From centuries-old traditions to a future-forward skyline — discover a city rewriting its own story every day.
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Betawi, Sundanese and Peranakan traditions still living in temples, kampungs, and colonial-era buildings.
Bekasi is being reimagined — an urban vision that fuses centuries of Betawi, Sundanese and Peranakan roots with a future-facing smart-city skyline. It is the gateway city of Greater Jakarta, but with a rhythm and memory entirely its own.
Six unmistakable icons — a smart shorthand for how Bekasi looks, moves, and remembers.
See all destinationsBekasi carries the memory of Betawi, Sundanese, and Peranakan traditions — walk the alleys where the past keeps quiet company with the present.
"Bekasi keeps its memory in its temples, its kampungs, and its afternoons — the past is not behind us, it walks beside us."
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Weekend malls, rooftop cafes, indie art blocks, and the quiet ambition of a city on the rise — Bekasi at its most energetic.
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Long-form stories from residents, chefs, artists, and travelers — the writing that lets you feel the city, not just visit it.
For 300 years, Klenteng Hok Lay Kiong has stood at the edge of Bekasi’s oldest neighborhood — a Peranakan sanctuary where prayer beads and skyscrapers share the same afternoon light.
The past is not behind us in Bekasi. It walks beside us, in silk shoes and slower breath.
A single lantern on Jalan Ahmad Yani, a family that has fed the city for three generations — and the sate that keeps them awake.
A quiet corner of Alun-Alun, a borrowed board, and the kids who taught the city a new language of balance.
What the lake keeps and gives back — an afternoon with the fishermen, joggers, and long-shadow families of Bantar Gebang.
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