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Where to watch the sunset in Singapore

Sunset is when Singapore comes back outdoors, once the heat has let go. These are the places where the evening light is the reason to go: hilltop terraces, bridges and riverbanks, a north-coast jetty, beach clubs on Sentosa, and boats that time their sailings for golden hour.

Costs run from nothing to a full dinner. A walk up Mount Faber, across the Helix Bridge or out along a jetty is free, the Singapore Flyer and the cable car are tickets, and a tall-ship dinner is a night out in itself. We'd get there a little early and pick a spot before the light turns.

Mount Faber PeakFree

Mount Faber Peak

Harbour views from the top, free if you walk up

1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free

Our pick

Mount Faber Peak is our pick for a first sunset. Walk up the Marang Trail from HarbourFront and the harbour view costs nothing, or ride the cable car if the climb sounds like too much, with the Sky Pass from S$35 for adults. Go for golden hour, then follow the ridge to Henderson Waves.

For a quieter, free sunset up north, Sembawang Park has an old jetty under casuarina trees and is open 24 hours. Sembawang Park

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Singapore FlyerTickets

Singapore Flyer

A slow 30-minute turn above Marina Bay

30 min·Marina Bay·From S$46

Tanjong Beach, SentosaFree

Tanjong Beach, Sentosa

Sentosa's quietest beach, with clubs if you want them

3 hours·Sentosa·Free

Singapore River WalkFree

Singapore River Walk

Boat Quay to Marina Bay on foot, for free

1.5 hours·Civic District·Free

Royal Albatross Sunset SailTickets

Royal Albatross Sunset Sail

Four courses on the deck of a tall ship at sunset

2.5 hours·Harbourfront·From S$245

Boat QuayFree

Boat Quay

The old river trade, now riverside tables

1 hour·Civic District·Free

Punggol SettlementTickets

Punggol Settlement

Seafood dinners facing the strait at Punggol Point

2 hours·Punggol·About S$35

Elgin BridgeFree

Elgin Bridge

The 1929 bridge joining North and South Bridge Roads

10 min·Civic District·Free

Helix Bridge & Bayfront WalkFree

Helix Bridge & Bayfront Walk

A DNA-inspired footbridge with skyline views

45 min·Marina Bay·Free

Bedok Reservoir ParkFree

Bedok Reservoir Park

Kayaks, a jogging loop and big eastern skies

2 hours·Bedok·Free

Marina Bay Night WalkFree

Marina Bay Night Walk

Merlion, Helix and Spectra, with no ticket

2 hours·Marina Bay·Free

Marina Bay Dinner CruiseTickets

Marina Bay Dinner Cruise

A 90-minute river cruise with dinner aboard

1.5 hours·Marina Bay·From S$80

Tanjong Beach ClubFree

Tanjong Beach Club

Sentosa's original beach club, on public sand

Half day·Sentosa·Free

Spago SingaporeTickets

Spago Singapore

Wolfgang Puck with a view at Marina Bay Sands

2 hours·Marina Bay·About S$120

SkyHelix SentosaTickets

SkyHelix Sentosa

Open-air revolving platform, 79 metres up

15 min·Sentosa·From S$20

Sembawang ParkFree

Sembawang Park

An old jetty and casuarina trees on the north coast

2 hours·Sembawang·Free

City Photography WorkshopPay there

City Photography Workshop

Light, a walk and your camera off auto

3 hours·Marina Bay·About S$95

Cable Car + Luge ComboTickets

Cable Car + Luge Combo

Cable car to Sentosa, then the luge down Imbiah

3 hours·Harbourfront·About S$63

Gardens + Flyer ComboTickets

Gardens + Flyer Combo

The Gardens domes and the Flyer, as two tickets

Half day·Marina Bay·From S$92

Free

Raffles Marina Lighthouse

A breakwater walk to a lighthouse in Tuas

1 hour·Tuas·Free

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