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Thirty-seven dealers at Suntec for one Saturday, 24 October, and the stall to find first is Philip Cheah's: the BigO co-founder is selling his own records for the first time.
ACM is the anchor while the National Gallery’s big regional gallery is shut; pick the Gallery for its history or the children’s show. Then lunch at Violet Oon’s National Kitchen.
A café devoted to yerba mate, upstairs from a yakitori bar on Bali Lane, run by a ceramicist who used to be a coffee purist. Order the gourd service and bring an afternoon.
Pick one museum and give it the afternoon: Natural History for the kids, ACM for a first visit, the Gem Museum as the wildcard. The National Gallery’s big regional gallery is shut until late 2027.
Friday-late Peranakan Museum, then one bar chosen by mood: fermentation at Native, a hushed 40-seat Tokyo lounge at Live Twice or vinyl at Offtrack. Book the museum; skip the restaurant.
The RTS Link has slipped to February 2027, so JB is still a checkpoint-and-bus job. Done right it's two breakfasts on Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, curry fish head at Kam Long and home before the jam.
Clay from 4, the climbing starter pack from 13, the forest trail for 5 to 12. Read the age line on the booking page first and the rest of the Saturday plans itself.
Sungei Buloh first, while the migratory birds are in; the Botanic Gardens for an easy morning; Henderson Waves after dark. Six green spaces with a past life, and a closure list to check.
ACM for the shipwreck and a late Friday, Future World for children (book it), River Wonders if it has to be animals. Five indoor plans with a point, not rooms to wait out the weather in.
A 9th-century shipwreck's cargo, a free gem museum you register for and an orchid garden with its own mist house. Four places where being alone is the point, not the compromise.
Batam's reputation is massages and crab, and it earns both. Choose the right ferry terminal and it's the easiest overnight escape from Singapore going.
Seventy minutes on a catamaran and an hour back on the clock. Resort pools and ATVs in Lagoi, fireflies in the mangroves and a pompong to Penyengat: Bintan is bigger than its brochures.
