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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

29 to choose from

Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork NoodleTickets

Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle

The Crawford Lane bak chor mee queue

45 min·Civic District·From S$8

Toa Payoh Lorong 8 MarketFree

Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market

Toa Payoh's breakfast queues on Lorong 8

1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free

Hawker Chan (Liao Fan)Tickets

Hawker Chan (Liao Fan)

Soya sauce chicken at Chinatown Complex

45 min·Chinatown·About S$5

Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken RiceTickets

Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

The Maxwell stall behind the chicken-rice debate

45 min·Chinatown·From S$6

Universal Studios Express PassTickets

Universal Studios Express Pass

Shorter USS queues, on top of a park ticket

Full day·Sentosa·From S$60

Din Tai FungTickets

Din Tai Fung

Xiao long bao at ION, Jewel and Marina Bay

1.5 hours·Orchard·From S$35

Paradise DynastyTickets

Paradise Dynasty

Eight-flavour xiao long bao in the malls

1.5 hours·Orchard·From S$32

Johor Bahru Day TripPay there

Johor Bahru Day Trip

Johor Bahru for the day; bring your passport

Full day·Johor·About S$99

Marquee Nightclub EntryTickets

Marquee Nightclub Entry

Indoor Ferris wheel nightclub at The Shoppes

Late night·Marina Bay·About S$48

Maxwell Food CentreFree

Maxwell Food Centre

Tian Tian's Hainanese chicken rice, no booking

1 hour·Chinatown·Free

Holland VillageFree

Holland Village

Cafes, a wet market and late bars

2 hours·Holland Village·Free

Chinatown Complex Food CentreFree

Chinatown Complex Food Centre

Singapore's biggest hawker centre, over a wet market

1.5 hours·Chinatown·Free

Sentosa Nature DiscoveryFree

Sentosa Nature Discovery

A free nature gallery and Swiftlet Bunker at Imbiah

1 hour·Sentosa·Free

Employees Only SingaporeTickets

Employees Only Singapore

The New York speakeasy, Chinatown edition

2 hours·Chinatown·From S$20

Adam Road Food CentreFree

Adam Road Food Centre

Nasi biryani with the expressway overhead

1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free

Holland Village Market & Food CentreFree

Holland Village Market & Food Centre

Upstairs hawker, downstairs wet market

1 hour·Holland Village·Free

Sembawang Hot Spring ParkFree

Sembawang Hot Spring Park

Singapore's only hot spring, free foot baths

1.5 hours·Sembawang·Free

Tiong Bahru BakeryTickets

Tiong Bahru Bakery

Kouign-amann and coffee at the original estate shop

45 min·Tiong Bahru·From S$8

Shunfu MartFree

Shunfu Mart

Neighbourhood hawker in Marymount with cult stalls

1 hour·Marymount·Free

Outram Park Fried Kway TeowTickets

Outram Park Fried Kway Teow

Bib Gourmand char kway teow at Hong Lim Market

45 min·Chinatown·From S$6

Changi Village Hawker CentreFree

Changi Village Hawker Centre

Nasi lemak before the bumboat to Pulau Ubin

1 hour·Changi·Free

Istana Open HouseTicketsDates not announced

Istana Open House

Walk the Istana grounds on selected public holidays

2 hours·Orchard·From S$20

USS VIP ExperienceTickets

USS VIP Experience

A guided USS day, admission and Express included

5 hours·Sentosa·About S$378

Ghim Moh Market & Food CentreFree

Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre

A residents' breakfast hawker near Holland Village

1 hour·Holland Village·Free

Free

Chey Sua Carrot Cake

Pan-fried radish cake at Toa Payoh West

1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free

FreeClosed until 14 December

Lixin Teochew Fishball Noodles

Handmade fishball noodles in Toa Payoh

1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free

Free

Happy Hawkers Compassvale Link

A 24-hour food hall in Sengkang

1 hour·Sengkang·Free

Free

Bukit Merah Central Food Centre

Fifty-seven stalls beside Bukit Merah Central

1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free

Katong Peranakan Walk & Laksa LabRequest

Katong Peranakan Walk & Laksa Lab

Katong's Peranakan terraces, then a laksa you cook yourself

3 hours·East Coast·S$75