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Jakarta Old Town History and Heritage Walk

Jakarta Old Town History and Heritage Walk

Jakarta · Indonesia

14 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Walk through Jakarta’s historic core, beginning with museums and public spaces that introduce the area’s past. Continue through Chinatown and Glodok to see how commerce and community shape the route. Along the way, encounter historic buildings, riverside scenery, and the old harbor area. This walk is worth taking for its concentrated mix of museums, urban heritage, and cultural landmarks.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Jakarta History Museum

    Jakarta History Museum

    A former Batavia city hall, now home to Jakarta’s story from prehistory to independence.

  2. Taman Fatahillah

    Taman Fatahillah

    Taman Fatahillah is an attraction in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  3. Chinatown Kawasan Pancoran Glodok

    Chinatown Kawasan Pancoran Glodok

    An attraction in Chinatown Kawasan Pancoran Glodok, Jakarta, Indonesia.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Glodok Chinatown Market

    Glodok Chinatown Market

    Glodok Chinatown Market is an attraction in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  6. Museum Mandiri

    Museum Mandiri

    Museum Mandiri is a museum in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  7. Museum Bank Indonesia

    Museum Bank Indonesia

    Museum Bank Indonesia is a museum in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.