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Medan

Medan is a very large city on the north coast of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, and the capital and largest city of North Sumatra province. Medan isn't a tourist destination, but it's a convenient stepping stone to other places like the 'weekend getaway' Berastagi, the island of Penang, Malaysia, and the popular, beautiful crater lake, Lake Toba. Wikivoyage

Population 2,109,330 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Indonesia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Indonesia

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Pasar Muara Takus Medan

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    340 m from the centre

  • Pasar Pringgan

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    820 m from the centre

  • Pasar Hindu

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Pasar Meranti

    No hours mapped

    1.4 km from the centre

  • Pasar Ikan Lama Medan

    No hours mapped

    1.6 km from the centre

  • Pasar Hongkong

    No hours mapped

    1.9 km from the centre

  • Pasar Sambu

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.1 km from the centre

  • Pusat pasar

    No hours mapped

    2.3 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 52 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Helvetia 4.5 km, Pulu Brayan 5.4 km

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