Living in Surabaya

Traffic in Surabaya: Patterns and Best Times to Travel

Surabaya traffic follows a predictable rhythm, and knowing it can save you real time every week. The two daily crunch

Getting around Surabaya day to day comes down to three realistic options: ride-hailing apps (Grab and Gojek) for door-to-door convenience,

Where you buy groceries in Surabaya makes a bigger difference to your budget than almost any other daily decision —

Surabaya offers a genuine range of schooling options for relocating families, from fully international curricula costing well into five figures

Surabaya’s private hospital sector is genuinely solid by regional standards, and a handful of facilities have built real reputations among

The fastest way to get connected in Surabaya is a Telkomsel prepaid SIM, bought from an official GraPARI store with

Renting in Surabaya as a foreigner is genuinely manageable — no citizenship restrictions block you from signing a lease, and

Not every good neighborhood suits every kind of resident. A townhouse in a gated West Surabaya community that’s perfect for

The fastest way to answer this: choose West Surabaya (Barat) if you’re relocating with a family and want international schools

Most day-to-day spending in Surabaya today runs through QRIS, Indonesia’s unified QR payment standard — from street food stalls to