Centrally located in Jakarta is a large park, Merdeka Square, and is also the location for Indonesia's National Monument. The National Monument symbolizes Indonesia's struggles for independance and national unity. Standing at 433 ft. (132 m) tall, the Monument is one of the tallest structures in Indonesia. There is no entry fee to enter the park area to visit the Monument, but there is a long walk from the entrance to the base of the monument. There are trams available from the park entrance to the base for a fee. At times it can be quite busy at the Monument because most tours to Jakarta generally makes a stop here because it is a historically important structure.

For many years coming to Jakarta but never been in downtown, coming late by train and arriving close to the Monument. All gates closed but able to go around nicely lit Monument. Finally

We wandered up here from Cikini on foot and took the train back after our visit. You have to walk to an underground tunnel to start your visit. Then annoyingly they make you buy a Jakcard to put your tickets on. An extra cost we didn’t need as we won’t ever use this card again, but at least they took my student card so we got a discount. The day was not busy as it was Ramadan so we got up to the top yard easily. The views are good. It is an interesting place but still don’t understand why they can’t just sell you a paper entry ticket.

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The heart of Central Jakarta with a big park surrounding it. It was very busy but worth walking around this place. It is a good 30 minutes walk from Bundaran Hl Metro Station though to get here

We expected a lot more to see and do as this is the national monument of Indonesia. However, we were left feeling that we may have missed something? The place was quite deserted and even on Independence Day, there didn't seem to be much going on. The gates were closed and it was difficult to get in. Overall, interesting to look at for 10-15 minutes and the surrounding park is decent but other than that, not much else to do.