
Rainforest Wild Adventure at Mandai
Mandai's newest wildlife park: 20 hectares of habitats modelled on the rainforests of Asia and Africa, on one ticket. The East section has just opened.
Things you can do on any day: museums, attractions, walks and experiences that aren't tied to a date. No need to check what's on first.
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Mandai's newest wildlife park: 20 hectares of habitats modelled on the rainforests of Asia and Africa, on one ticket. The East section has just opened.
Photo: ProjectManhattan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Every National Heritage Board museum is free for Singaporeans and PRs, all year round. Show your NRIC at the door.
A group crawl round bars and clubs, aimed at newcomers and visitors who want a cheaper night out.


A large exhibition on how people can live with animals, plants and nature, with more than 140 artworks, objects and hands-on pieces.
Two hours of free-and-easy painting on an A3 canvas. Apron, paints, brushes and easel are provided, and beginners are welcome.

A private guided walk through Chinatown's shophouses and murals, led by a licensed guide, about the early migrants and old trades.
Photo: Sgconlaw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Contemporary art in a working port warehouse, open daily including public holidays. Free 60-minute docent tours.

Pop Mart's first dessert café in Southeast Asia, on the top floor of a two-storey villa at Weave, Resorts World Sentosa.
Open daily 10am to 7pm, and free for Singaporeans and PRs. The permanent galleries alone are an easy half day.

Singapore's only bungy jump, 47 metres over Siloso Beach. Five jump styles, and no age limit as long as you make the weight.


Sports games for people who would rather not do sports: VR, motion sensors and racing simulators at Downtown East.

Entry to the SkyPark deck at Marina Bay Sands for a 360-degree view of the skyline, with a free audio guide.


Little Farms' all-day restaurant in the old Halia space at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Make your own orchid perfume at Scentopia on Sentosa, mixed with touchless digital tools.

Adult and senior tickets for the SkyPark deck at Marina Bay Sands, used between 9.30am and 4pm.

Four indoor gardens at Gardens by the Bay. One has a ceiling of 15,000 flowers hanging upside down, and there is a terrarium of 36 poison dart frogs.

A new community library and gathering space in Aljunied, built around books, music and nature, by the team behind RJ Paper.

The Battle of Pasir Panjang, told on the ridge where it happened. Closed Mondays.

Pick what you paint on: a canvas, a tote bag, a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers or a fluid-art bear. The studio is on level 7 of Prosper House in Geylang.

A retro bistro on Keong Saik Road, done up in 70s grandma style by the people behind Marcy's in Duxton.

Free recurring guided tours of the mangroves, mornings from 9am. Free parking too.

A free recurring guided walk through one of Singapore's newer nature parks, mornings from 9.30am.

A bookshop about two metres square, squeezed between the stalls of Chinatown Complex. Its founder, May Lin, keeps hundreds of titles stacked inside.


A brewery, bar and restaurant in one, from the Burnt Ends group, at Weave in Resorts World Sentosa.

A 45-minute beginner salsa or bachata class for $12.90, run every Wednesday evening and most Saturdays. No partner needed.




Cook laksa, curry chicken and char kway teow from fresh ingredients, then sit down to eat them as a 3-course meal.

Two free recurring guided tours on the hill: one on its history, one on its trees. The park itself is open 24 hours.

Walk into a working fire station on a Saturday morning. A 50-minute guided tour of the appliances and the crew, at 16 stations across the island.

The wartime internment story at Changi, in the museum built beside the prison. Closed Mondays.

The newly revamped Air Force Museum: retired fighter jets and helicopters in an open-air hall, and upstairs, a combat simulator and an AR photo booth where you try on the uniforms.

Photo: Dorifto!, via Time Out Singapore
Eight minutes behind the wheel of an electric mini drift car, on an indoor track built to look like a Japanese mountain road. No licence needed.

A small new independent bookshop on Serangoon Road for art, photography and other niche books.
The Science Centre's 221-seat dome theatre, showing 8K 3D films and live planetarium shows.

