When living in Jakarta, you will have a number of opportunities to make up for any cultural deficits you may believe you have acquired. Jakarta is known as the cultural center of Indonesia for a reason. In fact, expats in Jakarta are able to greatly profit from the city’s cultural offerings. From jazz festivals and fashion weeks to international art exhibitions and traditional trade shows, life in Jakarta is filled to the brim with leisure activities.

If you are a food enthusiast, Jakarta’s spectacular culinary offerings will make your mouth water at all times. Due to the numerous domestic and foreign immigrants, especially Betawis (immigrants from other Southeast Asian countries), the mix of flavorful traditions abounds in the streets of Jakarta. From savory traditional dishes displayed by a street vendor to expensive high-class restaurants, Jakarta has it all.

Kerak Telur

_{Rujak Juhi}

_{Es Selendang Mayang}

For recreation and attractions to keep each and everyone in the family happy, Jakarta offers a large variety of both outdoor and indoor fun for all. Most popular are the Ancol Dreamland or Taman Impian Jaya Ancol Park, the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (Indonesia in Miniature Park), the Ragunan Zoo, Kidzania for the young, and Waterbom for who love swimming.

Ancol

Located along the northern coast of Jakarta, Ancol Dreamland is a vast area that offers beach, and beach sports, it has a theme park with lots of exciting rides, a sea Aquarium with salt water pool  where dolphins perform regularly, there are Disney-like pavilions with rides, one of which is the Palace of the Dolls, or Istana Boneka, and plenty more for the entire family to spend a fun-filled weekend. Taman Mini, on the other hand, offers more cultural and scientific presentations, providing an insight into the whole of Indonesia in museums and pavilions. Here you can stroll and study the various houses typical to Indonesia’s many islands. There are also regular performances from across the archipelago, and for family recreation Taman Mini has also added the Snowbay Water Park.

Snowbay Waterpark - TMII (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah)

Keong Mas Theatre - TMII (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah)

The Ragunan Zoo has Jakarta’s largest collection of animals, sited among cool shady trees. The Zoo is a popular park especially at long weekends.  Its prime attraction is the Gorilla area.

Ragunan Zoo

While Kidzania at Pacific Place Mall, is a fun and educational way to open up the world of careers for young children. By playing the different professions, from pilot to nurse, teacher or firemen, kids are urged to visualize their future career in life.

Kidzania Pacific Place

Besides these, Jakarta also has a popular ice-skating rink at Taman Anggrek Mall, and a great deal more to spend happy days with the entire family in Jakarta.

Ice-Skating Rink

The most complete collection museum in Indonesia. Total collection recorded 140.00 units, which contain ancient statues, inscription, ceramic,  textile, historical relic and categorized by ethnography. The collection of Indonesian ceramics & etnography in this museum was the largetst and the most comprehensinve in the world.

_{National Museum}

_{Fatahillah Museum}

_{Textile Museum}

?Anatomy Museum at Faculty of Medicine AJCUI