The impressive Jakarta skyline at sunset

Your essential guide to Jakarta

Essential guide

Vibrant doesn’t even begin to cover Jakarta: a pulsing mega-metropolis on the northwest coast of Java. Shaped but not defined by its colonial past, it’s increasingly writing its own story with a thriving arts scene, experimental cocktails and agenda-setting restaurants.

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Do as the locals do


Jakarta-based food writer Kevindra Soemantri, author of Jakarta: A Dining History and Gastropolitan, shares three of his favourite addresses.

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