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Art from the National Collection in the old Supreme Court and City Hall. Free for Singaporeans and PRs. Its Southeast Asia gallery is closed until late 2027.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The firefighting museum inside Central Fire Station, in the red-and-white building on Hill Street.


The Pokémon Center at Jewel reopened on 1 July 2026 after a full renovation, with merchandise inspired by Singapore.


A big new ActiveSG sports centre on Punggol Waterway, open now ahead of its official opening on 22 Nov 2026. The gym and the badminton, pickleball, tennis and table tennis courts are running. The pools, futsal courts and stadium follow later in November.
Walls from 4 to 16 metres, auto-belays so you can climb without a partner, and a 15-minute briefing if it is your first time.
An airport lounge in Changi Terminal 4 departures for a layover: snacks and drinks, Wi-Fi, a hot shower and a neck and shoulder massage.

A full day of hands-on play for kids at the Science Centre: space missions, dinosaur digs, a pretend supermarket and a 7-metre slide.



Bugis Street's second floor, rebuilt as space for local brands, workshops and creator studios.
A guided pottery session at Clayable: shape your own piece with help from the studio team. First-timers are welcome.
Pick a ceramic piece from the shelf and paint it, to keep or give as a gift.
Two hours of batik painting, starting with a short history of batik as a Southeast Asian textile art. You paint Singapore scenes, old kampungs or today's skyline.
200 years of Singapore history at Madame Tussauds on Sentosa, told with special effects and themed rooms.
A beginners' phone photography workshop on light, framing and simple editing, taught by photographer Tan Chin Hock. All you need is your phone.
A music venue on Smith Street in Chinatown, about Singapore's Chinese music and entertainment through the years.
An open-top bus on the 70-minute Heritage Route through the old ethnic neighbourhoods. Hop off where you like; the commentary comes in seven languages.
A 1.5-hour guided walk round Kampong Gelam: Sultan Mosque, Bussorah Street, Arab Street and Haji Lane, and the Malay royal history behind them.
A 1-hour workshop at Kway Guan Huat, which has made popiah skin by hand since 1938. Watch the skins being spun, then roll your own popiah.
Two hours of shaping clay by hand with a senior potter. You make two pieces, such as a bowl or a mini planter.
An introduction to Chinese brush painting, themed on the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Demonstrations first, then you paint.
A three-hour catamaran trip around Singapore's northeastern waters, with a stop at a kelong, a floating fish farm.
Paint whatever you like at this pet-friendly studio, after a short intro to Singapore's art history. Staff help with colour mixing and brushwork.
A Monopoly-themed story trail through Katong and Joo Chiat, by the makers of HIDDEN.
Learn what the symbols on Peranakan porcelain mean, then paint your own piece using traditional Chinese brush strokes.
25 ActiveSG swimming complexes islandwide. A dollar for an adult citizen on a weekday, 50 cents for a child or a senior.
A day bus tour of the west for local seniors. Stops include Little Guilin, the old granite quarry.
Sensory play and art activities for toddlers, built around a different artwork in the gallery each month.
A 2-hour Chinese tea session at Tea Chapter on Neil Road, in the shophouse that was URA's first restoration project in 1987.
A team game at the Singapore Discovery Centre: crack codes on your phone to find a mole in the Home Security Agency.
A private 1-hour tour of the Nanyang Sauce Brewery with a third-generation family member, past the old terracotta vats. Includes a sauce-bottle keychain.
A self-guided story trail round Holland Village, telling the darker true stories of the area. Your guide is a character called Void Deck Cat.
A team puzzle race around Chinatown, with clues to solve on the way. A Killiney kaya toast set is included.
Stitch and bind your own book by hand, the way photo books are still made. Open to everyone.
A free docent-led tour of the SINGAPO人 exhibition, 3pm in English and 4pm in Mandarin, every Saturday and Sunday. Walk in.
A WaterB cruise along the Singapore River from Bayfront, on the routes the old bumboats used.
A 1.5-hour guided walk through Chinatown's shophouses and five-foot ways, with stories of Samsui women and the early arrivals who came with very little.
