"Semarang: An Attractive Education City!"
Hello, fellow prospective students! Are you confused about choosing a place to continue your higher education? Don't worry. We have suggestions that might make you more confident. Come on, study in Semarang! Here, you will find many reasons to fall in love with this city and make a career while enjoying all its beauty.
Semarang is a City in the Province of Central Java. It is precisely located in the north of the Island of Java. Semarang is a modern city, but many buildings have a strong Javanese feel. Semarang is the largest city in Indonesia after 1. Jakarta, 2. Surabaya, 3. Medan, 4. Bandung and 5. Semarang is ranked fifth.
1. Affordable Living Prices
One of the reasons why Semarang is attractive to students is the relatively affordable cost of living. The price of food, transportation, and housing rentals will not burden your wallet.
Renting a residence in Semarang can be relatively cheap for students who will continue their study program in Semarang. The average price of renting a place with standard facilities, such as a boarding house, is around IDR 500,000 - IDR 1,000,000, which is usually indicated for students or students or rented between IDR 5,000,000 - IDR 10,000 with simple house conditions and only two to three rooms for those who want to share or live together with fellow students to save more.
2. Affordable Culinary Prices
Finding good cuisine in Semarang is not tricky. In this digital era, many culinary people often create content on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to provide good culinary recommendations in Semarang. It's not just a matter of taste; Semarang cuisine will not empty your wallet. Besides being delicious and the price not expensive, the cuisine here also guarantees the hygiene of its sales. It's not wrong if Central Java is famous for its cost of living and cheap, pocket-friendly food.
Here are some recommendations for famous culinary places in Semarang and try foods :
1. Pecinan (Night Street Food Culinary)
2. Lumpia Semarang
Lumpia Semarang is a rollade that contains bamboo shoots, eggs, and chicken or shrimp. The taste of Semarang spring rolls is a blend of Chinese and Indonesian flavors because it was first made by a Chinese descendant who married an Indonesian and settled in Semarang, Central Java.
3. Bandeng Presto
Semarang is also famous as a coastal city, so many dishes, such as Milkfish Presto, use fish as the main ingredient. Milkfish Presto Semarang first appeared thanks to Hanna Budimulya in 1977 and became one of Semarang's famous souvenirs.
This cooking method with the pressure cooker makes the small thorns in the milkfish meat soft. In addition, the milkfish meat becomes more peaceful, so eating it with warm rice and chili sauce is very delicious.
One of the famous places to enjoy this Presto Milkfish dish is Juwana Elrina's Presto Milkfish, which is on Jl. Pandanaran. You can get a box of five Presto Milkfish for around Rp. 40,000.00 per box.
3. Adequate Transport Facilities
Public Transportation Facilities in Semarang are also quite adequate with the Semarang Intercity Bus, commonly known as BRT. It also has a cheap fare of IDR.4.000 (for a time ride) and a special price for students at the cost of IDR.1.000. In addition to buses. Many other public transportation such as Trains, Pedicabs, and Online such as Gojek, Grab, and Maxim exist.
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