Tourism Destinatons
Monumen Van Der Wijck
Monumen Van Der Wijck, adalah sebuah monumen yang dibangun pada masa pemerintahan Hindia-Belanda, yang terletak di kantor pelabuhan Brondong, Lamongan.
Monumen di bangun untuk memperingati tenggelamnya kapal Van Der Wijck. Kapal Van der Wijk adalah kapal uap milik Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM) yang merupakan cikal bakal Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (PELNI) saat ini. Rute kapal pada waktu itu memang melayani kawasan Hindia Belanda saat itu. Kapal Van der Wijk dibuat oleh Maatschappij Fijenoord, Rotterdam tahun 1921 dengan berat tonase 2.596 ton, lebar kapal 13,5 meter. Kapal ini mendapat nama panggilan "de meeuw" atau "The Seagull", ini karena figur kapal ini sangat anggun dan tenang.
Saat pelayarannya yang terakhir, kapal Van der Wijk berangkat dari Bali ke Semarang dengan singgah terlebih dahulu di Surabaya. Kapal tenggelam di perairan Lamongan, tepatnya 12 mil dari pantai Grondong. Kapal ini tenggelam pada hari selasa, 20 Oktober 1936. Jumlah penumpang saat itu adalah 187 warga Pribumi dan 39 warga Eropa. Jumlah awak kapalnya terdiri dari seorang kapten, 11 perwira, seorang telegrafis, seorang steward, 5 pembantu kapal dan 80 ABK dari pribumi.Dan korban dari tenggelamnya kapal ini ada 4 meninggal dan 49 hilang.
Wingo, Lamongan’s Sweet Cake
Wingko Wingko is one of Indonesia traditional foods. People recognize this food as Wingko Babat from Semarang, Central Java. Whereas, Babat is a small town in Lamongan Regency, East Java. And it is true; this food is particularly Lamongan traditional food. Wingko is a typical of cake which made by coconut and sticky rice. It taste sweet and savoury at the same time, and having chewy texture in every bite. It mostly having round shape or in small round flips. The taste of savory from the coconut milk that blend…
The Caping Dance
Caping Dance Caping Ngancak Dance Caping Ngancak dance is one of traditional dances in Lamongan regency. The dance is describes about farmers in their rice field showing the process from grow the rice until they get harvest. Like farmers, the dancers also wearing ‘Caping’, which is a special hat that only wore by farmer in Indonesia. This dance is performed by group of young females who wore village costumes in modern style and bring Caping as the main property. www.EastJava.com
Chicken Soto Lamongan
Soto Lamongan This food is one of the famous foods in entire Indonesia. Soto, is such a beef or chicken soup. In some regency in East Java or even in Indonesia have their own type of soto. The most famous one is coming from Lamongan. Soto Lamongan have rich ingredients that mix together into a bowl completed by hot spicy broth. The condiments are: rice, glass noodle, chicken shredded, chicken liver, young egg, boil shredded egg, fried onion and celery. Do not forget the sambal sauce to make it hotter…
Wingko Babat
Wingko Wingko is one of Indonesia traditional foods. People recognize this food as Wingko Babat from Semarang, Central Java. Whereas, Babat is a small town in Lamongan Regency, East Java. And it is true; this food is particularly Lamongan traditional food. Wingko is cake made by coconut and sticky rice. It taste sweet and savoury at the same time, and having chewy texture in every bite. It mostly having round shape or in small round flips. It sweet everyone… www.eastjava.com
