Jakarta · Indonesia
Jakarta by neighborhood.
2 neighborhoods profiled, each written by an editor who's slept in a hotel there, eaten at the locals' spot, and sent postcards home.
Menteng
Jakarta's Dutch-colonial garden suburb — tree-lined streets, diplomatic mansions, and the slower rhythm every other Jakarta neighbourhood has lost
colonialleafydiplomatic
Kota Tua (Old Batavia)
Jakarta's 17th-century Dutch East India Company fortress town — the history-dense neighbourhood the rest of the city has rebuilt over
historiccolonialmuseum-dense
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