By no means a boring second in Singapore!
What higher strategy to usher within the new 12 months than a brand new “to-do” checklist that’ll fill our calendar with thrilling actions? The celebratory temper continues with festive enjoyable introduced over from 2023, and we’re additionally seeing a ton of recent occasions from Singapore Artwork Week.
Right here’s what you may sit up for this January 2024:
What’s New in Singapore
1) SPACE FEST @ EXPO — Singapore’s Largest Area Carnival from 2 Dec
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Should you haven’t achieved something cool in 2023, how about going to house? Earlier than the 12 months ends, journey into the galaxy at Area Fest @ EXPO, an indoor space-themed carnival. 🚀🎪
Have a blast with over 20 cosmic rides and video games by the enduring Uncle Ringo, comparable to space-themed inflatables and child’s robotic racing. Eat and store nicely too, with meals cubicles and vehicles, stay performances and a market in your Christmas procuring! 😋 There’ll even be craft corners, picture spots and seating areas for many who need to sit back.
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Area Fest @ EXPO will likely be taking place at Expo Corridor 6 until the top of December, so that you don’t have to fret about selecting your mates or household to go along with — simply go to twice (or extra).
Entry is free, however it’s important to buy and preload (min. S$20) a Area Cross to take pleasure in carnival points of interest. 🧑🚀 This Area Cross holds credit score factors that you could spend on the rides and video games of your choose!
*Professional-tip: Buy your Area Cross on-line to get extra credit score factors at a smaller value! In any other case, arrive early as the primary 50 onsite patrons of the Area Cross get free space-themed merchandise each day.
Entrance charge: Free
Opening hours: 1PM – 9PM (Mon – Thu), 11AM – 9PM (Fri – Solar)
Occasion interval: 2 – 31 Dec 2023
Easy methods to get there: 7min stroll from Expo MRT Station (Google Maps)
2) Ice Magic: Winter Wonderland with Snow Slope and Twin-Lane Ice Slide from 9 Dec to 21 Jan 2024
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Our nationwide winter FOMO has a treatment, and it’s Ice Magic 2023 — Asia’s largest pop-up winter playground! This 12 months, it’s returning to Marina Bay from 9 December 2023 until 21 January 2024.
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There will likely be a large snow slope (6m-tall and 98m-long), with skis and floats so you may select your experience down! ❄️🏂 Our most anticipated attraction although, is the dual-lane ice slide — the one factor higher than a slide is a slide competitors. It’s also possible to anticipate a Merry-Go-Spherical(however winter version), with spinning floats on ice.
Decked out in magnificent ice sculptures, the playground can even host an arcade and a Winter Meals Village. On the Picket Cottage, take footage towards fairly backdrops to point out off your escape from Singapore’s lethal warmth.
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Nevermind in case you can’t catch the Northern Lights this Christmas. Keep until the final hour of the session you’re attending for the following neatest thing — the place will likely be reworked with a vibrant illumination! 🌲
FYI, come clad in winter put on and socks (obligatory)! The sub-zero temperatures imply it’s time to let your loved one warmth tech see the sunshine of day.
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Entrance charge: From S$19 (Weekdays), S$39 (Weekends), S$49 (PH eve and PH, incl. free scorching chocolate)
Opening hours: 10AM – 12:45PM, 1PM – 3:45PM, 4PM – 6:45PM
Occasion interval: 9 Dec 2023 – 21 Jan 2024
Easy methods to get there: 5min stroll from Bayfront MRT Station (Exit A) (Google Maps)
3) RollerMania 3.0 — Retro skating rink, arcade video games and old-school carnival at Plaza Singapura
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RollerMania 3.0 is Singapore’s first pop-up retro skate rink decked out in neon lights, so your 2023 wrap-up reflections may be brilliant and thrilling as a substitute of existential. 🛼🎶
It’ll be held on the automobile park on stage 7 of Plaza Singapura till 1 Jan 2024, so e-book a date along with your desired buddy ASAP earlier than everybody’s bombarded with end-of-year plans!
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It’s also possible to choose the soundtrack to your skating rounds — there’ll be themed nights, comparable to “Swifties Shake it Off,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival,” “TikTok High Hits,” and even “Seoul Soundscape Kpop Nights”!
