This Year will be the 2nd annual of FESTIVAL JAZZ @ KOTA TUA JAKARTA. It will be held on 24th of October 2015. The public has a chance to listen from new jazz talents to the jazz masters, from local and international jazz artists, from Rag Time to Modern Jazz and its totally free of…
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Monumen Jalur Trem: The Last Remaining Tram Railway
Currently Jakarta is trying so hard to solve transportation problems. One solution that was offered was to rebuild the tram line. For some observers, the government’s idea is very reasonable because the load capacity is quite high. Kompas reported, the city tram can transport 80,000 passengers per hour, monorail 40,000 passengers per hour, a hard…
Museum Sejarah Jakarta: Bangunan Megah Peninggalan VOC
Museum Sejarah Jakarta atau yang dikenal masyarakat sebagai Museum Fatahillah berada di Jl. Taman Fatahillah No. 1 Jakarta Barat. Awalnya, museum ini digunakan sebagai Balai Kota dan dibangun di tahun 1620 oleh Gubernur Jenderal Jan Pieterzoen Coen. Bangunan ini telah beberapa kali direnovasi pada 1627 dan 1707. Gedung ini tidak hanya berfungsi sebagai Balai Kota…
Jakarta Justice Heritage Tour
Jakartabytrain.com will organize a city tour that we called “Jakarta Justice Heritage Tour”. Our objective in organizing this tour is to give a new experience for Jakarta citizens in knowing historical building around Jakarta that are connected with the Indonesian justice system and legal development. Soekarno once said, “Jas Merah”, which is an acronym from…
Kali Angke: The Killing Field
The Chinese people who seek their fortune in Batavia already reached 80 thousand people, and in general they work in many sugar factory. Sugar at that time was one of the largest oil fields in Jakarta. But the price of sugar in the international market is decline since there were many sugar available from Malabar,…
Museum Sejarah Jakarta: City Hall from V.O.C Era
Museum Sejarah Jakarta (The Jakarta Historical Museum), or better known as Fatahillah Museum is located at Taman Fatahillah No. 1 Jakarta Barat/West Jakarta. This museum was serves as City Hall (Staadhuis) built by the Governor-General VOC Jan Pieterzoen Coen in 1620. In 1627, due to the increasing activities of the VOC, the new building is…
Jakarta by Train 