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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

99 to choose from · showing 49–96

Free

Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village

A market and food village in Boon Lay estate

1 hour·Boon Lay·Free

Free

Clementi Ave 2 Market and Cooked Food Centre

A neighbourhood market and cooked food centre

1 hour·Clementi·Free

FreeStarts 10 December

A Christmas Story at Fort Canning

A free Christmas market on Fort Canning Hill

2 hours·Civic District·Free

Free

Kaki Bukit 511 Market and Food Centre

A neighbourhood market and food centre in Bedok

1 hour·Bedok·Free

Free

Bukit Panjang Hawker Centre and Market

A hawker centre and market in Bukit Panjang

1 hour·Bukit Panjang·Free

Free

Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre

A market and hawker centre in Tanjong Pagar

1 hour·Tanjong Pagar·Free

Free

Tampines Heritage Trail

A town trail from the Hub to the Round Market

1 hour·Tampines·Free

Free

Chong Boon Market and Food Centre

Market hall and 39 cooked-food stalls on Avenue 10

1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free

Free

Cheng San Market and Cooked Food Centre

Fifty cooked-food stalls in a market hall

1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free

Free

Mayflower Market

Forty stalls and a market in the Mayflower estate

1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free

Free

Beo Crescent Market

A 1965 market with 32 cooked-food stalls

1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free

Free

Serangoon Garden Market

A 1957 market in Serangoon Gardens, rebuilt in 2002

1 hour·Serangoon·Free

Free

11 Telok Blangah Crescent Market and Food Centre

A 1974 hall with 56 stalls in Telok Blangah

1 hour·Telok Blangah·Free

Little India Spice Trail & Banana-Leaf FeastRequest

Little India Spice Trail & Banana-Leaf Feast

Grind masalas, drape a sari and eat lunch off a banana leaf

3 hours·Little India·S$69

Self-Drive Solar BBQ BoatPay there

Self-Drive Solar BBQ Boat

Captain a solar BBQ boat and grill as you drift

2 hours·Marina·About S$199

Historical City Bike TourTickets

Historical City Bike Tour

Guided bike ride from Marina Bay to Kampong Gelam

4 hours·City Hall·From S$80

Johor Bahru Day TripPay there

Johor Bahru Day Trip

Johor Bahru for the day; bring your passport

Full day·Johor·About S$99

Free

People's Park Food Centre

From a 1923 hawker shelter to a food centre

1 hour·Chinatown·Free

Chinatown Complex Food TourTickets

Chinatown Complex Food Tour

A guided graze over two floors of hawker stalls

3 hours·Chinatown·About S$79

Whampoa Makan PlaceFree

Whampoa Makan Place

Residents' hawker lunch on Whampoa Drive

1 hour·Whampoa·Free

Marine Parade Food CentreFree

Marine Parade Food Centre

An everyday hawker lunch in Marine Parade

1 hour·East Coast·Free

Tiong Bahru ParkFree

Tiong Bahru Park

The neighbourhood lawn, birds, a playground

1 hour·Tiong Bahru·Free

Raffles Place ParkFree

Raffles Place Park

The CBD's pocket green, sculptures, lunch

15 min·Civic District·Free

Mustafa CentreFree

Mustafa Centre

A 24-hour department store in Little India

1.5 hours·Little India·Free

Aliwal Arts CentreFree

Aliwal Arts Centre

Arts studios in old school blocks, Kampong Gelam

1 hour·Kampong Glam·Free

Tiong Bahru BakeryTickets

Tiong Bahru Bakery

Kouign-amann and coffee at the original estate shop

45 min·Tiong Bahru·From S$8

Shunfu MartFree

Shunfu Mart

Neighbourhood hawker in Marymount with cult stalls

1 hour·Marymount·Free

Bugis+Free

Bugis+

Youth fashion in air-con, next to Bugis Street

1 hour·Bugis·Free

Headrock VRTickets

Headrock VR

Free-roam VR at Siloso Southside on Sentosa

1 hour·Sentosa·About S$48

Free Walking Tour (tip-based)Free

Free Walking Tour (tip-based)

Tip-based walks in three heritage neighbourhoods

2.5 hours·Civic District·Free

Changi Village Hawker CentreFree

Changi Village Hawker Centre

Nasi lemak before the bumboat to Pulau Ubin

1 hour·Changi·Free

Downtown EastFree

Downtown East

Wild Wild Wet, food and the sea at Pasir Ris

Half day·Pasir Ris·Free

Gardens + Flyer ComboTickets

Gardens + Flyer Combo

The Gardens domes and the Flyer, as two tickets

Half day·Marina Bay·From S$92

Kaya Toast BreakfastFree

Kaya Toast Breakfast

Kopi, kaya toast and soft eggs for breakfast

30 min·Tiong Bahru·Free

Satay Street (Boon Tat)Free

Satay Street (Boon Tat)

Lau Pa Sat after dark, when the road becomes a grill

1 hour·Civic District·Free

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

USS Shows (Hollywood Dreams)Tickets

USS Shows (Hollywood Dreams)

Parades and shows included with a USS day ticket

30 min·Sentosa·From S$76

Free

Balestier Heritage Trail

Temples, shophouses and old hospital wards on foot

2 hours·Balestier·Free

Free

Woodlands Heritage Trail

Temples, jetties and the Causeway in Singapore's north

Half day·Woodlands·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

FreeClosed until 14 December

Lixin Teochew Fishball Noodles

Handmade fishball noodles in Toa Payoh

1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free

Tickets

Museum of Food Workshops

Heritage cooking workshops in Joo Chiat

Flexible·Joo Chiat·About S$60

Free

Tai Seng Fish Soup

Third-generation fish soup at Taman Jurong

45 min·Jurong West·Free

Free

The Elephant Room

Little India cocktails on Tanjong Pagar Road

Evening·Tanjong Pagar·Free

Free

CapitaSpring Green Oasis and Sky Garden

Free tower gardens on levels 17 to 20 and 51

1 hour·Marina Bay·Free

TicketsOn until 19 December

Sky Garden Eden Farm Tour

A guided hour in the world's highest edible garden

1 hour·Marina Bay·From S$35