Alun alun is the heart of this city. Many events and goverment administration ruled in this area. F you are lucky, you may find food bazaar or music events in this place or if you just come out of curiousity and just want to scroll around you can see skateboarders jump around, basketball match, and small events held by some organizations. Walk a little bit and find Welcome to Batam area. You can find many food stall, kids playground, and cycling car. Enjoy Bakso, Seblak, Pempek, and many street food with affordable price. Feeling guilty after eat a lot, go get your mates to cycling around with cycling car. It comes with music and pedals. Make sure you wear your best sport shoes or sandals. Cause heels and wedges are...
Read moreIn 2014 Batam was chosen as the host of MTQ Nasional (an Indonesia national festival in reading Qur'an), where all the provinces in Indonesia sent their representatives to compete to be the best in reading Qur'an.
Alun-alun Batam Center was the place of the MTQ Nasional festival took place. After the festival, this place now becoming one of the most visited places in Batam. Beside the location that close to another popular places in Batam such as Mega Mall and Batam Center ferry terminal, this place also uses for outdoor concerts and...
Read moreCulturally interesting place to visit in Batam, especially if you are looking for the first thing to see & do after coming off the ferry. Aside from many religious buildings and some interesting architecture, there isn't all that much to see in the park, but it is still neat wandering around this massive Urban Square. Most annoyingly, it was extremely difficult to find the entrance & exits to this center - although there are gates to the center on all four sides, only 1 of them was unlocked, and that was at the western entrance...
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