15) Bandung, Indonesia

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Bandung is the capital city of West Java, and the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya. Nicknamed Parijs van Java (Paris of Java) by the Dutch for its resemblance to Paris and European atmosphere back at the colonial times. Bandung also earned another nickname as Kota Kembang, literally meaning the Flower City since Bandung used to have a lot of flowers.

Located at the altitude of 768 m with the surroundings of lush and beautiful Parahyangan mountains makes the climate mild and pleasant. The city has been well known for the universities, apparel products and a great place for gastronomic adventure. Nowadays, Bandung has become a very popular weekend escape for Jakartans, who would crowd the city on weekends and national holidays.

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.

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.

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.