No worries in case you’re not a assured curler skater, there will likely be employees onsite to help you. Except for skating, take a look at basic video games on the Underground Arcade (by Timezone), and rides (comparable to a Merry-Go-Spherical) on the Fiestamania carnival! 🎪
*Professional-tip: Timezone members can quote <TZ10OFF> for 10% off RollerMania 3.0 tickets!
Entrance charge: S$17/pax (Mon – Thu), S$21.25/pax (Fri – Solar)
Opening hours: 11AM – 11PM (2hr time-slot per ticket)
Occasion interval: 27 Nov 2023 – 1 Jan 2024
Easy methods to get there: 1min stroll from Dhoby Ghaut MRT (Exit F) (Google Maps)
4) BTS POP-UP: SPACE OF BTS at Orchard Cineleisure until 21 Jan 2024
Picture credit score: @springdayfilm through Instagram
ARMYS UNITE 💜 BTS POP-UP: SPACE OF BTS is lastly again in Singapore after two years (since 2021), and will likely be open from now until 21 January 2024!
This time, it’s positioned at Orchard Cineleisure. Seize unique merch out of your fave South Korean boy band — over 250 gadgets together with equipment, stationeries and T-shirts from BTS collections comparable to SOOWOOZOO, Butter, and TinyTan.
Picture credit score: @springdayfilm through Instagram
To not point out, browse merch from solo members and beforehand sold-out gadgets from previous live shows like “But to Come”, “Permission to Dance US Tour”, and “Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul”!
Psst, there are many photo-ops with the newest 2023 BTS FESTA household portrait and an LED-lit BTS brand.
Opening hours: 11AM – 8PM (Mon – Thu), 11AM – 9PM (Fri – Solar)
Occasion interval: 25 Nov 2023 – 21 Jan 2024
Easy methods to get there: 5min stroll from Somerset MRT Station (Exit A) then head to stage 2 (Google Maps)
5) Artbox 2024 at S’pore Expo Corridor 2
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Singapore’s largest all-day artistic night time pageant is again! Artbox 2024 is a world tour of cultures with influences from the U.S., South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Thailand all underneath one roof.
Anticipate a jam-packed occasion with video games, artwork, roving performances, exercise zones and over 100 meals and beverage stalls dispensing some tasty treats 🤩
This 12 months, there’ll be two new zones: Central Avenue and Open Plaza. The previous is the place you’ll discover the acquainted vibrant transport containers and the place stay performances will likely be held. Alternatively, the latter has loads of actions and workshops to check out!
*Professional-tip: Seize your finest buds and go for a Klook unique bundle for both the Early Riser (26 Jan 2024) or Night time Owls (28 Jan 2024) bundle — tickets at S$16 and S$19 for a bunch of 4!
Entrance charge: S$6/pax (Fri), S$7/pax (Sat – Solar)
Opening hours: 12PM – 11PM
Occasion interval: 26 – 28 Jan 2024, 2 – 4 Feb 2024
Easy methods to get there: From Expo MRT Station, stroll to Singapore Expo Corridor 2 (Google Maps)
6) New displays and actions at ArtScience Museum this vacation season
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Should you’re not spending your year-end holidays overseas (We really feel for you), an tour to the ArtScience Museum may very well be simply as thrilling and eventful! In addition to two new exhibitions, there are screenings and hands-on actions to sit up for.
First up, New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Reworked explores science fiction’s potential roots in Asian philosophy and spirituality. The exhibition options up to date artworks, historic artefacts and movies from Asia and the West, suggesting how themes comparable to hybridity, mysticism, transcendence and other-worldly utopias, appear to level to cultural transitions in Asia.
Alongside this exhibition, ArtScience Museum is screening a 3D movie, The Taste Genome, by famend artist Anicka Yi. It depicts the artist’s exploration of hybridity between species via using science, expertise and creativity, to craft immersive installations that usually make use of the sense of scent.
*Notice: The Taste Genome is rated M18 for depictions of nudity.
