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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

188 to choose from · showing 145–188

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

Yunnan Park

The original Nantah Arch and an open plaza

30 min·Jurong West·Free

Tickets

Pulau Kukup National Park

A 647-hectare mangrove island off Kukup

Full day·Johor·About S$6

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

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

Ang Mo Kio Linear Park

6.2 hectares of ribbon planting along Avenue 5

45 min·Ang Mo Kio·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

Free

Healing Garden, Botanic Gardens

Medicinal plants sorted by the body part they treat

45 min·Bukit Timah·Free

Free

Ginger Garden, Botanic Gardens

A hectare of gingers, a lily pond and a waterfall

1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free

Free

Evolution Garden, Botanic Gardens

A trail through 3.5 billion years of plant life

40 min·Bukit Timah·Free

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

East Coast Sunrise Cycle & Kopi RidePreview

East Coast Sunrise Cycle & Kopi Ride

A flat sunrise ride along East Coast Park, then kaya toast and kopi

3 hours·East Coast·S$65

Former Ford FactoryTickets

Former Ford Factory

Where Singapore surrendered, 15 Feb 1942

1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$7

Reflections at Bukit ChanduTickets

Reflections at Bukit Chandu

Malay Regiment's last stand, 13 Feb 1942

1 hour·Harbourfront·From S$7

Gillman BarracksFree

Gillman Barracks

Contemporary art galleries in 1936 army barracks

2 hours·Harbourfront·Free

Sembawang Hills Food CentreFree

Sembawang Hills Food Centre

Open-air evening hawker centre in Upper Thomson

1 hour·Upper Thomson·Free

Free

Coastal PlayGrove at East Coast Park

A four-storey play tower and water play by the sea

2 hours·East Coast·Free

Free

Fort Serapong

Information boards at an 1880s battery on Sentosa

30 min·Sentosa·Free

Free

Choa Chu Kang Library

A library built around an indoor garden

1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free

Tickets

The Sundowner Farm Experience

Hand-feed rescued honeybees beside Bukit Timah

2 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$115

Free

City Sprouts West Coast

A community farm inside West Coast Park

1 hour·West Coast·Free

FreeOn until 29 November

Movies by the Beach

Free outdoor film nights at Palawan Kidz City

2 hours·Sentosa·Free