Historic public square

Merdeka Square (Dataran Merdeka)

Dataran Merdeka, colonial district, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The open square where Malaysia's independence was declared at midnight on 31 August 1957, ringed by the Sultan Abdul Samad Building and St Mary's Cathedral, and the standard first stop on any KL heritage walk.

Hours

Single report

Open 24 hours daily, it is a public square with no gate

“Open 24 hours daily.”

visitselangor.com · Checked 27 Jul 2026

Price

Single report

Free, no admission charge

“Admission to the Independence Square is free.”

visitselangor.com · Checked 27 Jul 2026

Age suitability

Not verified

Not verified. No source we checked states this, so it stays blank instead of guessed.

Checked 27 Jul 2026

Caveats

Visit Selangor is the Selangor state tourism board's own site, treated as an official government source. It confirms the square is open 24 hours and free of charge, verbatim. dbkl.gov.my (Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the body that actually manages the square) was also checked but its homepage carried no page specific to…

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