Shopping in Jakarta
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Pasar Ikan
Further along the same street from the Museum Bahari is the early-morning Pasar Ikan. It's an intense, colourful scene of busy crowds around dawn, when the day's catch is sold. Later in the day it sells household items and a growing collection of souvenirs.
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Blok M
The Blok M Mall, above the large bus terminal, has scores of small, reasonably priced shops offering clothes, shoes, CDs and DVDs. Most goods are of a better standard than those found in Mangga Dua, but only just.
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Flea Market
Jakarta’s famous flea market is in Menteng. It has woodcarvings, furniture, textiles, jewellery and many (often instant) antiques. Bargain like crazy – prices may be up to 10 times the value of the goods.
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FX Mall
An upmarket mall in the Senayan district, the main attraction here is the 72m transparent cylindrical slide that shoots you down six stories in about 12 seconds – spend 100,000Rp and the ride is free.
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Plaza Indonesia
Exclusive Plaza Indonesia tops Jakarta’s A list for shopping centres, with dozens of designer stores. There’s a good, surprisingly inexpensive food court in the basement.
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Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua
This is an enormous wholesale market with some of Jakarta’s cheapest clothes, accessories and shoes, as well as a host of other goods. Quality can be a problem, though.
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Jl Kebon Sirih Timur Antique Shops
Jl Kebon Sirih Timur Antique Shops, the street east of Jl Jaksa, has a number of shops that sell antiques and curios. The quality is high, but so are the prices.
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Pasaraya Department Store
Opposite Blok M Mall, Pasaraya has two huge floors that seem to go on forever and are devoted to batik and handicrafts from throughout the archipelago.
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Plaza Senayan
This huge plaza has a cinema, one of the city’s best clubs (X2) and stores including Marks & Spencer and Prada – though prices are very steep.
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Mangga Dua Mall
Across the road from Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua, this is the place for computers, electronics, DVDs and CDs (and even Russian watches).
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Blok M Mall
This mall by the large bus terminal has scores of small, reasonably priced shops offering clothes, shoes, CDs and DVDs.
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Pasar Seni
In north Jakarta, this is a good place to look for regional handicrafts and to see many of them being made.
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Kem Chicks Supermarket
The place to find everything, including the ever-elusive Marmite, Vegemite and peanut butter.
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Sarinah Department Store
The 3rd floor of this store has a similar range of batik and handicrafts as Pasaraya.
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QB World Books
Offers a good selection of literature and magazines published in English.
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