Visitors to Malaysia who have an amateur interest in history should not give visiting the historical city of Malacca a miss. The history of the town goes back to around 1400, when it was founded by a Javanese prince who began the Malacca sultanate's 100 year reign. Subsequently, the town experienced three European colonial periods, beginning from the Portuguese, then the Dutch and finally the British.

At Malacca, the old Dutch colony of Malaysia's historic city, stands the grand and majestic Stadthuys.

This historical edifice dominates Malacca's renowned Dutch Square, or also known as the Red Square because of the crimson coloured old buildings there. Also located at the Square is Christ Church, the former Dutch Reformed Church of Malacca, where the pious Dutch people of the town had long before often congregated.