# Jonker Walk

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Chinatown in Malacca City, Malaysia

Jonker Walk Jonker Street Jalan Hang Jebat Native name Persiaran Jonker (Malay) Location Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia Coordinates 2°11′48.2″N 102°14′47.5″E / 2.196722°N 102.246528°E / 2.196722; 102.246528

Night market along Jonker Walk

The **Jonker Walk** ([Malay](/source/Malay_language): *Persiaran Jonker*, [Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 鷄場街; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Jīcháng jiē*) is the [Chinatown](/source/Chinatown) area in [Malacca City](/source/Malacca_City) in the state of [Malacca](/source/Malacca), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) located along Jonker Street ([Malay](/source/Malay_language): *Jalan Hang Jebat*). It starts from across [Malacca River](/source/Malacca_River) near the [Stadthuys](/source/Stadthuys), with the street in the area filled with historical houses along its left and right sides dating back to the 17th century, many of which are shops selling antiques, textiles, foods, handicrafts and souvenirs such as keychains and shirts.[1][2] The area turns into a night market every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the evening from 6 p.m. until 12 midnight, with its street blocked for traffic.[3]

## Tourist attractions

Attractions along and around the streets are:

- [Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum](/source/Baba_Nyonya_Heritage_Museum)

- [Cheng Ho Cultural Museum](/source/Cheng_Ho_Cultural_Museum)

- [Cheng Hoon Teng Temple](/source/Cheng_Hoon_Teng_Temple)

- [Hang Jebat Mausoleum](/source/Hang_Jebat_Mausoleum)

- [Hang Kasturi Mausoleum](/source/Hang_Kasturi_Mausoleum)

- [Kampung Hulu Mosque](/source/Kampung_Hulu_Mosque)

- [Kampung Kling Mosque](/source/Kampung_Kling_Mosque)

- [Sri Poyatha Moorthi Temple](/source/Sri_Poyatha_Moorthi_Temple)

- [Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum](/source/Straits_Chinese_Jewellery_Museum)

- [Tamil Methodist Church](/source/Tamil_Methodist_Church)

## Galleries

		- House by the River Living Gallery

		- Jehan Chan Art Gallery

		- Jonker Street Library

		- Kim's Art and Living Gallery

		- Mo Xiang Lou Art Gallery

## See also

- [List of tourist attractions in Melaka](/source/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Melaka)

- [Petaling Street](/source/Petaling_Street), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** NST PROPERTY (7 June 2018). ["Banking on Melaka booming tourism"](https://www.nst.com.my/property/2018/06/377580/banking-melaka-booming-tourism). *New Straits Times*. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lim, Chelsea J. (9 August 2021). ["Jonker Street – once bustling, now dying with over 20 businesses shuttered"](https://www.edgeprop.my/content/1889340/jonker-street-%E2%80%93-once-bustling-now-dying-20-over-businesses-shuttered). *Edge Prop*. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Jonker Walk"](https://www.mbmb.gov.my/ms/pelancongan/jonker-walk).

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