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Traveling while gaining knowledge visiting Lawang Sewu, Semarang, Central Java can
be your choice. In the past, Lawang Sewu was an office building owned by a private
railway company from the Netherlands that served transportation from Central Java to
Batavia. Lawang Sewu is named because it means a building with a thousand doors in
Javanese. In 1994, Lawang Sewu was handed over to PT Kereta Api Indonesia, and in
2009, it was restored and became a cultural heritage in 2011. Currently, the Lawang
Sewu building is used as a museum, a tourist attraction, and education on the history of
railways.
