Central Jakarta city or in Indonesian is Jakarta Pusat is a municipality under the wider Jakarta City which is consist of 5 municipalities. Some interesting places to visit within Central Jakarta city are various modern entertainments, museums, recreations, cafes, and the most out of them are the shopping areas. Since the city is basically not a leisure oriented development or in the cours of time has been a business city which causes the interesting places are basically having relation with the business travel. Some interesting places are counted as below:
The National Museum is located on the side of Merdeka Square or Lapangan Merdeka and was uilt in 1862 at that time Dutch colonial administration realized about the great treasure of Indonesian cultural heritages and long history of Indonesia.
Taman Ismail Marzuki is Jakarta's showcase in cultural performances. As it is well known Java island including west Java which is called Sunda had strongly influenced by the Hindu tadition in the past.
The Shopping Paradise of Mangga Dua is part of Jakarta's long history starting from Sunda Kelapa port, China town or Glodok which are now under the municipality of Central Jakarta or or Jakarta Pusat and very close to the border of North Jakarta municipality.