Lawang Sewu is a building in Semarang, Central Java, which is the office of Nederlandsch Indishe Spoorweg Naatschappij or NIS. Built in 1903 and completed in the year 1907. Located at the roundabout Tugu Muda Semarang who first called Wilhelmina Plein. The local community called Lawang Sewu (Thousand Doors). This is because the building has a door that many (in fact the door is not up to a thousand, perhaps also because the building is high and wide, people are also considered as a door). Ancient buildings and magnificent floor two after independence this is used as office Jawatan Kereta Api Indonesia (DKARI) or it is PT Kereta Api Indonesia. In addition, once used as an Office Board Komando Regional Military Facility (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) and the Office of the (office of) the Department of Transportation in Central Java. During the struggle of this building has a distinctive history record that is when the events took place five days Activists in Semarang (14 October - 19 October 1945) in the old building became the location of a great battle between youth AMKA or Youth Force against Kempetai Rail and Kidobutai, Japan. Therefore Semarang City Government with the Mayor of SK 650/50/1992, enter Lawang Sewu as one of 102 ancient or historic buildings in the city of Semarang that should protect. Currently, the building of 100 years was empty and poor as reputable building haunted and eerie. Occasionally used as a place of exhibition, and among Semarang Tourism Expo Expo.Pernah have also want to change the discourse to become hotel.Pada year 2007, the building is also used to film with the same title with the building.