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
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Health & Wellness
Saunas, cold plunges, runs, studios and a few old-school remedies. Wellness without the woo.
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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
parkrun Singapore (East Coast Park)
A free, timed 5km every Saturday morning on the flat seafront path at East Coast Park. Register once, print your barcode and turn up before the heat does.
- Where: East Coast
- Price: Free
Capybara Bathing
A 90-minute hot–cold circuit in a Tras Street shophouse, named after the rodent that sits in warm water doing nothing. Phones stay in the locker, which is the hard part.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
- Price: S$30–60
Herbal Footcare
A no-frills foot rub in Orchard Plaza that runs into the small hours, with a free herbal foot bath and prices that ignore the Orchard Road postcode. Come for the hands, not the room.
- Where: Orchard
- Price: S$30–60
Raffles Spa
The quietest way to spend serious money at Raffles: a spa in the arcade with steam room, sauna, onsen-style pool and Omorovicza's gold rituals. Save it for a milestone.
- Where: Civic District
- Price: S$60 and above
St. Gregory at Pan Pacific Singapore
Tui na done properly in hotel comfort: an hour of kneading along the meridians on Level 4 of the Pan Pacific, then tea, steam and a pool. For desk-bound shoulders.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$60 and above
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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
Water Sports Centre at The Kallang
Suspended for now because of the haze. When it reopens: a sit-on-top kayak on Kallang Basin, no certificate needed, the Flyer ahead and the stadium dome behind.
- Where: Kallang
- Price: Under S$30
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