Museum of Ice Cream Singapore
Unlimited ice cream and a pool of sprinkles in Dempsey, from S$43 a head for about an hour. Worth it with children; expensive ice cream without them.
- Where: Dempsey
- Price: S$30–60
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Gallery afternoons, garden walks, markets and evenings out — ideas for every kind of day.
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Gardens by the Bay
The Supertrees, the outdoor gardens and the 7.45pm light show are free. You pay for the two cooled domes, and residents pay a good deal less than visitors.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: Free
Sentosa
S$4 gets you across by train, and the beaches, Fort Siloso and the Sensoryscape lights are free. The rides and shows are where the money goes, so choose one or two and leave the rest.
- Where: Sentosa
- Price: Under S$30
Singapore Maritime Gallery
A free museum on the second floor of Marina South Pier, with ship-handling simulators facing the real water and a 1603 piracy case that shaped maritime law. Better for kids than adults.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: Free
Lorong Halus Wetland
Thirty years as Singapore's landfill, now a reed-bed wetland that cleans its own leachate, with a red steel bridge over the reservoir that is the best sunset in Punggol. Bring water.
- Where: Punggol
- Price: Free
Masjid Hajjah Fatimah
An 1840s mosque with a golden dome, Gothic windows and a church-steeple minaret that leans about six degrees. A short stop on the way into Kampong Glam; avoid Friday prayers.
- Where: Kampong Glam
- Price: Free
Civil Defence Heritage Gallery (Central Fire Station)
Singapore's oldest fire station, on Hill Street, hides vintage engines you can climb into. Pair it with a Saturday-morning open house downstairs, booked ahead. Closed Mondays.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: Free
Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle & Dragon Kiln
A 27-metre wood-fired brick kiln from 1940 behind a Jurong yard of pots. Worth the trek for a pottery class or a heritage fix; firings are rare, so ask when it’s next lit.
- Where: Jurong
Sisters' Islands Marine Park (Big Sister's Island)
A floating boardwalk that rises with the tide, a lagoon that holds the sea and reef life in the pools at low tide. Pack lunch and water: the island sells neither.
- Where: Southern Islands
- Price: Under S$30
Kranji War Memorial
Rows of white headstones, twelve walls of names and the country's first two presidents next door, on a hillside in the far north. Go in the late afternoon and give it time.
- Where: Kranji
- Price: Free
Ground Up Climbing
Crimpy setting, standard V-grades and an outdoor lead wall, on the second floor of the Civil Service Club near Farrer Park. A gym for getting stronger, not for the café.
- Where: Farrer Park
- Price: Under S$30
SPACE 2B
Gongs, Tibetan singing bowls and crystal bowls on a quiet Telok Ayer side street. Start with the Gong Nidra if you've never meditated; there's nothing to get wrong.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
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Gardens by the Bay
Don't buy everything. Our guide to the conservatory, the viewpoint and the ticket that suit one evening at the Gardens, and what to leave for next time.
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Make something, try something
A catch-up goes easier with a shared task. Choose pottery or climbing by the kind of concentration you want, and book a proper introduction rather than winging it.
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