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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.

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All things to do

209 to choose from · showing 145–192

Free

Pasir Panjang Machine-Gun Pillbox

A 1930s coastal-defence pillbox on Pasir Panjang Road

30 min·Pasir Panjang·Free

Free

Echoes of Clementi Mural

A sepia comic mural at Clementi MRT Exits A and B

15 min·Clementi·Free

Free

Chesed-El Synagogue

A synagogue on Oxley Rise since 1905

30 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free

Free

Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple

A Loyang temple with a festival calendar

30 min·Loyang·Free

Free

Sri Sivan Temple

A Shiva temple that moved from Orchard Road

30 min·Geylang·Free

Free

Thekchen Choling

A Vajrayana Buddhist temple near Bendemeer

1 hour·Kallang·Free

Tickets

Chinese Seal Carving Workshop

Carve and print your own Chinese stone seal

2 hours·Rochor·From S$100

Tickets

Pottery Workshop at Studio Asobi

A 3-hour hand-building pottery session, Hougang

3 hours·Hougang·From S$95

Tickets

Incense Journey at Sifr Aromatics

Burn and blend incense on Arab Street

Flexible·Kampong Glam·From S$100

TicketsOn until 12 December

Nyonya Kebaya Workshop

Hands-on Nyonya kebaya styling in Katong

Flexible·Katong·From S$100

Free

Kampung Admiralty

A vertical kampung with a 900-seat hawker centre

1 hour·Admiralty·Free

Tickets

Bookbinding Workshop at Based Book Arts

Handbind your own journal in Geylang

3 hours·Geylang·From S$110

Free

St Joseph's Church, Victoria Street

A national monument church on Victoria Street

30 min·Bugis·Free

Free

Ying Fo Fui Kun

A Hakka clan house on Telok Ayer Street

30 min·Chinatown·Free

Free

Fort Serapong

Information boards at an 1880s battery on Sentosa

30 min·Sentosa·Free

Free

Katong Square Antique Centre

Vintage and antique booths in Katong Square

45 min·Katong·Free

Free

Union Book Co

A Chinese bookshop in Bras Basah Complex

30 min·Civic District·Free

Free

Lifted Trax

A specialist record shop up on Lorong Telok

45 min·Clarke Quay·Free

Free

Art in Transit at MRT Stations

Commissioned public art in MRT stations

Flexible·Citywide·Free

Free

Petain Road Shophouses

A tiled shophouse row in Jalan Besar

20 min·Jalan Besar·Free

Tickets

Museum of Food Workshops

Heritage cooking workshops in Joo Chiat

Flexible·Joo Chiat·About S$60

Tickets

Linocut Stamp Workshop at SHOU Studio

Carve and print a linocut stamp in two hours

2 hours·Little India·From S$25

Free

Choa Chu Kang Library

A library built around an indoor garden

1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free

Free

Bukit Batok Library

A revamped library with a sound cave

1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free

Free

Bukit Panjang Library

A transport-themed library in Bukit Panjang Plaza

1 hour·Bukit Panjang·Free

Free

Jalan Bahar Clay Studios

A working pottery studio at a dragon kiln

1 hour·Jurong West·Free

Free

Enabling Village

A disability-inclusive village open to everyone

2 hours·Redhill·Free

Tickets

Kintsugi Workshop at Stay Gold Studio

Mend a broken ceramic with gold in 2.5 hours

3 hours·Hillview·About S$189

Free

Serangoon Library

Singapore's first rooftop public library

1 hour·Serangoon·Free

Free

Ramakrishna Mission Temple

A Vedanta temple open morning and evening

1 hour·Bartley·Free

Free

Sri Siva Durga Temple

A Potong Pasir temple with posted worship times

1 hour·Potong Pasir·Free

Free

Darma Muneeswaran Temple

A century-old Muneeswaran temple in Serangoon North

1 hour·Serangoon North·Free

Tickets

Wheel Pottery Trial at Urth & Phire

A 90-minute first go at the pottery wheel

2 hours·MacPherson·From S$60

Tickets

Pottery Trial Class at Arudio

Hand-building or wheel trial, up to 3 hours

3 hours·MacPherson·From S$70

Free

Bishan Library

A library built like a tree house of coloured pods

1 hour·Bishan·Free

Free

Punggol Library

A new One Punggol library with a late study zone

1 hour·Punggol·Free

Free

Harbourfront Library

A mall library with a view of Sentosa

1 hour·Harbourfront·Free

Free

Central Arts Library

Music scores, screenings and design books

1 hour·Bugis·Free

Free

Sci-Fi Pop-up Library

A self-service sci-fi library with an art show

1 hour·Marine Parade·Free

Free

Yishun Library

Pixel-themed furniture and virtual bookshelves

1 hour·Yishun·Free

Free

Sembawang Library

Container-shaped reading spaces with a maritime theme

1 hour·Sembawang·Free

Free

ParlConnect, Parliament Visitor Centre

A free visitor centre inside Parliament House

1 hour·Civic District·Free

Free

Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Gallery

A free rooftop garden with skyline views and art

1 hour·Civic District·Free

Free

Sree Maha Mariamman Temple

Yishun's pink Hindu temple, open morning and evening

1 hour·Yishun·Free

Free

Novena Church

A Thomson Road church with daily opening hours

30 min·Balestier·Free

Free

Kuan Im Tng Temple, Joo Chiat

A quiet Guanyin temple on Tembeling Road

30 min·Joo Chiat·Free

Free

Sengkang Library

A library in Compass One that nods to the river

1 hour·Sengkang·Free

Free

Pasir Ris Library

A mall library with a space for teenagers

1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free