Free things to do in Singapore (2026)

Parks, gardens, heritage districts, places of worship and viewpoints with no entrance fee. The top picks are Singapore Botanic Gardens, Chek Jawa Wetlands and Katong-Joo Chiat.

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   Singapore Botanic Gardens

   🏙️ Parks & gardens · 📍 Cluny Road, Tanglin, Central · Free

   NParks-run botanic garden, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015, with free entry except for the ticketed National Orchid Garden.

   Don't miss: National Orchid Garden

   ★ UNESCO World Heritage Site (2015)
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   Chek Jawa Wetlands

   🏙️ Nature reserves & walks · 📍 Pulau Ubin, Pulau Ubin, North-East · Free

   Intertidal wetland on the eastern tip of Pulau Ubin with a 1.1-km boardwalk and the 21-metre Jejawi Tower.

   Don't miss: Boardwalk at low tide
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   Katong-Joo Chiat

   🏙️ Heritage districts · 📍 Joo Chiat Road, Koon Seng Road, Joo Chiat, Central · Free

   Peranakan heritage area where more than 800 buildings are conserved by URA, including the terrace houses on Koon Seng Road.

   Don't miss: Koon Seng Road Peranakan terrace houses
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   MacRitchie Reservoir Park & TreeTop Walk

   🏙️ Nature reserves & walks · 📍 Lornie Road, Central Water Catchment · Free

   Reservoir park in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve whose 250-metre TreeTop Walk suspension bridge spans the two highest points in MacRitchie.

   Don't miss: TreeTop Walk suspension bridge
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   Chinatown

   🏙️ Heritage districts · 📍 Pagoda Street, Smith Street, Telok Ayer, Chinatown, Central · Free

   URA historic district on the original settlement of Singapore's Chinese community, with largely intact shophouse streets and temples.

   Don't miss: Walk from Pagoda Street to Telok Ayer
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   Henderson Waves

   🏙️ Viewpoints & rooftops · 📍 Telok Blangah Hill Park, Southern Ridges, Bukit Merah, Central · Free

   274-metre wave-shaped pedestrian bridge 36 metres above Henderson Road, part of the 10-km Southern Ridges trail.

   Don't miss: Walk the bridge at dusk when the lights come on
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   Kampong Glam

   🏙️ Heritage districts · 📍 Arab Street, Haji Lane, Bussorah Street, Kampong Glam, Central · Free

   URA historic district around Sultan Mosque and the Istana Kampong Gelam, with conserved shophouses on Haji Lane and Arab Street.

   Don't miss: Walk Haji Lane and Bussorah Street to Sultan Mosque
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   Thaipusam

   🏙️ Festivals & events · 📍 Serangoon Road to Tank Road, Little India, Central · Free

   Hindu festival with a 3.2-km procession from Serangoon Road to Tank Road; in 2026 more than 19,000 devotees carried milk pots and 349 bore kavadis.

   Don't miss: Watch the kavadi procession
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   Thian Hock Keng Temple

   🏙️ Temples, mosques & churches · 📍 Telok Ayer Street, Chinatown, Central · Free

   Hokkien temple gazetted as a National Monument in 1973, among the first batch of buildings to receive that status.

   Don't miss: Carved roof and timber details
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    Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

    🏙️ Temples, mosques & churches · 📍 South Bridge Road, Chinatown, Central · Free

    Tang-style Buddhist temple and museum in Chinatown housing a relic venerated as a tooth of the Buddha.

    Don't miss: Relic stupa and rooftop garden

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