Discover Jakarta: Top 10 Fun Facts to Amaze You About Indonesia's Vibrant Capital City

1. Go-Jek App-Tastic Motorbike Crusaders

Who needs superheroes when you have app-tastic motorbike crusaders zooming around Jakarta saving the day: Go-Jek, a smartphone app offering a range of on-demand services such as motorcycle taxis, food delivery, and even massage therapy, has amassed 25 million downloads since its debut and relieved the city's notorious traffic jams one ride at a time.
Source => theguardian.com

2. TransJakarta BRT: Superhero Public Transport

In a city where getting places can feel like a slow-burning episode of "The Amazing Race", Jakarta's public transport is truly a superhero in disguise: The TransJakarta BRT swooped in to save the day in 2004, offering rapid (and affordable) mass transportation, becoming the world's first BRT system in Southeast Asia, and the longest one globally with its sprawling 251.2 km of dedicated busways!
Source => en.wikipedia.org

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3. Indomaret vs Alfamart: Convenience Store Showdown

In the cutthroat world of Jakarta's convenience store scene, two titans fight for dominance with tantalizing tactics and alluring prepaid discounts: Indomaret and Alfamart lead the battle by offering 200,000 rupiah ($17.3) prepaid cards bestowing discounts on products and serving as payment options for those pesky electric and cellphone bills.
Source => asia.nikkei.com

4. Grab Bajaj Tricycles: Retro Ride Revamp

Hold on to your tricycles, folks: Grab, Southeast Asia's largest ride-hailing firm, is stepping up their game in Jakarta by tapping into the city's iconic Bajaj tricycles for a new transportation service! Quick, nimble, and wonderfully retro: these three-wheeled wonders will now zip you through Jakarta's streets, thanks to Grab's mission to improve public transportation in the city and beyond, with Bajaj-like tricycles in Myanmar and traditional TukTuks in Thailand already on board.
Source => kr-asia.com

5. Lenzing Eco-Fashion: Sustainable Style

Who knew that wood and fashion would ever make such a fabulously eco-friendly pair: Lenzing, a sustainable fiber company, joined hands with Indonesia's first Eco Fashion Week to promote environmentally friendly materials in the nation's textile industry, where traditional Muslim attire is predominantly made of materials like polyester, rayon, and nylon – not so great for Mother Earth!
Source => tencel.com

6. National Museum of Indonesia: Enchanting Wonderland

Forget Disney and Hogwarts, it's time to enter the Land of Enchantment where ancient statues tower over your head and mystical artifacts beckon you to uncover their stories: The real-life wonderland known as the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta houses more than 141,000 objects across various disciplines. The ancient Hindu-Buddhist sculpture section alone is enough to leave you spellbound with its 9th-century statues and the infamous four-meter-tall Adityavarman as Bhairava statue ordered in 1286 by royalty. The magic continues in the treasure room, where you'll find the breathtakingly beautiful Prajnaparamita statue, considered the pinnacle of ancient Javanese artistry.
Source => en.wikipedia.org

7. Jakarta's Watery Woes: A Complicated Love Affair

Jakarta's relationship with water? It's complicated! Imagine if Venice and Aquaman had a baby with occasional stormy tantrums: Jakarta is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to environmental threats like flooding, sea level rises, and pollution. The city is hustling to improve access to piped water and investing in green spaces to keep its 30 million residents afloat and breathe easier. With a climate plan and support from eco-superfriends like C40 and ICLEI, Jakarta is optimistic about tackling its environmental nemesis.
Source => climatechampions.unfccc.int

8. Sunda Kelapa Port: Pinisi Pirate Haven

Did pirates retire to Jakarta and start a pinisi sailing club? Not quite: The bustling port of Sunda Kelapa in Jakarta is now home to traditional pinisi, two-masted wooden ships that are key to the Indonesian economy, transporting goods between remote islands and larger cities.
Source => en.wikipedia.org

9. Soekarno-Hatta's Tropical Airport Oasis

Step aside, Hogwarts' Whomping Willow: Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport's got its own groovy greenery game: Boasting a fusion of traditional Indonesian and modern design, the airport's Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3 celebrate architectural brilliance embellished with local tropical gardens sprinkled throughout waiting areas and corridors, earning the 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Source => en.wikipedia.org

10. Jakarta's Jet-Setting Moon Orchid Symbol

In a twist of floral fate that would make a botanist blush, Jakarta's national symbol rests on the delicate petals of an orchid that moonlights as a globetrotting jet-setter: The enchanting moon orchid, native to India, China, and Southeast Asia, has claimed its place amongst Indonesia's top three representative flowers, despite facing sustainability threats due to deforestation, illegal logging, and forest fires.
Source => a-z-animals.com