East Indies port city.

EU: De moskee van Surabaya (1880) 1880 This 1880 photograph shows a mosque in Surabaya, reflecting the religious life of the city's largely Muslim population under Dutch colonial administration.

EU: De kathedraal van Surabaya (1880) 1880 The cathedral of Surabaya appears in this 1880 photograph, serving the city's Catholic community in one of the major port cities of the Dutch East Indies.

EU: De Chinese wijk in Surabaya (1880) 1880 This 1880 photograph documents the Chinese quarter of Surabaya, home to a long-established Chinese trading community that played a major role in the port city's commerce.

EU: Het post- en telegraafkantoor in Surabaya (1880) 1880 Surabaya's post and telegraph office is pictured in this 1880 photograph, part of the communications infrastructure linking the port city to the wider Dutch East Indies.

EU: Gezicht op de Kali Mas in Surabaya (1880) 1880 This 1880 photograph offers a view of the Kali Mas, the river running through Surabaya that served as a key artery for trade and transport in one of the Dutch East Indies' busiest port cities.

EU: IJzeren brug over de Kali Brantas (1880) 1880 An iron bridge spanning the Kali Brantas is shown in this 1880 photograph, part of the infrastructure built to connect Surabaya to its surrounding agricultural region.

EU: Openbaar gebouw, Soerabaia street scene (1901) 1901 A public building and its surrounding street life are recorded in this 1901 view of Surabaya, then a major port city of the Dutch East Indies on the northern coast of Java.

Bank Indonesia Surabaya 2008 The Bank Indonesia building in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, is pictured in this 2008 photograph. The structure reflects the Dutch colonial-era architecture that still lines parts of the city's old commercial district.

Bank Indonesia Surabaya, farther view 2008 A wider 2008 view of the Bank Indonesia building in Surabaya shows its setting within the city's historic core, an area shaped by Dutch colonial urban planning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Church of the Birth of Our Lady, Surabaya 2025 The Church of the Birth of Our Lady in Surabaya, a Catholic church whose architecture reflects the city's period as a major port under Dutch colonial administration.

Gedung Bank Mandiri KCP Surabaya Pahlawan 2025 A Bank Mandiri branch office on Jalan Pahlawan in Surabaya, housed in a building whose architecture dates to the city's Dutch colonial commercial district.

Kantor Pos Surabaya 2025 The main post office building in Surabaya, a structure from the city's Dutch colonial era when it was one of the busiest ports in the Netherlands East Indies.