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
660 to choose from · showing 241–288
FreeOld Hill Street Police Station
The old MICA building and its rainbow windows
20 min·Civic District·Free
FreeThe Fullerton Hotel
The old General Post Office, now a hotel to wander
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeSTPI Creative Workshop & Gallery
Print and paper workshop on Robertson Quay
1.5 hours·Clarke Quay·Free
FreeNational Design Centre
Rotating design shows in an old Middle Road convent
1 hour·Bugis·Free
FreeAliwal Arts Centre
Arts studios in old school blocks, Kampong Gelam
1 hour·Kampong Glam·Free
FreeGoodman Arts Centre
Artists' studios in an old school at Mountbatten
1 hour·East Coast·Free
FreeSMU City Campus Walk
A university folded into the Civic District
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeNUS University Town
A campus town with a bridge and views of the west
1.5 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
TicketsTiong Bahru Bakery
Kouign-amann and coffee at the original estate shop
45 min·Tiong Bahru·From S$8
TicketsChye Seng Huat Hardware
Coffee roasters in an old Lavender hardware shop
1 hour·Kallang·From S$6
Tickets328 Katong Laksa
Katong laksa with cut noodles, eaten with a spoon
30 min·East Coast·From S$8
TicketsChin Mee Chin Confectionery
Kaya toast in Katong's tiled 1925 confectionery
30 min·East Coast·From S$6
TicketsKilliney Kopitiam
Toast, eggs and kopi at the Killiney Road original
30 min·Orchard·From S$6
Pay thereHeap Seng Leong
Kopi and a raw egg on North Bridge Road
20 min·Bugis·About S$4
FreeChinatown Food Street
Hawker stalls along pedestrianised Smith Street
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeGeylang Night Eating
24-hour zi char, frog porridge and durian stalls
2 hours·Geylang·Free
FreeHDB Heartland Walk
A void deck, a market and a town park
2 hours·Toa Payoh·Free
FreeChangi Airport Highlights
Jewel and the landside terminals, no flight needed
3 hours·Changi·Free
FreeBedok Town Park
A neighbourhood park beside Bedok Reservoir
1 hour·Bedok·Free
FreePasir Ris Town Park
A fishing pond and playground in Pasir Ris
1.5 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeTampines Sun Plaza Park
A big Tampines lawn with a playground
1 hour·Tampines·Free
FreeAng Mo Kio Town Garden East
A small Ang Mo Kio garden round a pond
45 min·Ang Mo Kio·Free
FreeToa Payoh Sensory Park
A small Toa Payoh park with a fountain and sculptures
45 min·Toa Payoh·Free
FreePang Sua Pond
Floating wetlands and a boardwalk in Choa Chu Kang
1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free
FreeWaterboat House Garden
A pocket-sized garden by the Fullerton
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeMarsiling Park
A hilly neighbourhood park in Woodlands
1 hour·Marsiling·Free
FreeElgin Bridge
The 1929 bridge joining North and South Bridge Roads
10 min·Civic District·Free
FreeAnderson Bridge
Race track in F1 week, a bay walk the rest of the year
10 min·Civic District·Free
FreeBukit Brown Cemetery
The last great Chinese cemetery, open to walkers
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeJohore Battery
A replica 15-inch WWII gun in Changi
45 min·Changi·Free
FreeFort Tanjong Katong
Unearthed coastal fort under a Katong park
30 min·East Coast·Free
FreeDigital Light Canvas
A free LED light floor at The Shoppes, big with kids
20 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeDates not announcedGeylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar
Geylang Serai's Ramadan night market, once a year
2 hours·Geylang·Free
FreeVesak Day, 20 MayVesak Day Temple Circuit
Lanterns, chanting and vegetarian stalls for Vesak
Half day·Chinatown·Free
TicketsHawker Chan (Liao Fan)
Soya sauce chicken at Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·About S$5
TicketsTian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice
The Maxwell stall behind the chicken-rice debate
45 min·Chinatown·From S$6
FreeClosed for nowGolden Mile Complex
The brutalist block long known as Little Thailand
1.5 hours·Kallang·Free
FreePeninsula Plaza
Little Myanmar on North Bridge Road
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeYue Hwa Chinese Products
The department store of Chinese medicine and silk
45 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeChinatown Complex Wet Market
The working wet market under Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeNational Archives of Singapore
The reading room of the nation's paper
1.5 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeClosed until 2027Singapore Sports Museum
Medals, the Stadium, a short indoor hour
1 hour·Kallang·Free
FreeMohamed Sultan Road
The old club street, now restaurants
Evening·River Valley·Free
FreeJoo Chiat After Dark
Shophouse bars and Peranakan tiles after dark
Evening·East Coast·Free
FreePandan Reservoir
Kayaking, rowing and fishing in the west
1.5 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeSungei Api Api
A riverside green space in Pasir Ris
1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeSmooth-coated Otter Spotting
Bishan, the Bay, or wherever the family has wandered
1 hour·Bishan·Free
FreeBedok Interchange Hawker Centre
Newer east-side hawker centre by the bus interchange
1 hour·Bedok·Free