More than 30 school fields anyone can book and play on for nothing. Mostly weekends, and there is usually one a bus ride away.
A guided trip to the kampongs on Pulau Ubin and the kelongs, the floating fish farms off the coast.
Paint Singapore's shophouses in watercolour with a professional instructor. Covers glazing, wet-on-wet and perspective.
The same toy museum tour and AR colouring workshop, booked as a parent and child pair.
Chinatown's history, told inside three restored shophouses on Pagoda Street.
The premium version of J.I.A.K 99's hawker food experience at the Singapore Flyer.
Paint batik-style patterns onto a leather bag in a two-hour beginners' session, then keep the bag.
A half-day sewing class for beginners. You make a samfu top to take home, with step-by-step help.
A walk past Little India's shops selling flower garlands, bangles and peacock feathers, and the story of how the neighbourhood grew.
A boat ride down the Singapore River past the old shophouses of Boat Quay, with the story of its trading days.
A tour of the Chinatown Heritage Centre in Chinese, led by an actor playing a 1950s resident, ending with a cup of herbal tea.
See the dragon kiln Thow Kwang still fires, then hand-build a piece of your own. The studio fires it for you to collect later.
A 45-minute to 1-hour walk through Singapore's four main food cultures at the Singapore Flyer, with samples in a tingkat and a kopi quiz.
A 90-minute try at the potter's wheel, with no course to sign up for. You learn to centre the clay, cone it and pull up your own piece.
A 4-hour class in carving Chinese characters into wood. You leave with a carving you made yourself.
90 minutes at Taoz in Orchard Gateway: throw a pot on the wheel, then paint a ready-made piece.
A walk through Joo Chiat with stories told in a century-old mansion and a hands-on kitchen session, all about Baba-Nyonya culture.
Learn marquage, a paint that stays on leather and PVC, so you can paint your own wallet, bag or sneakers.
A beginners' workshop on playing and singing with a smart guitar. No music experience needed.
A 1.5-hour pottery class for kids. With a senior potter's help, they make two pieces, such as a bowl, a cup or a mini planter.
A museum at Haw Par Villa about death and the afterlife in different cultures and religions. Wheelchair accessible.
A two-hour guided walk through Chinatown's streets, temples and mosques, with stories of the immigrants who settled there.
A 2-hour class with Claire Low Mui Luan, painting Marina Bay Sands, Clarke Quay or Chinatown in watercolour.
A 90-minute workshop in cyanotype, an early photo process that uses sunlight to make blue-and-white prints. You coat the paper yourself, then make your own prints.
One SG Culture Pass ticket that covers several heritage and culture spots around Sentosa.
A day bus tour of the east for local seniors, with stops including Changi Beach and Katong-Joo Chiat.
A guided tour of the toy museum, then an AR colouring workshop about how Singapore grew from a trading port.
A guided tour of the Haw Par Villa sculpture park and its link to Tiger Balm.
Paint on canvas or a tote bag, free-form or guided, with music, drinks and snacks in the studio. Wheelchair accessible.
Walk Dempsey Hill at your own pace with an audio guide on the Cinewav app, written by heritage researcher Jerome Lim. It covers more than 160 years of history.
A guided walk through the Peranakan shophouses and old eateries of Joo Chiat and Katong.
An evening through a series of Wonderland-themed rooms, each with its own dish, characters and hands-on activity. The venue is revealed when you book.
Make your own resin art coasters, as bold or as plain as you like. Wheelchair accessible.
An 18+ trail through Chinatown's old underworld, guided over WhatsApp by a former secret society member.
A food trail through Katong. You taste at well-known stalls and hear the stories behind the food and the old buildings.
A 3-hour walking tour made for locals who want to see their own city with fresh eyes.
Paint Joo Chiat's Peranakan shophouses in watercolour: line drawing, layered washes and perspective. Ages 14 and up.
A beginners' class in acrylics. You pick a landscape photo, sketch it out, then paint it with help on brushes and tools.
An intro pottery class that covers both hand-building (pinching, coiling, slab work) and the wheel. You make two pieces.
