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.
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All things to do
224 to choose from · showing 145–192
Skatepark at Lakeside Garden
Singapore's biggest outdoor skate park, free to use
2 hours·Jurong East·Free
Coastal PlayGrove at East Coast Park
A four-storey play tower and water play by the sea
2 hours·East Coast·Free
Adventure HQ at HomeTeamNS Khatib
A guided indoor ropes, cave and slide course
4.5 hours·Yishun·From S$70
Botanical Art Gallery
Singapore's first permanent botanical art display
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Lifted Trax
A specialist record shop up on Lorong Telok
45 min·Clarke Quay·Free
Dudu Cooked Food
Hot tu tu kueh at a Jurong West market
30 min·Jurong West·Free
Song Fish Soup
Fish soup with sliced fish, fish maw and clams
45 min·Clementi·Free
Nelson Bar Sembawang
Singapore's oldest sailor bar, on the Sembawang Strip
Evening·Sembawang·Free
Jurong Fishery Port
A wholesale fish market that opens to the public
1 hour·Jurong·Free
Wallace Education Centre
A cow shed turned Wallace exhibition gallery
1 hour·Bukit Panjang·Free
Choa Chu Kang Swimming Complex
Wave pool and slide at a public ActiveSG complex
2 hours·Choa Chu Kang·From S$2
Choa Chu Kang Library
A library built around an indoor garden
1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Bukit Batok Library
A revamped library with a sound cave
1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free
Bukit Panjang Library
A transport-themed library in Bukit Panjang Plaza
1 hour·Bukit Panjang·Free
Jurong West Swimming Complex
A feature pool with a slide and lazy river
2 hours·Jurong West·From S$2
Jalan Bahar Clay Studios
A working pottery studio at a dragon kiln
1 hour·Jurong West·Free
1918 Heritage Bar
Cocktails in a 1918 mansion on Telok Blangah Hill
Evening·Telok Blangah·Free
Orchidville Weekend Market
A farm weekend market with prawn noodles
2 hours·Sungei Tengah·Free
Jurong Lake Gardens Pool
An inclusive public pool by Jurong Lake Gardens
2 hours·Jurong East·From S$1.30
T-Play at HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok
A transport-themed indoor playground for under-12s
2 hours·Bukit Batok·From S$30
Serangoon Library
Singapore's first rooftop public library
1 hour·Serangoon·Free
Wheel Pottery Trial at Urth & Phire
A 90-minute first go at the pottery wheel
2 hours·MacPherson·From S$60
Thong Chai Medical Institution
Free TCM consultations at a charity clinic
Flexible·Chinatown·Free
Kayak Orientation at The Kallang
A three-hour intro paddle on Marina Reservoir
3 hours·Kallang·From S$30
Marina South Water Taxi
Your own boat to the Southern Islands
Flexible·Marina South·From S$130
Maduro Jazz and Whisky Bar
Live jazz and whisky at Sofitel Sentosa
Evening·Sentosa·Free
The Elephant Room
Little India cocktails on Tanjong Pagar Road
Evening·Tanjong Pagar·Free
Chinese Opera Tea House
Chinese opera with English subtitles and tea
2 hours·Chinatown·From S$25
Simply Jazz by Tin Box
Live jazz sets at Marina at Keppel Bay
Evening·Harbourfront·Free
The Blackbird
Rock, blues and jazz bands at Gillman Barracks
Evening·Harbourfront·Free
Fort Canning Heritage Gallery
Free artefacts and a 700-year story on the hill
1 hour·Civic District·Free
Marine Park Public Gallery
A coral and mangrove display on St John's Island
2 hours·Southern Islands·Free
Changi Boardwalk
A shoreline boardwalk for birds and Johor views
1 hour·Changi·Free
Sustainable Singapore Gallery
Singapore's sustainability story, with hourly tours
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
Jews of Singapore Museum
A free museum on a community that built the city
1 hour·Civic District·Free
Bishan Library
A library built like a tree house of coloured pods
1 hour·Bishan·Free
Punggol Library
A new One Punggol library with a late study zone
1 hour·Punggol·Free
Harbourfront Library
A mall library with a view of Sentosa
1 hour·Harbourfront·Free
Central Arts Library
Music scores, screenings and design books
1 hour·Bugis·Free
Yishun Library
Pixel-themed furniture and virtual bookshelves
1 hour·Yishun·Free
Sembawang Library
Container-shaped reading spaces with a maritime theme
1 hour·Sembawang·Free
Sengkang Swimming Complex
A sheltered feature pool with five water slides
2 hours·Sengkang·From S$2
Heartbeat@Bedok Swimming Complex
A feature pool with play features and a jacuzzi
2 hours·Bedok·From S$2
ParlConnect, Parliament Visitor Centre
A free visitor centre inside Parliament House
1 hour·Civic District·Free
CapitaSpring Green Oasis and Sky Garden
Free tower gardens on levels 17 to 20 and 51
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
Pioneers' Memorial Hall
A hall on Chinese pioneers, by guided tour only
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
Forest Discovery Centre
Forest exhibits in a bungalow from 1898
1 hour·Dempsey·Free
CDL Green Gallery
Free exhibitions in a hempcrete gallery
30 min·Tanglin·Free