Singapore's hidden gems: 12 places off the usual trail
Twelve places most residents drive past: a Joo Chiat house museum whose curator lives upstairs, a quarry turned lake, a jazz lounge behind an unmarked door.
- Where: Across Singapore
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Cemeteries with stories, the last kampong, a museum of hell and the places most people walk past.
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15 unusual things to do in Singapore
Fifteen odd corners for a weekday morning: the 1942 surrender in two buildings, a kampong that refused to leave, an airport museum with a jet to race. Most are free.
- Where: Across Singapore
Bangkok, again: base yourself in Talat Noi, the riverside workshop district
For anyone who thinks they've done Bangkok: stay by the river in Talat Noi, where cafés share buildings with workshops, and eat across the city. Skip the rush-hour criss-cross.
- Where: Bangkok
Telunas: The Riau island weekend with almost no Wi-Fi
For a weekend genuinely offline: two boats from HarbourFront, no Wi-Fi in the rooms. Beach Resort for families, Private Island for couples, and budget for the compulsory meals.
- Where: Bintan & Riau islands
Tioman for divers: Skip the crowded reefs, go further out
Plenty of Singaporean divers did their open water on Tioman's west-coast training reefs. The diving worth the drive to Mersing is past them, on the pinnacles, the wreck and the outer islands.
- Where: Tioman
The RTS Link to JB now opens in February 2027, not at the end of 2026
LTA and Malaysia's transport ministry said on 2 October that the five-minute RTS Link from Woodlands North to Bukit Chagar is now targeted for February 2027, subject to safety certification. No opening day or fare yet.
- Where: Kranji
- When: New · 13 Aug