Rail Corridor
Go north: gravel paths, the old Bukit Timah station and two 1932 truss bridges. The southern stretch between Henderson Road and Spooner Road is shut for works until around July 2027.
- Where: Bukit Timah
- Price: Free
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Henderson Waves
Singapore's tallest footbridge, 36 metres over Henderson Road, with a seat built under each of its seven waves. Come for the last hour of daylight and stay for the lights.
- Where: Telok Blangah
- Price: Free
Labrador Nature Reserve
A Victorian fort, WWII gun positions, the rock the British blew up (in replica) and the mainland's only public sea cliff, on one hilly walk. NParks lists the boardwalk shut until 2027.
- Where: Labrador
- Price: Free
HortPark
A free park built to be copied: edible beds, a silver garden and espalier for anyone with a corridor instead of a lawn. Pick two gardens and leave with one idea for the balcony.
- Where: Alexandra
- Price: Free
Pasir Ris Park Nature Walk
Six hectares of mangroves at the barbecue end of the east, where the mud moves if you stand still. Do the boardwalk, skip the full 10km.
- Where: Pasir Ris
- Price: Free
Coney Island Park
No rollercoaster, no café, no swimming. A 3.6km walk through casuarina woodland and mangroves off Punggol, where the loudest thing is usually a bird.
- Where: Punggol
- Price: Free
Punggol Waterway Park
A new town's river walk that kept an old bus stop, a stretch of Old Punggol Road and a bridge named after the kelongs. Flat, pram-friendly and best at sunset.
- Where: Punggol
- Price: Free
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Mudflats, migratory waders from as far as the Arctic, and crocodile signs that are not a joke. Singapore's wildest boardwalks, for anyone who can keep quiet.
- Where: Kranji
- Price: Free
Cyclist Park
A 280-metre learner loop at East Coast Park, built for wobbles, with a 500-metre circuit for when the brakes make sense. Do this before the long coastal ride.
- Where: East Coast
- Price: Free
Coastal PlayGrove
Big Splash's 1977 tower survived the bulldozers and now holds Singapore's tallest outdoor slide. One adult for the tower, one for the water, and swimwear for all.
- Where: East Coast
- Price: Free
Fort Canning Park
A forbidden royal hill, a botanic garden that flopped, a fort nobody rated and a surrender bunker, all on a 48-metre bump in town. Pick one story and follow it.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: Free
Bishan–Ang Mo Kio Park
A concrete drain turned back into a river, with lawns built to flood and otters that arrived on their own. Walk one stretch, not all 3km, and route around the bridge works.
- Where: Bishan
- Price: Free
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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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Collections
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.
- 2 picks