Jakarta from Historical Side - "Old Town"

Few years in Jakarta it doesn't make me know evertything about this City. I am officially work in Jakarta at October 2013 after finished my study at President University Jababeka West Java. Actually, as the one who love the history Jakarta is just like the place that i can explore from the historical side because Jakarta has a long history far away before the establishment of our country Indonesia.

At this time i will explore the old town known as “Kota Tua” Jakarta. I have been there for two times. The first time i came about 2014, and there is no significant change about that place. Still crowded but the atmosphere still create the sensation that we were standing at the historycal place in Jakarta.

Saturday afternoon after check up from Hospital, i need some fress air to forget my ill. I asked Faaiq to take me to same place. And we decided to visit the Old Town because to get there is easy from my place.

The History of Old Town

Kota Tua Jakarta ("Jakarta Old Town"), officially known as Kota Tua,^[1] is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as Oud Batavia (Dutch "Old Batavia"), Benedenstad (Dutch "Lower City", contrasting it with Weltevreden, de Bovenstad ("Upper City")), or Kota Lama (Indonesian "Old Town"). It spans 1.3 square kilometres withinNorth Jakarta and West Jakarta (Kelurahan Pinangsia, Taman Sari and Kelurahan Roa Malaka, Tambora). The largely Chinese downtown area of Glodok is a part of Kota Tua. (Source Wikipedia)

Well, there is a court that called Taman Fatahillah surrounding by severeal builgdings; Museum Wayang, Museum Seni dan Keramik, Post Office and several place to eat like Cafe Batavia and some others.

There are two other Museum arround  there which are Museum Bank Mandiri (Been there at 2013) and Museum Bank Indonesia.

I recomend this historical place for those of you who likes history because there are so much historical place there. Beside that, there are also local artist who wear some atributes like play as a ghost, as dutch princess and so on.

At that time, there are so much people who spent their Saturday night with family. There are also local snacks from Jakarta known as Kerak Telor and some other snacks.

Crowded at the night

How to get There:

-          By Train – Choose the final destination Jakarta Kota Stasion

-          By Bus Way – Choose the final destination Jakarta Kota Shelter

-          By Angkot or mikrolet (there ara so much option to get there)

Happy Weekend

Jakarta, May 14, 2016