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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

76 to choose from · showing 49–76

Silver Jewellery WorkshopTickets

Silver Jewellery Workshop

Make a silver ring to wear home

3 hours·Chinatown·From S$120

Night City Lights TourTickets

Night City Lights Tour

The bay, Chinatown and a photo stop after dark

3 hours·Marina Bay·About S$65

Maxwell Food Centre TourTickets

Maxwell Food Centre Tour

Chicken rice and the rest of the hall, with a guide

2.5 hours·Chinatown·About S$69

Tui Na / Chinese MassageTickets

Tui Na / Chinese Massage

Oil-free Chinese massage in Chinatown or a TCM hall

1 hour·Chinatown·From S$45

Neon PigeonTickets

Neon Pigeon

A Japanese izakaya on Carpenter Street

2 hours·Chinatown·From S$28

Free

Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery

Chinese opera, puppetry and tea in Chinatown

45 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Grassroots Book Room

A Chinese-language bookshop in Bukit Pasoh

45 min·Chinatown·Free

Tickets

Lion Brewery Co Brewery Tour

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

1 hour·Chinatown·From S$60

Free

Pek Sin Choon

Nanyang tea blended and packed since 1925

30 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Ying Fo Fui Kun

A Hakka clan house on Telok Ayer Street

30 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Thong Chai Medical Institution

Free TCM consultations at a charity clinic

Flexible·Chinatown·Free

Tickets

Opera Livehouse by Ping Sheh

Saturday-night Chinese opera on Smith Street

1 hour·Chinatown·From S$10

Tickets

Chinese Opera Tea House

Chinese opera with English subtitles and tea

2 hours·Chinatown·From S$25

Free

Pioneers' Memorial Hall

A hall on Chinese pioneers, by guided tour only

1 hour·Chinatown·Free

Free

Telok Ayer Green

Statues of old Singapore in a pocket park

20 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Telok Ayer Park

A lawn with garden swings in the CBD

15 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Pioneers Trail, Ann Siang Hill

A 30-minute walk through spice trees and clan houses

30 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Nagore Dargah Indian Muslim Heritage Centre

A Chulia shrine on Telok Ayer, now a heritage centre

30 min·Chinatown·Free

Chinatown Cocktail CrawlPreview

Chinatown Cocktail Crawl

An evening walk through three of Chinatown's shophouse bars

3 hours·Chinatown·S$119

Secret Shophouse Chef's TableRequest

Secret Shophouse Chef's Table

Nine courses of modern Singaporean cooking in a Blair Plain shophouse

3 hours·Chinatown·S$189

Kong Meng San Phor Kark SeeFree

Kong Meng San Phor Kark See

Singapore's largest Buddhist monastery, in Bishan

2 hours·Bishan·Free

Keong Saik RoadFree

Keong Saik Road

Former red-light street, now restaurants and hotels

Evening·Keong Saik·Free

Original Singapore WalksTickets

Original Singapore Walks

Long-running guided walks through Singapore history

2.5 hours·Civic District·About S$42

Nutmeg & CloveTickets

Nutmeg & Clove

Singapore in a glass, now on Purvis Street

2 hours·Bugis·From S$24

Free Walking Tour (tip-based)Free

Free Walking Tour (tip-based)

Tip-based walks in three heritage neighbourhoods

2.5 hours·Civic District·Free

Hungry Ghost FestivalFreeUsually August or September

Hungry Ghost Festival

Getai and offerings in the seventh lunar month

Evening·Citywide·Free

Kaya Toast BreakfastFree

Kaya Toast Breakfast

Kopi, kaya toast and soft eggs for breakfast

30 min·Tiong Bahru·Free

Free

State Courts Heritage Gallery

A heritage gallery, a Sky Garden and live hearings

1 hour·Outram·Free