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Things to do

Theme parks, hawker food and free gardens, for a spare hour or a whole day. Or choose by the kind of day you’re having.

Previews stay on this site, with no charge. Tickets link out to where you buy them. Free entry needs no ticket, though some places ask you to book.

All things to do

1067 to choose from · showing 673–720

Free

Grassroots Book Room

A Chinese-language bookshop in Bukit Pasoh

45 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Wow Acoustics at The Adelphi

Vinyl and hi-fi on the Adelphi's third floor

45 min·Civic District·Free

Tickets

SFS Somerset

An independent cinema run by Singapore Film Society

2 hours·Somerset·From S$15

Free

Maqam Habib Noh and Haji Salleh Mosque

A 1903 mosque under Mount Palmer's two shrines

1 hour·Tanjong Pagar·Free

Free

Church of Our Lady of Lourdes

National-monument church with a Tamil Mass

45 min·Rochor·Free

Free

Kampong Kapor Methodist Church

Little India's 1930 church with a Peranakan service

1 hour·Little India·Free

Free

Saint George's Church

Tanglin's 1913 Romanesque garrison church

1 hour·Tanglin·Free

Free

Church of St Mary of the Angels

A Franciscan parish church in Bukit Batok

45 min·Bukit Batok·Free

Free

Palelai Buddhist Temple

A Bedok monastery with daily chanting and meditation

1 hour·Bedok·Free

Free

Gurdwara Sahib Yishun

A small Yishun gurdwara that welcomes visitors

1 hour·Yishun·Free

Free

Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road

The gurdwara that serves langar all day

1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free

Free

Jain Sthanak at Jalan Yasin

Morning puja and darshan at a Jain prayer hall

45 min·Eunos·Free

Free

Sree Ramar Temple

Changi Village's Rama temple, built in 1946

45 min·Changi·Free

Free

Church of Saints Peter and Paul

A Neo-Gothic national monument on Queen Street

45 min·Bras Basah·Free

Tickets

Nanyang Sauce Brewery Tour

A one-hour tour of a family soy-sauce brewery

1 hour·Jurong·From S$39

Tickets

Brass Lion Distillery Tour

A weekend gin distillery tour with a tasting flight

1 hour·Alexandra·From S$50

Tickets

Lion Brewery Co Brewery Tour

A grain-to-glass tour of a Club Street microbrewery

1 hour·Chinatown·From S$60

Tickets

TK Pottery Jungle

One of two surviving dragon kilns, plus workshops

2 hours·Jurong West·From S$80

Tickets

Ubin 4Rivers Kayak Trail

A half-day paddle through Ubin's mangrove creeks

5 hours·Pulau Ubin·From S$135

Tickets

Round Ubin Sea Kayak

A 22 km guided paddle right around Pulau Ubin

6 hours·Pulau Ubin·From S$175

Tickets

Sungei Simpang Kayak Trail

A beginner-friendly paddle into a riverine mangrove

4 hours·Sembawang·From S$105

Tickets

Round Ketam Kayaking

An open-sea paddle round Pulau Ketam, off Ubin

5 hours·Pulau Ubin·From S$110

Tickets

Coastal Life Boat Tour

A morning boat trip to floating fish farms

3 hours·Sembawang·About S$150

Free

Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club

Singapore's biggest songbird corner, best at dawn

1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free

Free

Pasir Panjang Machine-Gun Pillbox

A 1930s coastal-defence pillbox on Pasir Panjang Road

30 min·Pasir Panjang·Free

Free

Echoes of Clementi Mural

A sepia comic mural at Clementi MRT Exits A and B

15 min·Clementi·Free

Free

Hampstead Wetlands Park

A freshwater wetland inside Seletar Aerospace Park

1 hour·Seletar·Free

Free

Yishun Park Arboretum

Singapore's first arboretum, 70 dipterocarp species

1 hour·Yishun·Free

Free

Nature Immersion Trail

A 150 m forest-bathing walk in the Botanic Gardens

30 min·Tanglin·Free

Free

Puaka Hill, Pulau Ubin

Ubin's highest point, with quarry and skyline views

2 hours·Pulau Ubin·Free

Free

Woodlands Healing Garden

Wildflower terraces and a hilltop healing forest

45 min·Woodlands·Free

Free

Funan Roof Garden

A rooftop lawn and urban farm above City Hall

30 min·Civic District·Free

Free

Compassvale Walk Park

A tiny therapeutic garden with a foot reflexology path

30 min·Sengkang·Free

Free

Changi Airport Viewing Malls

Plane-spotting galleries open round the clock

1 hour·Changi·Free

Tickets

Kinetics Climbing

A Serangoon Road climbing gym with day passes

2 hours·Farrer Park·From S$23

Tickets

Lighthouse Climbing

A Pasir Panjang bouldering gym, no booking needed

2 hours·Pasir Panjang·From S$28

Tickets

The Mind Cafe

A Prinsep Street board-game cafe with a game library

2 hours·Dhoby Ghaut·From S$8

Free

Kallang Riverside Disc Golf

A free disc golf course beside the Kallang River

1 hour·Kallang·Free

Tickets

Yakult Factory Tour

Watch Yakult made through a glass gallery

1.5 hours·Senoko·From S$6.70

Free

Keppel Centre for Art Education

A free art-play space for children aged 4 to 12

1 hour·Civic District·Free

Tickets

Little Farm Explorers

A 1.5-hour guided urban farm tour for families

1.5 hours·Henderson·About S$25

Free

Kok Fah Technology Farm

Hydroponic farm tours and a weekend veg market

Flexible·Sungei Tengah·Free

Free

Boon Keng Road Fish Head Bee Hoon

Fish head bee hoon at a Bedok North stall

1 hour·Bedok·Free

Free

Tian Nan Xing Minced Pork Noodle

Minced pork noodles in a Kaki Bukit market

1 hour·Bedok·Free

Free

Seng Kee Black Chicken Herbal Soup

Black chicken herbal soup, double-boiled

1 hour·Bedok·Free

Free

Rajarani Thosai

Thosai and appam made from scratch, Tampines

1 hour·Tampines·Free

Free

Chey Sua Carrot Cake

Pan-fried radish cake at Toa Payoh West

1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free

Free

Chuan Kee Boneless Braised Duck

Boneless braised duck at Ghim Moh Market

1 hour·Holland Village·Free