Blang Padang square is one of the place to visit in Banda Aceh. Almost all Acehnese know Blang Padang. This park is designated as green open space and other activities that require open space in Aceh province especially Banda Aceh City. Blang Padang is a stretch of green grass and trees planted around the Blang Padang that make this are very shady. This park extent of approximately eight hectares located right in the heart of Banda Aceh city. Formerly Blang Padang was the field used by Aceh Darussalam Kingdom.
At this time, Blang Padang is often used by the residents of Banda Aceh for the place to relax, play football, basketball, jogging and also the place where the children can play with family. In the holiday this shady area looks increasingly crowded and on the Sunday usually held regular event of Healthy Heart Gymnastics.
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In this place, there are public facilities such as toilets, praying room and also there are various facilities for sports such as jogging tract, volleyball court, soccer court and basketball court as well as widely parking area. There is also a children’s playground for families.
There are also a lots of seats available for visitors that provided by food seller here. In Blang Padang we can enjoy various of fresh drinks such as Coconut Ice, Fresh Fruit Soup and various others beverages. There is also a various of snacks that can be tried like Batagor, Fruit Salad, Aceh Noodles, Chicken Porridge, Siomay and many more.
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In Blang Padang park there is also a monument Thank To The World made by government as an expression of gratitude to all donor countries in the world who helped Aceh over the tsunami disaster that killed more than two hundred and fifty thousand and made half million people homeless.
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In this Blang Padang area visitors also can see a historic monument for the Indonesia and Aceh, the monument Replica of Dakota DC-3 Aircraft RI 001 Seulawah. Dakota RI-001 Seulawah is a transport plane which is the first plane owned by the Republic of Indonesia. This aircraft was purchased from the donation from the People of Aceh. Dakota RI-001 Seulawah aircraft is the forerunner to the establishment of Indonesia’s first commercial airline, Indonesian Airways or Garuda Indonesia.
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