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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

85 to choose from · showing 49–85

Free

Ethnobotany Garden, Botanic Gardens

Plants people ate, built with and healed with

45 min·Bukit Timah·Free

Free

Foliage Garden, Botanic Gardens

A garden planted for the colour of its leaves

30 min·Bukit Timah·Free

Free

Palm Valley, Botanic Gardens

Palms planted since 1879 and a heliconia walk

45 min·Bukit Timah·Free

Free

Trellis Garden, Botanic Gardens

Climbers on trellises, from tendrils to twining stems

30 min·Bukit Timah·Free

MacRitchie Dawn Trek & Treetop WalkPreview

MacRitchie Dawn Trek & Treetop Walk

Dawn in the forest, then the TreeTop Walk before the crowds

3 hours·MacRitchie·S$59

Sungei Buloh Wetland WalkFree

Sungei Buloh Wetland Walk

Wetland walks with crocodiles and migrating birds

3 hours·Kranji·Free

Mandai Mangrove & MudflatFreeNot open yet

Mandai Mangrove & Mudflat

A planned mangrove and mudflat nature park

2 hours·Mandai·Free

Lim Chu Kang Nature ParkFree

Lim Chu Kang Nature Park

Nature on the farmland edge of the far north-west

2 hours·Lim Chu Kang·Free

East Coast Jetty FishingPay there

East Coast Jetty Fishing

A rod, a jetty and maybe a fish at East Coast

3 hours·East Coast·About S$25

Sungei Buloh Guided WalkFree

Sungei Buloh Guided Walk

Crocodiles and wetland birds with a naturalist

2.5 hours·Kranji·Free

Free

Kampung Admiralty

A vertical kampung with a 900-seat hawker centre

1 hour·Admiralty·Free

Free

Changi Bay Point

A breakwater boardwalk on the Changi coast

1 hour·Changi·Free

Free

Rower's Bay

A wetland boardwalk on the Round Island Route

30 min·Seletar·Free

Free

Changi Boardwalk

A shoreline boardwalk for birds and Johor views

1 hour·Changi·Free

Free

Ulu Pandan Park Connector

A canal-side walk past herons and kingfishers

2 hours·Holland Village·Free

Free

Pek Kio Park

Pocket park with a therapeutic garden

30 min·Balestier·Free

Free

Telok Kurau Park

A big family park on the Siglap canal

1 hour·Joo Chiat·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

Lorong Halus Park Connector

A 3 km walk between Pasir Ris and Punggol

1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free

Free

Kallang Park Connector

A 7.87 km river path through Potong Pasir

1 hour·Potong Pasir·Free

Free

KPMG Wellness Garden

A therapeutic garden and nature gym by the sea

1 hour·East Coast·Free

Free

Venus Green

A small green by the Windsor Nature Park car park

30 min·Bishan·Free

Free

Taman Permata Park

A cosy playground green along Upper Thomson Road

30 min·Bishan·Free

Free

Chestnut Close Park

Play areas and an event space beside a canal

30 min·Bukit Panjang·Free

Free

Sunset Way Park

A fitness-corner green along Sunset Way

30 min·Clementi·Free

Free

Faber Heights Park

Slides and swings beside the Ulu Pandan connector

30 min·Clementi·Free

Free

Marine Parade Road Park

A fitness corner and a Madras Thorn heritage tree

20 min·Marine Parade·Free

Free

Arthur Park

A nature playgarden and fitness corner on Arthur Road

30 min·Marine Parade·Free

Free

Fernvale Park

A quiet green facing Thanggam LRT station

20 min·Sengkang·Free

Free

Jalan Kayu Park

A small green in the Jalan Kayu area

20 min·Sengkang·Free

Free

Nim Meadow Park

A playground that nods to rubber-plantation days

30 min·Serangoon·Free

Free

Haus Linear Park

A short linear park along Serangoon Garden Way

20 min·Serangoon·Free

Free

Chuan Lane Park

A small green at the end of Chuan Lane

20 min·Serangoon·Free

Free

Luxus Hills Park

A playground and fitness corner by Yio Chu Kang Road

20 min·Serangoon·Free

Free

Hazel Park Open Space

A playground with a sandpit off Upper Bukit Timah

30 min·Bukit Panjang·Free

Free

Dew Garden

A playground and fitness corner on Jalan Tari Payong

20 min·Sengkang·Free