Citra Niaga
A souvenir and snack market in the city center, which won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Here you can buy beadwork, sarongs, and Dayak handicrafts.
Citra Niaga is a commercial district in the center of Samarinda, planned in the 1980s to relocate small vendors. Its open courtyard and low-rise shop layout won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1989. Today it is the main place to buy souvenirs, selling Dayak beadwork, woven goods, Samarinda sarongs, and pearls, with snack stalls in the evening. It is close to the riverfront and the old market, and the three can be linked together on foot. Some shops are rather old, and bargaining is the norm.
Opening hours
About 09:00–21:00
Nearby sights
- Tepian Mahakam Riverfront
- Samarinda Weaving Village
- Shiratal Mustaqiem Mosque
- Islamic Center Mosque Samarinda
- Mahakam Bridge
- Kebun Raya Unmul Samarinda
- Pampang Dayak Cultural Village
- Kutai Kartanegara Bridge