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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

191 to choose from · showing 145–191

FreeOn until 29 November

Movies by the Beach

Free outdoor film nights at Palawan Kidz City

2 hours·Sentosa·Free

Tickets

Amazonia at Great World

An indoor adventure playground for toddlers and kids

2 hours·River Valley·From S$38.90

Free

East Coast Terrace Park

A playground and fitness corner in Marine Parade

30 min·Marine Parade·Free

Free

Seletar Terrace Park

A playground and exercise corner in Seletar

30 min·Seletar·Free

Free

Richards Avenue Park

A shady playground and fitness stop near Kovan

30 min·Kovan·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

Kim Pong Park

Art-deco swings and a pavilion near Tiong Bahru

30 min·Tiong Bahru·Free

Free

Chestnut Close Park

Play areas and an event space beside a canal

30 min·Bukit Panjang·Free

Free

Villa Verde Park

A bridge to the Rail Corridor and a railway playground

45 min·Choa Chu Kang·Free

Free

Choa Chu Kang Way Park

Dragonfly motifs and a shaded playground

30 min·Choa Chu Kang·Free

Free

Faber Heights Park

Slides and swings beside the Ulu Pandan connector

30 min·Clementi·Free

Free

Nim Meadow Park

A playground that nods to rubber-plantation days

30 min·Serangoon·Free

Free

Ang Mo Kio Linear Park

6.2 hectares of ribbon planting along Avenue 5

45 min·Ang Mo Kio·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

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

Tan Si Chong SuFree

Tan Si Chong Su

A family clan temple by the river on Magazine Road

20 min·Clarke Quay·Free

Ola Beach ClubTickets

Ola Beach Club

Hawaiian-style family beach club on Siloso

Half day·Sentosa·From S$30

Smooth-coated Otter SpottingFree

Smooth-coated Otter Spotting

Bishan, the Bay, or wherever the family has wandered

1 hour·Bishan·Free

Tickets

Nanyang Sauce Brewery Tour

A one-hour tour of a family soy-sauce brewery

1 hour·Jurong·From S$39

Free

Tanjong Rhu Pau

Handmade pau from a family shop since 1988

30 min·Kallang·Free

Free

Tai Seng Fish Soup

Third-generation fish soup at Taman Jurong

45 min·Jurong West·Free

FreeOn until 15 November

Kampung Cookhouse at Tiong Bahru

Free family-recipe cooking demos in Tiong Bahru

2 hours·Tiong Bahru·Free

Haw Par VillaFreeGrounds closed, Hell's Museum open

Haw Par Villa

Tiger Balm sculpture park, grounds partly closed

2 hours·Pasir Panjang·Free

Changi Chapel & MuseumTickets

Changi Chapel & Museum

POW stories, a replica chapel, quiet rooms

1.5 hours·Changi·From S$9

1-Altitude CoastTickets

1-Altitude Coast

Sentosa rooftop pool bar looking over Palawan

Evening·Sentosa·From S$50

Ketam Mountain Bike ParkFree

Ketam Mountain Bike Park

Ubin's purpose-built mountain-bike trails

3 hours·Pulau Ubin·Free

Bukit Brown CemeteryFree

Bukit Brown Cemetery

The last great Chinese cemetery, open to walkers

2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free

Private Singapore City TourTickets

Private Singapore City Tour

Your own car and guide, from the Merlion to temples

4 hours·Citywide·From S$568

Free

Ci Yuan Hawker Centre

Hawker centre inside Ci Yuan Community Club

1 hour·Hougang·Free

Tickets

TK Pottery Jungle

One of two surviving dragon kilns, plus workshops

2 hours·Jurong West·From S$80

Free

Tian Nan Xing Minced Pork Noodle

Minced pork noodles in a Kaki Bukit market

1 hour·Bedok·Free

Tickets

Popiah Tour at Kway Guan Huat

Watch popiah skin made, then wrap your own

1 hour·Joo Chiat·From S$10.90

Free

Pek Sin Choon

Nanyang tea blended and packed since 1925

30 min·Chinatown·Free

Tickets

Yixing Xuan Tea Workshop

Hands-on Chinese tea workshops in Tanjong Pagar

1.5 hours·Tanjong Pagar·From S$58

Free

Hung Huat Cakes and Pastries

A traditional pastry stall at Sims Vista Market

30 min·Geylang·Free

Free

Lam Yeo Coffee Powder Factory

Nanyang coffee roasted since 1959, Balestier

30 min·Balestier·Free

Free

House of Tan Yeok Nee

The sole survivor of the Four Grand Mansions

45 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free

Free

1918 Heritage Bar

Cocktails in a 1918 mansion on Telok Blangah Hill

Evening·Telok Blangah·Free

Free

Hougang Heritage Trail

Three self-guided walks along Upper Serangoon Road

2 hours·Hougang·Free

Tickets

Sentosa Jetty at Cove Ferries

Short ferries from Sentosa Cove to Seringat Island

Half day·Sentosa·From S$20

TicketsOn until 31 March

Sentosa Intertidal Exploration

A guided low-tide walk on Sentosa's southern shore

Varies with the tide·Sentosa·From S$96.39

TicketsOn until 31 March

Sentosa Naturalist Night Adventure

A torch-lit rainforest walk on Sentosa

90 min·Sentosa·From S$86.76

TicketsOn until 31 March

Introduction to Birdwatching, Sentosa

A Saturday morning bird walk on Sentosa

1.5 hours·Sentosa·From S$77.11