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
74 to choose from · showing 1–48
FreeConey Island Park
Casuarinas, boardwalks and wild beaches off Punggol
3 hours·Coney Island·Free
FreeRaffles' Landing Site
A white Raffles statue on the river's north bank
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeTimbre
Local bands and beer at a one-north food park
Evening·Queenstown·Free
FreeBedok 85 Market
An east-side breakfast market in Bedok North
1 hour·Bedok·Free
FreeSembawang Park
An old jetty and casuarina trees on the north coast
2 hours·Sembawang·Free
FreeWoodlands Waterfront Park
A 400-metre jetty facing Johor across the water
1.5 hours·Woodlands·Free
FreeAdmiralty Park
Riverside boardwalks in a large north-west park
2 hours·Admiralty·Free
FreeSembawang Hot Spring Park
Singapore's only hot spring, free foot baths
1.5 hours·Sembawang·Free
Freeone-north Park
Biopolis lawns, a designed tech-campus green
45 min·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeYishun Pond Park
A pond next to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's garden
1 hour·Yishun·Free
FreeLower Seletar Reservoir Park
A long dam walk and kayaks in the north-east
1.5 hours·Seletar·Free
FreeKranji Reservoir Park
A picnic strip on the water at Kranji
1 hour·Kranji·Free
FreeLim Chu Kang Nature Park
Nature on the farmland edge of the far north-west
2 hours·Lim Chu Kang·Free
FreeAng Mo Kio 628 Market
North-east breakfast, long tables, kopi
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
FreeJalan Kayu Prata
The prata strip in the north-east
45 min·Seletar·Free
Pay thereHeap Seng Leong
Kopi and a raw egg on North Bridge Road
20 min·Bugis·About S$4
TicketsMellben Seafood
Heartland white pepper crab in the north-east
2 hours·Ang Mo Kio·From S$85
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
FreePeninsula Plaza
Little Myanmar on North Bridge Road
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeChong Pang Market & Food Centre
Yishun breakfast that north-siders defend
1 hour·Yishun·Free
FreeWoodlands Library
One of the biggest public libraries, up north
1 hour·Woodlands·Free
FreeHougang 6/7 Market
A Hougang hawker centre for breakfast
1 hour·Hougang·Free
Ci Yuan Hawker Centre
Hawker centre inside Ci Yuan Community Club
1 hour·Hougang·Free
FreeYishun Xinghua Market
North hawker centre with long tables in Yishun
1 hour·Yishun·Free
Woodlands Heritage Trail
Temples, jetties and the Causeway in Singapore's north
Half day·Woodlands·Free
Boon Keng Road Fish Head Bee Hoon
Fish head bee hoon at a Bedok North stall
1 hour·Bedok·Free
Northern Shores Kayak Trail
A 22km paddle from Changi to Sembawang
6 hours·Changi·From S$175
Darma Muneeswaran Temple
A century-old Muneeswaran temple in Serangoon North
1 hour·Serangoon North·Free
Yishun Library
Pixel-themed furniture and virtual bookshelves
1 hour·Yishun·Free
PreviewSunrise Kayak Through Pulau Ubin Mangroves
Paddle Ubin's mangroves at sunrise, then breakfast in the village
4 hours·North-East·S$129
TicketsKranji Countryside Tour
Hay Dairies goats and lunch at Bollywood Farms
5 hours·Kranji·About S$75
FreeNewton Food Centre
Satay and grilled stingray after dark, by Newton MRT
1 hour·Newton·Free
FreeKranji War Memorial
Quiet Commonwealth war cemetery in Kranji
1 hour·Kranji·Free
TicketsChangi Chapel & Museum
POW stories, a replica chapel, quiet rooms
1.5 hours·Changi·From S$9
TicketsRaffles Hotel Arcade & Long Bar
Singapore Slings and peanut shells at Long Bar
1 hour·Civic District·From S$44
FreeBishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
62-hectare river park on a restored Kallang canal
2 hours·Bishan·Free
FreeKong Meng San Phor Kark See
Singapore's largest Buddhist monastery, in Bishan
2 hours·Bishan·Free
FreeLian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery
A 1902 monastery among Toa Payoh's HDB blocks
1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free
FreeBoat Quay
The old river trade, now riverside tables
1 hour·Civic District·Free
TicketsATLAS Bar
Art Deco gin temple in Parkview Square
2 hours·Civic District·From S$28
TicketsChangi WWII Heritage Tour
Free guided tours at Changi Chapel and Museum
1 hour·Changi·From S$9
FreeBorealis at Supertree Grove
Free aurora installation at Gardens by the Bay
30 min·Marina Bay·Free
TicketsWild Rice at Funan
Singapore plays in Wild Rice's theatre at Funan
2.5 hours·Civic District·From S$45
FreeJamae Chulia Mosque
A South Indian mosque on South Bridge Road
20 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeCavenagh Bridge
An 1869 suspension bridge you can still walk across
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeHong Lim Park & Speakers' Corner
Singapore's only legal outdoor soapbox, plus a lawn
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreePunggol Park
A lake park, older than the waterway
1 hour·Hougang·Free