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Your comprehensive guide to the best events and things to do in Kuala Lumpur

Unusual date night ideas in KL

Fancy restaurants and a blockbuster film after that for date night? How predictable. Celebrate love in a more interesting manner with these unusual ideas for...

Best live music venues in KL

Best live music venues in KL

Indie rock, acoustic folk, jazz – think you can’t find them in KL? These top live music venues play all that and more.

The best bars in KL for a drink

The best bars in KL for a drink

The Time Out KL Drink List is where we handpick the best places to drink in our city. These are the bars and joints that serve up some of the most creative...

4 best-kept secrets in Singapore that only locals know of

4 best-kept secrets in Singapore that only locals know of

Singapore is teeming with hidden gems that only locals know about. Even if you consider this vibrant city your playground, there's always something new to...

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Best bits of KL

Chow Kit

Chow Kit

‘Chow Kit Road, di tengah bandaraya orang merata-rata. Dari segala bangsa tua atau muda. Ada yang berkereta ada yang jalan saja. Ada yang cuci...

Jalan Besar in Salak South

Jalan Besar in Salak South

The residents of Salak South are still living their days in a haze of ’70s nostalgia. But the small, Mandarin-speaking town was established way back in...

Pekan Sungai Besi in Sungai Besi

Pekan Sungai Besi in Sungai Besi

As if time has held Pekan Sungai Besi hostage, the town has remained fairly untouched for the past 80 years. Many have walked unsuspectingly into this former...

Little India in Klang

Little India in Klang

Little India, of Klang, isn’t a Little India of posters and postcards. Little India, of Klang, is one whose music – an exercise of high-decibel...

KL area guides

Bangsar

Bangsar

Bangsar has gone through many phases – unobtrusive residential area, clubbing haven, arts and culture quarter, and now, café district. From the...

Hartamas

Hartamas

Populated by expatriates and upper middle class families, Hartamas is fancy – even its name says so (‘harta’, treasure; ‘mas’,...

Damansara

Damansara

The wide land that is Damansara has the privilege of being both KL and Selangor. It can be confusing – Bukit Damansara for example, is not exactly near...

KL City

KL City

Your cheat sheet to all the best restaurants, shops and things to do in the main areas of the city centre including Bukit Bintang, Petaling Street and Pudu.

Damansara Utama

Damansara Utama

Damansara Utama is home to Damansara Uptown, the land of hard-to-find parking spots and more cafés than you can shake a stick at. We say park in the new...

Sunway

Sunway

Let’s not mask the fact that Sunway is an area dominated by students, which isn’t saying that it’s a bad thing. If you need help getting...

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101 things to do in KL

Attractions and Activities

Attractions and Activities

From exploring a housing village in the city to diving into a tank full of sharks, here's our definitive list of the best tourist attractions and things to do...

Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture

From checking out graffiti to the annual Thaipusam procession at Batu Caves, here's our definitive list to the best arts and culture experiences in KL.

Food and Drink

Food and Drink

Whether it's street food from the trunk of a motorbike or seared foie gras in the skies of KL, here's a list of must-eats.

Music and Nightlife

Music and Nightlife

Party at a helipad, catch a live gig or hang out at super cool speakeasy bars. Here's our list of the best music and nightlife experiences in KL.

The best of KL

Shops

Shops

Best shops in KL: The full list From slick concept stores to bargain finds, fresh produce and genuine heritage institutions – we’ve got the...

Brunch

Brunch

The elusive hybrid of breakfast and lunch has never tasted this good. So kickstart your lazy weekend with these best brunch dishes Best brunch spots The Good...

Cafés

Cafés

You’ve got to admit that a trip to a good café sets you in a cheery mood – the sun-soaked space, glorious sunny side ups and that tingling...

Coffee

Coffee

KL's coffee culture is an expanding landscape of imported beans, state-of-the-art machines, hip baristas, and silky smooth pours. Here are the best coffee...

Kids' activities

Kids' activities

Kuala Lumpur's top attractions for families Latest kids' events Dinoscovery by Dinosaurs Live! Travel back in time to the Mesozoic era 250 million years ago to...

Public libraries

Public libraries

The best public libraries in the city for the bookishly curious, and kids Libraries for the kids Playcentre Library Set in a humble bungalow house, this...

KL photo essays

KL's old cinemas: A long goodbye

KL's old cinemas: A long goodbye

We go back to the cinemas of yesteryear KL, long before the complete takeover of plush cineplexes and their digital motion pictures.

Rivers of KL: Portrait of a silent river

Rivers of KL: Portrait of a silent river

A river always takes the path of least resistance, often resulting in a crooked path. From the very first cup to ultra-modern hydroelectric dams, the mastery...