Jakarta
On the 1st floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a treasure trove of antique maps awaits at this compact shop. Prints, some dating back 500 years, are…
Must-see shopping in Java
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Solo
Solo’s flea market is the place to search for antiques including wayang puppets, old batik and ceramics, as well as clocks, vinyl records, coins and…
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Solo
Danar Hadi is an important Solonese batik manufacturer and sells an extensive collection through this beautiful showroom. Styles include traditional…
Jakarta
Jakarta’s famous street market is in Menteng. It has woodcarvings, furniture, textiles, jewellery, old vinyl records and many (dubious) antiques from…
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Jakarta
This high-end mall is centrally located and offers a wide selection of stores, including leading Indonesian boutiques and the likes of Cartier and Louis…
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Jakarta
This luxury mall contains a plethora of upscale fashion outlets, plus high-street favourites like Uniqlo and Zara. There are also a number of good local…
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Yogyakarta
Established in 1950, this well-regarded silver shop occupies the same traditional premises and has a workshop onsite. Free tours illustrate the complexity…
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Bandung
The coolest showroom on Jl Braga displays the artistry of nature. The medium here is huge slabs of tropical wood, minimally treated and displayed like…
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Jakarta
This particularly good grocery store sells all manner of southeast Asian fruits from dragonfruit and mangosteen to durian, guava and rambutan. It also…
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Yogyakarta
A cheap and cheerful place to browse for souvenirs, including ready-made clothes from machine-produced batik, leatherwork, batik bags, topeng (wooden…
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Yogyakarta
Within the labyrinthine alleyways of Taman Sari's palace walls, this cool clothing store was set up by a local designer, whose T-shirts blend Yogya youth…
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Jakarta
An enormous mall of small shops and stalls selling all manner of precious goods and jewellery. Take your time to browse the vendors and compare prices…
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Yogyakarta
A hole-in-the-wall storefront with an exciting collection of authentic antique wooden puppets and masks from across the archipelago, though most are from…
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Solo
One of several retail outlets selling batik of the famous Batik Keris brand. The icy air-con is not wholly conducive to relaxed shopping, but there's…
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Solo
This bustling textile market burned down in a fire in 2015 and has been rebuilt in more or less the same location. Selling all manner of cloth and ready…
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Jakarta
Sharing space with Rossi Musik is this cool, independent record store that stocks an impressive array of Indonesian and international punk, metal and…
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Yogyakarta
Via Via is a great place to pick up a fair-trade souvenir. With an interesting range of locally made, sustainable crafts and accessories, as well as…
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Yogyakarta
At the entrance to Oxen Free bar-restaurant is its small concept store, which stocks a diverse selection of cool, contemporary art, indie clothing,…
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Yogyakarta
With free guided tours of batik production before 3pm, this outlet caters mainly for tour groups but that is not a complaint. Their commitment to the art…
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Yogyakarta
One of many Batik Keris outlets in Java selling excellent-quality batik at fixed prices. Best for traditional styles – men's shirts start at about 200…
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Jakarta
Indonesian brand selling good-quality outdoor gear and camping equipment for a fraction of the price of Western brands. There are a number of Eiger…
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Yogyakarta
Batik Plentong gives free guided tours of the batik process in the attached workshop (8am to 4pm). Prices reflect visits from tour groups, but the quality…
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Jakarta
The place for electronics (and exotica such as Russian watches), Mangga Dua Mall is a busy combination of six adjoining multistorey malls. You'll also…
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Yogyakarta
The recording studio of local label Doggyhouse Records has a small shop selling CDs and vinyl of local bands; anything from heavy metal to dub reggae. It…
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Yogyakarta
Run by a team of local and expat artists, this printmaking studio and gallery exhibits prints influenced by punk and counterculture. All works are for…
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Surabaya
A virtual city within a city, the massive, multi-layered, multi-building Tunjungan Plaza is easily one of the city's biggest and best shopping malls. It…
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Yogyakarta
With an extensive selection of handcrafted silverware and some superb large pieces, Tom's also has a workshop where the labour-intensive process of…
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Yogyakarta
Small, indie boutique selling very affordable handmade jewellery engraved with Javanese script, along with screenprints and designer keepsakes by local…
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Yogyakarta
Secondhand guidebooks and fiction, maps and books on Indonesia in various languages, along with underground zines, postcards and souvenirs.
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Yogyakarta
This chain bookstore in the basement of a mall on Malioboro sells a range of fiction and nonfiction in English and has a few maps for sale.
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Yogyakarta
Sells contemporary art by new and emerging artists from across the archipelago, many of them graduates of Yogya’s fine arts school.
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MD Moeljodihardjo Silver Works
Yogyakarta
Rings, bracelets, earrings and other silver items are sold at this workshop outlet. It's down a small alley off the main street.
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Solo
This is the city’s largest general market, selling all kinds of produce, particularly fruit and vegetables.
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Bandung
More than 200 shops, including Boss and Levi's, a huge Hero supermarket, a bowling alley and cinemas.
Jakarta
Project X is a hip multibrand design store stocking a selection of independent streetwear brands from South Korea, Japan and around the globe. This…
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Yogyakarta
Established by a Belgian expat in 2005 to introduce his handmade chocolates to local markets, this chocolaterie has since expanded into a factory with…
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West Java
Sells a wide range of secondhand Western titles from a roadside shop stacked floor to ceiling with English, Dutch, French, German and Spanish titles (and…
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Bandung
A modern indoor-outdoor sweep of a shopping mall, with a food court on the leafy ground floor and a blend of small businesses and international chains on…
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Jakarta
A hectic old-school mall with spotty air-con but enough textiles to blanket the city. Plunge into the narrow aisles between the polychromatic stalls.
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Yogyakarta
Established in 1942, this fixed-price outlet is one of many selling machine-produced batik on Malioboro and A Yani streets.
