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City guide · Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

A photograph of Kuala Lumpur
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Kuala Lumpur covers 243 square kilometres and held 2,111,536 people in 2026, with 8.81 million across the Klang Valley around it. It is a young capital: a settlement grew here from about 1857 to supply the tin mines, and the federal government it later housed mostly left again in 1999 for Putrajaya, leaving parliament and the royal residence behind. What the city put up instead is legible from any high window — the Petronas Towers, and three of the ten largest shopping malls in the world. Mastercard's 2019 index ranked it the sixth most-visited city anywhere.

Practical information
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Planning a visit

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  2. 2929
    02 2 hours

    2929

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  5. Alibi KL
    05 2 hours

    Alibi KL

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  7. Amber
    07 2 hours

    Amber

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  8. Anakron
    08 2 hours

    Anakron

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  10. ARTE Bar
    10 2 hours

    ARTE Bar

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  11. Attic Bar
    11 2 hours

    Attic Bar

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  12. Baijiu KL
    12 2 hours

    Baijiu KL

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  13. Bang Bang
    13 2 hours

    Bang Bang

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  14. Bar@21
    14 2 hours

    Bar@21

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  15. Barcarat
    15 2 hours

    Barcarat

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  16. Bar House
    16 2 hours

    Bar House

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  18. Barrio 66
    18 2 hours

    Barrio 66

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  22. Beerbank
    22 2 hours

    Beerbank

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  23. Beer Bank
    23 2 hours

    Beer Bank

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
  25. Beerhaus
    25 2 hours

    Beerhaus

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue

How the city is laid out

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Getting around

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