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Batam

Batam, officially the City of Batam or Batam City, is the largest city in the Indonesian province of the Riau Islands.

Batam
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The place

Batam, officially the City of Batam or Batam City, is the largest city in the Indonesian province of the Riau Islands.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Batam

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.

  1. 01
    Batam City Condominium

    Batam City Condominium, also known as BCC, is a 128 metres tall condominium in Lubuk Baja, Batam. Upon its completion in 2011 it became the tallest building in Batam, with 28 floors and overall height of 128 metres, surpassing the 22 floors Planet Holiday Hotel & Residence.

    4.9 km · High-rise building in Batam, Indonesia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Batam International University

    Universitas Internasional Batam also commonly known as UIB. is a university located in Batam Island, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. It was established in the year 2000 in accordance with the Decree of National Education Ministry of Indonesian Republic No.

    5.7 km · University in Indonesia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Gelora Citramas Stadium

    Gelora Citramas Stadium is a stadium in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia. The stadium is home to 757 Kepri Jaya.

    8.9 km · stadium in Riau Islands, Indonesia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Planet Holiday Hotel & Residence

    Planet Holiday Hotel & Residence is an 85 metres tall high-rise building in Sei Jodoh, Batam. At completion in 2004, it became the tallest building in Batam, which held for about 7 years, before being surpassed by Batam City Condominium as the tallest building in Batam in 2011.

    5.6 km · high-rise building in Batam, Indonesia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eat

Where to eat

Batam has plenty of eating out choices, including great Chinese seafood in the outdoor food courts, such as the Windsor and Nagoya Food Courts and A1 Pujasera. Local best valued Indonesian food are Daun Pisang Resto, where travellers can taste mixed of archipelagos food. Another option is Nasi Padang Sederhana; both are widely loved by local and international travellers.

From Wikivoyage: Batam, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Batam

Airports
Hang Nadim (BTH), 7 km · Singapore Changi (SIN), 25 km · Senai (JHB), 71 km
Stations
Hang Nadim International Airport, 7.4 km · Batam Center Ferry Terminal, 300 m
  • Padang (Katapiang) → Batam
    467 km · quickest by air, 7h 30m · Rp1,293,870–2,000,280
    GuideToday
  • Pontianak → Batam
    604 km · quickest by air, 8h 12m · Rp1,578,420–2,447,540
    GuideToday
  • Jakarta → Batam
    877 km · quickest by air, 7h 12m · Rp1,948,330–3,020,750
    GuideToday
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Batam

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 Batam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFor most foreign visitors though, the most practical way of getting to Batam will be to fly into Singapore () and catch a ferry from there.
  • Get inThere is a shuttle service connecting Changi Airport with Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, taking about 20 minutes.
  • Get inIf you want to catch flights from Singapore's Changi Airport, you must be on a ferry to Singapore's Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal at least three hours before departure time.
  • Get inThe main city of Nagoya is now served by Harbour Bay (Jodoh), replacing the old Batu Ampar ferry terminal.
  • Get inIt also serves domestic ferry service to Riau island and Stulang Laut and Puteri Harbour Malaysia Johor.

From Wikivoyage: Batam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Tanjung Pinang and BintanID

    9 ways of moving, 49 sources

    51 km
  2. 02
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    77 km
  3. 03
    SelatpanjangID

    7 ways of moving, 12 sources

    150 km
  4. 04
    TiomanMY

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    188 km
  5. 05
    Anambas IslandsID

    10 ways of moving, 23 sources

    309 km

If you know how people move in Batam – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Batam

Batam is 29 km from Singapore, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Batam Islandisland in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia6 km
  • Lubuk Bajadistrict in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia4.2 km
  • Nongsadistrict in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia9.5 km
  • Batu Ampardistrict in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia6.5 km
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