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Kent Ridge Park
This park commands views over the port and the southern islands and is nearly always deserted. The walk will take you through a treetop boardwalk with the call of crickets your only companion. Don’t forget to visit Reflections at Bukit Chandu en route.
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Pu Ji Si Buddhist Research Centre
Part educational facility, part house of worship, this five-storey spiritual sanctuary includes meditation halls and a seemingly endless well of serenity. Take the elevator up for a seat by the wishing fountain in the modest rooftop garden and ponder the eternal.
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Gajah Gallery
One of Singapore’s most respected galleries, Gajah has been around since the mid-1990s, and specialises in contemporary art from South and Southeast Asia. The gallery hosts regular exhibits and forums; in 2008 Gajah played host to the International Buddhist Film Festival.
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City Hall
It was here that Lord Louis Mountbatten announced the Japanese surrender in 1945 and that Lee Kwan Yew declared Singapores independence in 1965. Today, City Hall and the neighbouring Supreme Court have found new verve as the impressive National Art Gallery of Singapore.
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Siang Cho Keong Temple
Small, Taoist Siang Cho Keong Temple was built by the Hokkien community in 1867-69. Left of the temple entrance you’ll see a small ‘dragon well’: drop a coin and make a wish. The temple gets particularly busy at lunchtime when the faithful file in to offer incense and prayers.
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Kuan Im Tng Temple
A beautiful temple dedicated to Kuan Yin, goddess of mercy, this Buddhist temple is home to many festivals throughout the year. Of particular interest to temple-lovers is the ornate roof ridges, adorned with dancing dragons and other symbols important to worshippers of the goddess.
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Sri Sivan Temple
Built on Orchard Rd in the 1850s, the whimsically ornate Sri Sivan Temple was uprooted and moved to Serangoon Rd in the 1980s before moving to its current location in 1993. The Hindu temple is especially unique for its fusion of both north and south Indian architectural influences.
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Cheng Huang Temple
The Cheng Huang Temple is constantly buzzing with locals paying their respects. Dedicated to a god who administers justice in the netherworld (must explain the crowd), the atmospheric interior of the 1912 structure soars up to red- and ochre-hued ceilings, thick beams stained with
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Chettiar Hindu Temple
Officially known as the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple, the open-walled, blue-green Chettiar Hindu Temple was completed in 1984, replacing a temple built by Indian chettiars (moneylenders). Dedicated to the six-headed Shaivite god, Lord Subramaniam, it’s at its most active during the T
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Tan Swie Hian Museum
The under-the-radar Tan Swie Hian Museum is dedicated to the work of prolific Singaporean artist Tan Swie Hian, whose works span vibrant paintings and contemporary sculpture, to Chinese calligraphy and poetry. Tan was also the first person to translate the works of Samuel Beckett a
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NTU Centre for Contemporary Art
Belonging to the Nanyang University of Technology, this forward-thinking art-research centre hosts art talks, lectures and contemporary exhibitions from dynamic regional and international artists. Expect anything from painting, sculpture and video art to photography, site-specific
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Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Culture vultures should check out Tanjong Pagar Distripark, an arts centre housed in dockyard warehouses near the now disused Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. The biggest hitter here is Ikkan Art International , whose past exhibitors include Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei and Japanese a
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Rainforest Kidzworld
Let your own little critters go wild at Rainforest Kidzworld, a technicolor play area complete with slides, swings, pulling boats and a carousel. Kids can also ride ponies, feed farmyard animals and squeal to their hearts content in the wet-play area. Swimwear is available for purc
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Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom
A tropical rainforest in miniature, the Butterfly Park claims over 50 species of butterflies, many of which are endangered and nearly all of which have been bred in the park itself. Critters at the Insect Kingdom include thousands of mounted butterflies, rhino beetles, Hercules bee
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Jurong Lookout Tower
A curious relic of the 1970s (as if you couldn’t tell), this viewing tower boasts a stained-glass ceiling and a futuristic night-time view over the lights and flaming stacks of the Jurong Island industrial zone. Take a hike up after the Jurong Bird Park and eat at Hilltop Japanese
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Tiger Sky Tower
Resembling a camembert impaled on a carrot, the former Carlsberg Sky Tower has had a fresh coat of paint and been rebadged the Tiger Sky Tower . Take the slow ride up the 110m column for magical Singapore views. Thankfully, the Carlsberg Float – a beer and ice-cream monstrosity at
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Singapore Tyler Print Institute
Established by the American master printmaker Kenneth E Tyler, the STPI collaborates with both established and emerging artists to create contemporary, often surprising art based on printmaking and paper. Both local and international names are showcased in the gallery, while the Sa
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Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
For a peek at work being turned out by artists in Singapore and elsewhere in the region, stop by the galleries inside this leading Singaporean art school. The rotating exhibitions focus on both established artists and emerging talent, in genres including painting, sculpture, photog
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Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple
Dedicated to Kaliamman, the Destroyer of Evil, this south Indian temple began life in 1870 as a modest shrine but underwent a significant facelift in 1969 to transform it into the beauty standing today. The carvings here – particularly on the vimana (domed structure within the temp
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ArtScience Museum
Designed by prolific Israeli-born Moshe Safdie and looking like a giant white lotus, the lily pond–framed ArtScience Museum hosts major international travelling exhibitions in fields as varied as art, design, media, science and technology. Expect anything from explorations of deep-
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