Suriname · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Paramaribo.

Find places to visit in Paramaribo. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

Paramaribo · SR

Shri Gopal Mandir

On Henry Fernandesweg in Paramaribo's Weg naar Zee neighbourhood stands Shri Gopal Mandir, a small and quietly devotional Hindu temple in a country where the faith took root with indentured labourers from India. It belongs to Suriname's wide network of neighbourhood mandirs and is part of the Sanatan Dharm tradition, the mainstream current of Hindu worship practised by the country's Hindustani community. The temple's name points to what you will find inside: 'Gopal' is the cowherd form of Krishna, the playful, beloved childhood incarnation of the god Vishnu, so the mandir is a place given over to devotion to Krishna. Visitors describe it above all by its atmosphere, calling it a 'very peaceful mandir' and recommending a visit. It is not a grand monument but a living place of worship, the kind of local temple that shows how Hindu culture continues to breathe in everyday Paramaribo.

Museum

Paramaribo · SR

Surinaams Legermuseum

The Surinaams Legermuseum (Suriname Army Museum) is a small, hands-on military history museum tucked inside the Memre Boekoe army barracks in Paramaribo. Rather than a polished, purpose-built gallery, it is a living archive of the troops that have garrisoned Suriname for a century—old rifles and cannons, rusting armoured vehicles parked in the yard, a working library and the national military archive where you can leaf through regimental rolls bearing soldiers' names. Its collection traces the history of the Troepenmacht in Suriname (TRIS), the Dutch military force stationed here during the colonial era, and of the Surinamese National Army that succeeded it after independence in 1975. The displays also follow a thread that surprises many visitors: the contribution Surinamese soldiers made to the Allied cause in the Second World War and later in the Korean War, fighting under the Dutch flag at a time when the Netherlands itself was occupied.

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Suriname · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Paramaribo.

Find places to visit in Paramaribo. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

Hindu temple

Paramaribo · SR

Shri Gopal Mandir

On Henry Fernandesweg in Paramaribo's Weg naar Zee neighbourhood stands Shri Gopal Mandir, a small and quietly devotional Hindu temple in a country where the faith took root with indentured labourers from India. It belongs to Suriname's wide network of neighbourhood mandirs and is part of the Sanatan Dharm tradition, the mainstream current of Hindu worship practised by the country's Hindustani community. The temple's name points to what you will find inside: 'Gopal' is the cowherd form of Krishna, the playful, beloved childhood incarnation of the god Vishnu, so the mandir is a place given over to devotion to Krishna. Visitors describe it above all by its atmosphere, calling it a 'very peaceful mandir' and recommending a visit. It is not a grand monument but a living place of worship, the kind of local temple that shows how Hindu culture continues to breathe in everyday Paramaribo.

Museum

Paramaribo · SR

Surinaams Legermuseum

The Surinaams Legermuseum (Suriname Army Museum) is a small, hands-on military history museum tucked inside the Memre Boekoe army barracks in Paramaribo. Rather than a polished, purpose-built gallery, it is a living archive of the troops that have garrisoned Suriname for a century—old rifles and cannons, rusting armoured vehicles parked in the yard, a working library and the national military archive where you can leaf through regimental rolls bearing soldiers' names. Its collection traces the history of the Troepenmacht in Suriname (TRIS), the Dutch military force stationed here during the colonial era, and of the Surinamese National Army that succeeded it after independence in 1975. The displays also follow a thread that surprises many visitors: the contribution Surinamese soldiers made to the Allied cause in the Second World War and later in the Korean War, fighting under the Dutch flag at a time when the Netherlands itself was occupied.