The newly upgraded Images of Singapore on Sentosa: 200 years of history, redone for SG60.
An indoor playground themed on Peranakan culture, with folktales and crafts for children. Open only to Intan Culture Pass and National Family Festival participants.
Learn to brew Chinese tea properly at a teahouse in Tanjong Pagar, tasting premium teas such as white tea as you go.
A mixed media workshop held in a working artist's studio at Telok Kurau, starting from the basic techniques.
A relaxed beginners' clay session at a small neighbourhood studio in Bedok South, with demonstrations and help at every step.
Paint Singapore's plants and flowers in watercolour and take home an art card. All materials provided, and beginners are welcome.
A 70-minute bus tour through Chinatown, Kampong Glam and Little India, with recorded commentary in 7 languages.
Pour paint to make an abstract clock face, and take home a clock that works. Wheelchair accessible.
An intro to drawing the human body, for adults. Beginners are welcome.
A walk round old Cantonese and Teochew temples in Kallang. It starts at Mun San Fook Tuck Chee, more than 160 years old and once a meeting place for coolies.
Make your own LED neon sign: lay the light strips into an acrylic board, solder the joins, then finish it. Materials included, and the sign is yours.
Dress in a kebaya or a batik shirt from a large wardrobe and have a professional photoshoot at Rumah Kim Choo.
A 4-hour guided walk through Little India, Kampong Glam and Chinatown, eating local food on the way.
30 public gyms across the island at $2.50 a session for an adult citizen, $1.50 for students and seniors.
A hands-on Peranakan tile workshop for families with children, at The Intan's Peranakan home museum. Wheelchair accessible.
A beginners' workshop making wearable clay accessories in Peranakan tile patterns.
A 4-hour guided tour: Fort Canning Park's history on foot, then a cruise on the Singapore River past Clarke Quay and Boat Quay. Starts at 9.30am or 4.30pm.
Two hours on the potter's wheel for first-timers. You make two pieces, such as simple bowls and cups.
A workshop on Peranakan shophouse design and their majolica tiles. Wheelchair accessible, with sign language interpretation.
The Fort Canning version of the puzzle hunt, with clues waiting at landmarks around the hill.
Build a tiny koi pond in a ceramic dish, layering UV resin and painting the fish, lily pads and pebbles yourself.
Tea at The Intan, Alvin Yapp's Peranakan home museum, among the objects he has collected.
Paint outdoors on Emerald Hill. You sketch the shophouses on the spot, then add watercolour, with tips on light and shadow.
A tour of Thian Hock Keng and the 200-year-old temples nearby, and what they tell you about the early Chinese migrants.
A trail round Singapore's first planned satellite town, past the Dragon Playground and some of the earliest HDB blocks.
Make miniature kaya toast, ang ku kueh and iced gem biscuits from polymer clay, with local clay artists guiding you. No experience needed.
A puzzle hunt around Chinatown: walk between landmarks and solve a clue at each one. Wheelchair accessible.
Paint your own ceramic tile in two hours, using Peranakan patterns or Singapore landmarks as the design.
Paint your own bear figure in a free-and-easy session after a short briefing. Wheelchair accessible.
A slow 3-hour pottery workshop for beginners in a small home studio. Touch and tactile access available.
A beginners' calligraphy class. You learn to hold the brush, sit properly and write the basic strokes with ink, paper and ink stone.
A 40-minute bumboat ride from Clarke Quay along the Singapore River, with commentary. Sit inside or out.
A printed guide with ten activities for looking at art with friends. Pick one up at the Visitor Services Counter, Basement 1, City Hall Wing.
A calligraphy class for Lunar New Year couplets. You write your own to take home.
Make an abstract painting using motion instead of a brush. No art skills needed, and the painting goes home with you.
A guided walk through the Civic District about feng shui in Singapore's planning, including the legend of the carp that leaps the dragon gate.
The same Chinatown Heritage Centre entry, at the concession price for persons with disabilities.
A guided walk through Little India's past: buffalo pens, moneylenders, merchants and the trades still running today.
Two hours at the wheel in a bright ground-floor studio in Ubi, working with speckled clay.