Lapangan Merdeka

Merdeka Field, known as Lapangan Merdeka in Indonesian, as the biggest open areas in my hometown, Medan, has been functioned for many formal or informal events. Since this semi rounded-shape field is surrounded by many hundred-year trees, it is comfortable to jog in the morning or evening times. Besides uses as a jogging track, this field also popular as concert venue in Medan, especially outdoor concert. Not only as a concert venue, but it is also a great venue for many religious or governmental events because of its large capacity. Moreover, local government nowadays has tried to reorganize this massive field in order to create some new functions in this field. Some of them which have been successfully created are the food stalls area in the northern part of the field and the book stores area in the southern. Hence, this large field has become a vital place for citizen activities.