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Kuching

Kuching is the capital of the state of Sarawak and the largest city in East Malaysia. Kuching is small enough to walk around but interesting enough to keep you there for several days, and a good base for exploring Sarawak. Wikivoyage

Population 325,132 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Malaysia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Malaysia

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Kuching. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

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.

Through the year

  1. Rainforest World Music Festival

    June

    The Rainforest World Music Festival (often abbreviated as RWMF) is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls,…

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kuching); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 36 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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