The Beauty Of Religious Tourism To The Semarang Ship Mosque, The Rooftop Is A Favorite Selfie Spot
Besides the Great Mosque of Jawa Tengah, a religious tourism destination, there is also the As Safinatun Najah Mosque in Jalan Kyai Padak, Podorejo Village, Ngaliyan District.
In Indonesian, the name Safinatun Najah means rescue ship. As the name suggests, this mosque has a unique architecture in the shape of a ship. So tourists know it better than the Ship Mosque.
Semarang Ship Mosque was built in 2015 with a land area of around 7.5 hectares and a building area of around 2 hectares. The building area itself is around 2,500 square meters.
Many stall sellers take advantage of this tourism for their family economy. Around the Ship Mosque, there are rows of stalls selling culinary delights to visitors. Souvenir stalls can also be found on the side of the road near this mosque.
Some of the foods that can be found at the stall include onde-onde, crackers, peanut sugar, wader chips, fermented sticky rice, and casava mostly IDR 5.000.
The Ship Mosque can be said to be one of the tourist attractions in Jawa Tengah. Even now it is still crowded by visitors, such as students and the general public. This tourist attraction is often visited during the holidays. During the New Year holidays on January 1, 2024, visitors were estimated at 1,500 people.
One of the favorite places at the Ship Mosque is the rooftop or open roof on the fourth floor. On this rooftop, there is a mosque dome, a library room, and a hall for relaxing.
From the height of the rooftop, tourists can gaze at the rice fields, gardens, and beautiful trees around the mosque.
Favorite Place
It's no wonder that the top part of the Semarang Ship Mosque is one of the favorite places for many people to relax while reading a book. They even leaned on the stern while taking selfies. This spot is quite instagrammable.
It is quite easy to reach this mosque. Moreover, this area has been included in the map of the Google Maps application, thus helping visitors to this place. The Ship Mosque can be accessed via many routes, but the majority of visitors use Jalan Prof Dr Hamka and then go to Gondoriyo Street, precisely before Kedungpane Prison, Semarang.
However, don't worry, because the road access here is good enough that it can be passed by private two-wheeled and four-wheeled.
The entrance ticket price to visit the Semarang Ship Mosque is very affordable, it is only IDR 3,000.
Apart from being used as a place of worship, this place can also be used as a place to find peace. Many people deliberately come in the afternoon to capture the sunrise from the rooftop.
