Singapore
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
660 to choose from · showing 97–144
FreeAbdul Gafoor Mosque
A 1907 Saracenic-style mosque in Little India
20 min·Little India·Free
FreeYueh Hai Ching Temple
Wak Hai Cheng Bio, a Telok Ayer temple from 1826
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeSri Thendayuthapani Temple
The Tank Road temple where Thaipusam ends
30 min·River Valley·Free
FreeHaji Lane
Murals, independent shops and evening bars
1 hour·Kampong Glam·Free
FreeArab Street
Textiles, batik and carpet shops in Kampong Gelam
1 hour·Kampong Glam·Free
FreeKoon Seng Road Shophouses
The pastel Peranakan terraces of Joo Chiat
30 min·East Coast·Free
FreeBoat Quay
The old river trade, now riverside tables
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeAnn Siang Hill & Club Street
Shophouse bars, staircases and the after-work crowd
Evening·Chinatown·Free
FreeKeong Saik Road
Former red-light street, now restaurants and hotels
Evening·Keong Saik·Free
FreeDuxton Hill
Blair Plain bars in conserved shophouses
Evening·Duxton·Free
FreeCivilian War Memorial
Four pillars for four communities, by the Padang
20 min·Civic District·Free
FreeThe Cenotaph
The 1922 war memorial in Esplanade Park
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeRaffles' Landing Site
A white Raffles statue on the river's north bank
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeGillman Barracks
Contemporary art galleries in 1936 army barracks
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeDempsey Hill
Old barracks turned restaurants and antique shops
2 hours·Dempsey·Free
FreeHolland Village
Cafes, a wet market and late bars
2 hours·Holland Village·Free
FreeTekka Centre
Little India's wet market and banana-leaf stalls
1.5 hours·Little India·Free
FreeChinatown Complex Food Centre
Singapore's biggest hawker centre, over a wet market
1.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
FreeOld Airport Road Food Centre
The hawker other hawkers rate
1.5 hours·Geylang·Free
FreeChomp Chomp Food Centre
Open-air evening hawker in Serangoon Gardens
1.5 hours·Serangoon·Free
FreeAmoy Street Food Centre
CBD hawker centre built around the office lunch
45 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeHong Lim Market & Food Centre
Chicken rice worth arguing over, by Chinatown
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
People's Park Food Centre
From a 1923 hawker shelter to a food centre
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeGeylang Serai Market
Nasi padang, kuih and a Malay wet market in Geylang
1.5 hours·Geylang·Free
FreeTanjong Beach Club
Sentosa's original beach club, on public sand
Half day·Sentosa·Free
FreeRobertson Quay
The quieter river, with restaurants and evening walks
Evening·Clarke Quay·Free
TicketsChangi WWII Heritage Tour
Free guided tours at Changi Chapel and Museum
1 hour·Changi·From S$9
FreeNParks Free Guided Walk
Free walks with volunteer naturalists across the parks
2 hours·Citywide·Free
FreeKampong Glam Street Art Walk
Haji Lane murals after the free Kampong Gelam walk
2.5 hours·Kampong Glam·Free
TicketsPulau Ubin Bumboat
A 10-minute cash bumboat to Ubin, off once it fills
15 min·Changi·From S$4
FreeHay Dairies Goat Farm
Singapore's only goat farm, free for small groups
1.5 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeQian Hu Fish Farm
An ornamental fish farm with free entry
2 hours·Sungei Tengah·Free
FreeFar East Organization Children's Garden
Free water play for 12 and under at Gardens by the Bay
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
FreeGarden Rhapsody
Supertree light show, twice a night, free
15 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeBorealis at Supertree Grove
Free aurora installation at Gardens by the Bay
30 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeSentosa Nature Discovery
A free nature gallery and Swiftlet Bunker at Imbiah
1 hour·Sentosa·Free
FreeImbiah Lookout
Sentosa's ridge: luge, SkyHelix, Nature Discovery
1 hour·Sentosa·Free
Christmas on A Great Street
Orchard Road's Christmas lights and village
Evening·Orchard·Free
FreeStarts 15 JanuaryLight to Night Festival
Civic District art after dark, every January
Evening·Civic District·Free
FreeDates not announcedSingapore Night Festival
Bras Basah.Bugis after dark, usually Aug–Sep
Evening·Bugis·Free
FreeDates not announcedRiver Hongbao
Chinese New Year lanterns around Marina Bay
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
FreeStarts 22 JanuaryThaipusam Procession
Kavadi bearers walk from Perumal to Tank Road
Half day·Little India·Free
FreeTimbre
Local bands and beer at a one-north food park
Evening·Queenstown·Free
FreeAdam Road Food Centre
Nasi biryani with the expressway overhead
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeZion Riverside Food Centre
Open-air hawker lunch by the river at Great World
1 hour·River Valley·Free
FreeSeah Im Food Centre
HarbourFront hawker lunch before the cable car
45 min·Harbourfront·Free
FreeWhampoa Makan Place
Residents' hawker lunch on Whampoa Drive
1 hour·Whampoa·Free
FreeBedok 85 Market
An east-side breakfast market in Bedok North
1 hour·Bedok·Free