STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery
A print and paper workshop on Robertson Quay with its own paper mill and a free gallery showing what its artists in residence make. Check for a public workshop before you go.
- Where: Robertson Quay
- Price: Free
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Photo: Jnzl's Photos, CC BY 2.0, via FlickrTeck Soon Medical Hall
A family TCM hall on South Bridge Road with herbs in glass jars, in-house physicians who read your pulse and ready-to-boil soup packs for the rest of us. Closed Sundays.
- Where: Chinatown
- Price: Free
MacRitchie Reservoir Running Loop
About 10km of roots, hills and narrow paths around Singapore's oldest reservoir, with a swaying treetop bridge in the middle and macaques who know what a gel wrapper means. The city's proper long run.
- Where: MacRitchie
- Price: Free
Plunge Club
A social bathhouse three floors up on North Canal Road: a 40-person sauna, two ice baths, neon lighting and alcohol-free socials. The CBD's new after-work round is a round of the circuit.
- Where: Clarke Quay
- Price: S$30–60
Joya Onsen Cafe
A proper Japanese onsen on Upper Jurong Road: nude, gender-segregated baths, a sauna and ice pool on each side and a tatami café for noodles after. Worth the trek west.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: S$30–60
The Intan
A Joo Chiat terrace house with more than 5,000 Peranakan pieces and no glass cases, where the owner lives, pours the tea and explains what you’re sitting on. By appointment only.
- Where: Joo Chiat
- Price: S$60 and above
MINT Museum of Toys
One collector's 50,000 toys in a purpose-built glass box on Seah Street. Go with someone of a different generation; leave toddlers, who can look but not touch, for another day.
- Where: Bugis
- Price: S$30–60
Battlebox
Nine metres under Fort Canning's picnic lawns, the bunker where the decision to give up Singapore was taken. About an hour, free on the basic ticket, and bookings can't be changed once made.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: Free
The Lemon Stand Comedy Club
Singapore comedy finally has a room of its own on Queen Street, with shows Tuesday to Saturday. Book Wednesday’s Kumar night if you only go once; treat Tuesday open mic as a lucky dip.
- Where: Bugis
- Price: S$30–60
Filmhouse (formerly The Projector)
The Projector's old halls on level 5 of Golden Mile Tower, reopened as Filmhouse by the people who ran them, with better projectors. Still the place for films the multiplexes won't show.
- Where: Beach Road
- Price: Under S$30
Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall
Two colonial halls under one clock tower: the SSO’s home on one side, a hire theatre on the other. Book the concert hall for the music; check the theatre’s listings before assuming.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: S$30–60
Hom Yoga
A calm, design-led studio on the sixth floor of Orchard Central: vinyasa, hatha and yin on one timetable, and a newcomers' trial week to work out which you are before committing.
- Where: Orchard
- Price: S$30–60
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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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