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.
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
43 to choose from
FreeLau Pa Sat Hawker Centre
Victorian market hall, with satay grilled on the street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeTampines Round Market
A round breakfast hall in Tampines
1 hour·Tampines·Free
TicketsMaxwell Food Centre Tour
Chicken rice and the rest of the hall, with a guide
2.5 hours·Chinatown·About S$69
Happy Hawkers Compassvale Link
A 24-hour food hall in Sengkang
1 hour·Sengkang·Free
Happy Hawkers Bukit Batok Central
A 24-hour food hall in Bukit Batok
1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free
Happy Hawkers Tampines Mart
A 24-hour food hall in Tampines
1 hour·Tampines·Free
Happy Hawkers Sembawang Drive
A 24-hour food hall in Sembawang
1 hour·Sembawang·Free
Chong Boon Market and Food Centre
Market hall and 39 cooked-food stalls on Avenue 10
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Cheng San Market and Cooked Food Centre
Fifty cooked-food stalls in a market hall
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
50A Marine Terrace
Twenty-four stalls in a small Marine Terrace hall
1 hour·Marine Parade·Free
11 Telok Blangah Crescent Market and Food Centre
A 1974 hall with 56 stalls in Telok Blangah
1 hour·Telok Blangah·Free
FreeMaxwell Food Centre
Tian Tian's Hainanese chicken rice, no booking
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
TicketsAxe Factor Sentosa
Indoor axe throwing at Mess Hall, Sentosa
1 hour·Sentosa·From S$38
FreeNewton Food Centre
Satay and grilled stingray after dark, by Newton MRT
1 hour·Newton·Free
TicketsRaffles Hotel Arcade & Long Bar
Singapore Slings and peanut shells at Long Bar
1 hour·Civic District·From S$44
FreeOld Airport Road Food Centre
The hawker other hawkers rate
1.5 hours·Geylang·Free
FreeAmoy Street Food Centre
CBD hawker centre built around the office lunch
45 min·Chinatown·Free
TicketsNational Kitchen by Violet Oon
Peranakan lunch in the National Gallery, with a view
2 hours·Civic District·From S$80
TicketsLabyrinth
Tasting menu of local produce near Esplanade
3 hours·Marina Bay·From S$280
TicketsHawker Chan (Liao Fan)
Soya sauce chicken at Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·About S$5
FreeBedok Interchange Hawker Centre
Newer east-side hawker centre by the bus interchange
1 hour·Bedok·Free
FreeDunman Food Centre
A neighbourhood hawker centre near Katong
1 hour·East Coast·Free
TicketsStarts 8 JuneSingapore Open Badminton
World Tour badminton, live in a Kallang hall
Evening·Kallang·From S$35
FreeSatay Street (Boon Tat)
Lau Pa Sat after dark, when the road becomes a grill
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeGhim Moh Market & Food Centre
A residents' breakfast hawker near Holland Village
1 hour·Holland Village·Free
Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre
The old "60 stalls" food centre, rebuilt
1 hour·Jurong West·Free
Jurong Heritage Trail
25 stops, from an early food centre to Chinese Garden
Flexible·Jurong·Free
Funan Roof Garden
A rooftop lawn and urban farm above City Hall
30 min·Civic District·Free
Tian Nan Xing Minced Pork Noodle
Minced pork noodles in a Kaki Bukit market
1 hour·Bedok·Free
Seng Kee Black Chicken Herbal Soup
Black chicken herbal soup, double-boiled
1 hour·Bedok·Free
Mayflower Market
Forty stalls and a market in the Mayflower estate
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Teck Ghee Square
A 1979 food centre with 40 stalls in Teck Ghee
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre
Thirty cooked-food stalls on Havelock Road
1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free
Bukit Merah Central Food Centre
Fifty-seven stalls beside Bukit Merah Central
1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free
Ayer Rajah Food Centre
Eighty cooked-food stalls on West Coast Drive
1 hour·Clementi·Free
Serangoon Garden Market
A 1957 market in Serangoon Gardens, rebuilt in 2002
1 hour·Serangoon·Free
PreviewHawker Champions After Dark
Eat through Old Airport Road in the evening with a local ex-chef
3.5 hours·Geylang·S$89
FreeBukit Timah Nature Reserve
Rainforest trails on Singapore's highest hill
3 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeTampines Library
A big public library inside Our Tampines Hub
1 hour·Tampines·Free
TicketsStarts 8 AprilPesta Raya
The Esplanade's festival of Malay arts
varies·Marina Bay·From S$25
TicketsUSS Twilight Thrill
Evening entry to USS from 4pm, with a meal voucher
4 hours·Sentosa·From S$85
FreeGardens by the Bay Guided Tour
Free weekend nature walks with a Gardens guide
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
Oldham Theatre
Asian Film Archive screenings on Canning Rise
2 hours·Fort Canning·About S$10