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
32 to choose from
FreeNational Library Roof Garden
Free views, free air-con and floors of books
1 hour·Bugis·Free
FreeClosed for nowlibrary@orchard
A design-led public library on Orchard Road
45 min·Orchard·Free
FreeChinatown Library
A small, quiet public library in Chinatown
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeTampines Library
A big public library inside Our Tampines Hub
1 hour·Tampines·Free
FreeWoodlands Library
One of the biggest public libraries, up north
1 hour·Woodlands·Free
The Mind Cafe
A Prinsep Street board-game cafe with a game library
2 hours·Dhoby Ghaut·From S$8
Children's Biodiversity Library
A marine-themed children's library at Central Library
1 hour·Bras Basah·Free
Comics and Games Library at Punggol Coast
A self-service comics library with a board-game area
1 hour·Punggol·Free
Choa Chu Kang Library
A library built around an indoor garden
1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Bukit Batok Library
A revamped library with a sound cave
1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free
Bukit Panjang Library
A transport-themed library in Bukit Panjang Plaza
1 hour·Bukit Panjang·Free
Serangoon Library
Singapore's first rooftop public library
1 hour·Serangoon·Free
Bishan Library
A library built like a tree house of coloured pods
1 hour·Bishan·Free
Punggol Library
A new One Punggol library with a late study zone
1 hour·Punggol·Free
Harbourfront Library
A mall library with a view of Sentosa
1 hour·Harbourfront·Free
Central Arts Library
Music scores, screenings and design books
1 hour·Bugis·Free
Sci-Fi Pop-up Library
A self-service sci-fi library with an art show
1 hour·Marine Parade·Free
Yishun Library
Pixel-themed furniture and virtual bookshelves
1 hour·Yishun·Free
Sembawang Library
Container-shaped reading spaces with a maritime theme
1 hour·Sembawang·Free
Sengkang Library
A library in Compass One that nods to the river
1 hour·Sengkang·Free
Pasir Ris Library
A mall library with a space for teenagers
1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free
Toa Payoh Library
One of Singapore's oldest public libraries
1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free
Methodist Archives and History Library
Visit the Methodist Church's records by appointment
1 hour·Newton·Free
China Cultural Centre in Singapore
Exhibitions and a library on Queen Street
1 hour·Bras Basah·Free
The Albatross File Exhibition
Singapore's separation, from declassified files
1.5 hours·Bras Basah·Free
Clementi Library
A fifth-floor library inside The Clementi Mall
1 hour·Clementi·Free
Jurong West Library
A community-building library near Boon Lay MRT
1 hour·Jurong West·Free
FreeEsplanade – Theatres on the Bay
The durian on the bay: concerts and free lobbies
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
FreeAng Mo Kio Town Garden West
A neighbourhood hill forest, surprisingly wild
1.5 hours·Ang Mo Kio·Free
FreeNational Design Centre
Rotating design shows in an old Middle Road convent
1 hour·Bugis·Free
FreeSMU City Campus Walk
A university folded into the Civic District
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeOur Tampines Hub Hawker
Hawker stalls inside Tampines' giant community hub
1 hour·Tampines·Free