Sitting just up the street from Bandar Seri Begawan’s main intersection sits the Royal Regalia Building, a building which in its splendor lies a vast collection of discarded relics and monuments... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by likethefox and Rachel

For 1300 years, people have inhabited the stilted water village of Kampong Ayer. Since that time, it has been dubbed the Venice of the East, but in many ways its bizarre water structures are in a... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JBHewlett and atimian

Named the Palace of the Faith Light, this $1.4 billion home in Brunei seems to display more opulence than spirituality. Completed in 1984, the extravagant Istana Nurul Iman is the largest palace... »

Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JBHewlett, atimian and others

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is a an exclamation point above the Brunei River, and the so-called village in the water, Kampong Ayer. Built on an artificial lagoon on the banks of the river,... »

Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and likethefox

A beautiful chinese buddhist temple directly across from the Kg Kianggeh Open Air Market, in Brunei's capitol of Bandar Seri Begawan »

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Excellent open air market in Bandar Seri Begawan where local goods can be purchased. »

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