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
55 to choose from · showing 1–48
TicketsYunomori Onsen & Spa
Japanese-style baths at Kallang Wave Mall
Half day·Kallang·From S$49
FreeVivoCity
HarbourFront's big mall and the Sentosa Express stop
1 hour·Harbourfront·Free
FreeBugis+
Youth fashion in air-con, next to Bugis Street
1 hour·Bugis·Free
FreeION Orchard
Orchard Road's flagship mall, with ION Sky up top
1.5 hours·Orchard·Free
TicketsDin Tai Fung
Xiao long bao at ION, Jewel and Marina Bay
1.5 hours·Orchard·From S$35
TicketsCrystal Jade
Cantonese chain for sit-down dim sum in the malls
1.5 hours·Orchard·From S$40
TicketsParadise Dynasty
Eight-flavour xiao long bao in the malls
1.5 hours·Orchard·From S$32
Changi Airport Viewing Malls
Plane-spotting galleries open round the clock
1 hour·Changi·Free
Bukit Batok Library
A revamped library with a sound cave
1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free
Harbourfront Library
A mall library with a view of Sentosa
1 hour·Harbourfront·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
AIRZONE at City Square Mall
A trampoline park by the hour near Farrer Park
1 hour·Farrer Park·From S$27.90
Clementi Library
A fifth-floor library inside The Clementi Mall
1 hour·Clementi·Free
Punggol Coast Hawker Centre
A hawker centre above the end of the NEL
1 hour·Punggol·Free
TicketsDUCKtours
A wheeled boat through town and into Marina Bay
1 hour·Suntec·From S$49
TicketsBig Bus Open-Top Tour
Open-top hop-on, hop-off bus on two routes
Full day·Suntec·About S$66
FreeION Sky
Orchard from levels 55 and 56, no ticket needed
45 min·Orchard·Free
FreeRSAF Air Force Museum
Jets on the ground at Paya Lebar
2 hours·Paya Lebar·Free
TicketsSuperPark Singapore
Finnish indoor activity park at Suntec Tower 2
2 hours·City Hall·About S$26
TicketsClimb Central
Indoor climbing for first-timers at Kallang Wave
2 hours·Kallang·From S$38
FreeZion Riverside Food Centre
Open-air hawker lunch by the river at Great World
1 hour·River Valley·Free
Freeone-north Park
Biopolis lawns, a designed tech-campus green
45 min·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeMount Emily Park
A quiet hill park behind Dhoby Ghaut
45 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
FreeMustafa Centre
A 24-hour department store in Little India
1.5 hours·Little India·Free
FreeThe Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands
A canal, sampan rides and a Louis Vuitton island
1.5 hours·Marina Bay·Free
FreeLucky Plaza
Orchard's Filipino hub, busiest on Sundays
1 hour·Orchard·Free
FreeClosed for nowlibrary@orchard
A design-led public library on Orchard Road
45 min·Orchard·Free
TicketsStar Performing Arts Centre
The big hall for musicals and touring acts
3 hours·Buona Vista·About S$68
TicketsTiong Bahru Bakery
Kouign-amann and coffee at the original estate shop
45 min·Tiong Bahru·From S$8
TicketsKilliney Kopitiam
Toast, eggs and kopi at the Killiney Road original
30 min·Orchard·From S$6
TicketsLabyrinth
Tasting menu of local produce near Esplanade
3 hours·Marina Bay·From S$280
TicketsKTV / Karaoke Night
Private karaoke rooms, priced by the hour
3 hours·Citywide·From S$15
TicketsHawker Chan (Liao Fan)
Soya sauce chicken at Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·About S$5
FreePeninsula Plaza
Little Myanmar on North Bridge Road
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeCity Plaza
Budget fashion and a Sunday crowd at Paya Lebar
1 hour·Paya Lebar·Free
FreeFar East Plaza
Streetwear and tattoo studios just off Orchard
1 hour·Orchard·Free
FreeChinatown Library
A small, quiet public library in Chinatown
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeWoodlands Library
One of the biggest public libraries, up north
1 hour·Woodlands·Free
FreeDowntown East
Wild Wild Wet, food and the sea at Pasir Ris
Half day·Pasir Ris·Free
TicketsWatercolour Workshop
Watercolour classes at New Bahru and Katong
2.5 hours·Tiong Bahru·From S$68
TicketsTimezone Arcade
Claw machines and game credits, biggest at VivoCity
1.5 hours·Citywide·About S$20
Pasir Ris Heritage Trail
Seaside-themed flats, old playgrounds, a coastal park
1.5 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
Funan Roof Garden
A rooftop lawn and urban farm above City Hall
30 min·Civic District·Free
Comics and Games Library at Punggol Coast
A self-service comics library with a board-game area
1 hour·Punggol·Free
Katong Square Antique Centre
Vintage and antique booths in Katong Square
45 min·Katong·Free
Choa Chu Kang Library
A library built around an indoor garden
1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Serangoon Library
Singapore's first rooftop public library
1 hour·Serangoon·Free