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...
Things to Do
Your comprehensive guide to the best events and things to do in Kuala Lumpur
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 parks in KL to escape from the city
For those of us that long for the outdoors for a semblance of normalcy after being cooped up in our houses for so long, rejoice, for the parks in KL are...
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
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...
Best bits of KL
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
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
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, 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
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...
101 things to do in KL
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
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
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
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
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
Batu Road: Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman
The iconic restaurants, the history and the people – we walk through one of the oldest roads in KL: Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman.
Kopitiam: KL's original coffee shop
Kopitiams have long been a mainstay of our café culture, but they won’t be around forever. We took a tour of these ageing coffee shops.
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
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...