Bekasi
Bekasi is the largest city in the province of West Java and the third-largest city in Indonesia.
Bekasi is the largest city in the province of West Java and the third-largest city in Indonesia. Located on the eastern border of Jakarta, it serves as a commuter city within the Jakarta metropolitan area. According to the 2020 Census by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Bekasi had 2,543,676 inhabitants. The official estimate for mid 2025 was 2,648,272. The city is bordered by Bekasi Regency to the north and the east, Bogor Regency and Depok City to the south, and the city of East Jakarta to the west.
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Worth seeing in and around Bekasi
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for association football matches.
400 m · Multi-purpose stadium in Bekasi, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Al-Barkah Mosque
Al-Barkah Great Mosque is a congregational mosque in the city of Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. Opened in 1894, it is the largest mosque in City of Bekasi.
1 km · mosque in Bekasi, Banten, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 03Metropolitan Mall Bekasi
Metropolitan Mall is a shopping and entertainment center in Bekasi, Indonesia. It was opened in 1993 and has over 85,500 m2 of floor space with 225 stores.
1.5 km · shopping mall in Bekasi, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 04Q97375201
Grand Galaxy Park is a retail and entertainment space that contains a park, mall, school, and residential units.
4.5 km · shopping mall in Bekasi, Indonesia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Pura Agung Tirta Bhuana
Built around 1992, this is the only Hindu temple in Bekasi.
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Things to do
- 01Situ Rawa Gede
Jalan Kampung Bojong Menteng, Kecamatan Rawalumbu, Kelurahan Bojong Menteng, Bekasi City.
- 02Stadion Patriot Candrabhaga
Opened in 2014, this soccer stadium is home to PCB Persipasi soccer team and has 30,000 seats.
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Where to eat
There are lots of roadside restaurants and stalls scattered all over the city, with all kinds of Indonesian food. In all of the shopping malls there is a large selection of restaurants.
- 01Ruko Kemang Pratama
Kemang Pratama Bekasi (From Bekasi Barat toll gate, turn right and follow the road until intersection.
- 02Ruko Galaxi
From Wikivoyage: Bekasi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Bekasi
- Airports
- Halim Perdanakusuma (HLP), 12 km · Soekarno-Hatta (CGK), 39 km
- Stations
- Klender Baru railway station, 6.1 km · Cakung railway station, 4.7 km · Buaran railway station, 7.9 km · Bekasi railway station, 700 m · Tambun railway station, 7.5 km
- Semarang → Bekasi388 km · quickest by air, 4h 18m · Rp863,450–1,338,620
- Yogyakarta → Bekasi411 km · quickest by air, 5h 33m · Rp1,000,060–1,540,720
- Surakarta → Bekasi449 km · quickest by air, 4h 22m · Rp932,920–1,446,990
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bekasi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bekasi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHiring a becak (cycle rickshaw') is a popular way to get around in Bekasi.
- Get aroundFor a single traveller, hiring an ojek (motorcycle taxi) through an online ride-hailing app, e.g., Grab and Gojek, is also an effective form of transportation to use in Bekasi.
- Get aroundThe cheapest way to get around in Bekasi is, as in the other major Indonesian cities, by minibus (angkot).
- Get aroundAngkots follow a fixed route (there are various routes throughout the city), but there is no fixed schedule and there are no fixed stops.
- Get aroundThe price of an angkot ride within the city is usually about Rp2,000 to 5,000.
From Wikivoyage: Bekasi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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Next door to Bekasi
Bekasi is 16 km from Jakarta, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- East Jakartacity in Jakarta Province, Indonesia6.4 km
- Bantargebangdistrict in Bekasi City, West Java Province, Indonesia6.6 km
- Cakungdistrict in East Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia7.4 km
- Duren Sawitdistrict in East Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia8.4 km
- Jatiasihdistrict in Bekasi City, West Java Province, Indonesia8.7 km
- Pondokgededistrict in Bekasi City, West Java Province, Indonesia9.2 km