Picture credit score: Marina Bay Sands
Secondly, the Mars: The Pink Mirror exhibition explores mankind’s relationship with the planet Mars via 12,000 years of tradition, artwork, historical past and science (from historical occasions to the current day). Guests can anticipate to see objects, together with uncommon scientific manuscripts, historic artifacts, movies, artwork, and even an genuine Martian meteorite.
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And whereas we’re speaking about house, there’s additionally a newly put in VR expertise! Samsara at ArtScience Museum explores the idea of embodied cognition via digital actuality and interactivity. This exhibit permits friends to see via completely different views, selling empathy and a brand new understanding of our collective existence on Earth.
And in case you’re already heading right down to ArtScience Museum, why not additionally go to teamLab’s exhibition, Future World!
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Autonomous Abstraction: Steady Phenomena From The Universe To The Self
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Impressed by the spontaneous order phenomenon, this art work options vibrant dots blinking in particular person cycles and synchronising when close to one another. However when touched, they disperse with a sound.
Aerial Climbing Via A Flock Of Colored Birds
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Step onto this 3D set up of vibrant hanging bars and watch as they turn out to be brighter and emit a sound distinctive to their color. The bars are all linked in order individuals navigate throughout them, it impacts different individuals’s interplay with the art work too.
Sketch Flight
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Lastly, Sketch Flight permits you to see the world from the angle of a hawk, butterfly, or aeroplane (whichever you like). All it’s important to do is sketch it on paper and watch it come to life on the display.
New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Reworked + Screening: The Flavour Genome
Entrance charge: From S$20/pax
Exhibition interval: 21 Oct 2023 – 3 Mar 2024
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM (final entry 6PM)
Showtimes: Varied
Mars: The Pink Mirror
Entrance charge: From S$20/pax
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM (final entry 6PM)
Exhibition interval: 25 Nov 2023 – 7 Apr 2024
Digital Actuality: Samsara
Exhibition interval: 27 Oct 2023 – 31 Jan 2024
Entrance charge: From S$16/pax
Location: VR Gallery, Stage 4, ArtScience Museum
Future World: The place Artwork Meets Science
Entrance charge: S$23/grownup
Opening hours: 10AM – 5:30PM
Easy methods to get there: 11min stroll from Bayfront MRT Station (Exit B) (Google Maps)
7) Poinsettia Needs – A Nordic Christmas Journey at Gardens by the Bay
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The Nordic Nisses have arrived in sunny Singapore, bringing Yuletide pleasure to Flower Dome in Gardens by the Bay! These cute little creatures that appear to be a hybrid between Santa Claus and backyard gnomes may be discovered among the many vibrant poinsettias — a yearly affair on the gardens in the course of the festive season🎄
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The Flower Dome has been reworked right into a Nordic Fishing Village — impressed by the picturesque Lofoten Islands in Northern Norway. Get your cameras prepared for countless photo-ops while you go to!
Entrance charge: S$12/grownup
Opening hours: 9AM – 9PM (final admission at 8:30PM)
Occasion interval: 24 Nov 2023 – 1 Jan 2024
Easy methods to get there: 15min stroll from Bayfront MRT Station (Exit B) (Google Maps)
8) EOY J-Tradition Competition 2023
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Again for its thirteenth 12 months, EOY J-Tradition Competition 2023 celebrates all issues Japanese-pop tradition — that includes abroad and native performances, cosplay and a Creators Alley of over 130 sales space exhibitors!
This 12 months, abroad visitor artistes embody idols and odorites (dancers) like Miko (Japan), The Glass Women [Mint & Kaimook] (Thailand), Lilia (Japan) and Ice (Thailand). Anime followers may seize their fave merch from the Creators Alley, starting from official anime merch to authentic art work and doujin works by creators from Singapore and the area!
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Entry tickets begin from S$19.90 for a 1 Day Cross, however there’s additionally a Premium Cross which’ll grant you precedence entry for each days, baggage storage and, precedence entry to fulfill and greet classes with friends 😍
*Professional-tip: For PAssion Cardmembers, quote the primary 4 digits of your card quantity to take pleasure in 10% off entry tickets!
Entrance charge: From S$19.90 for a 1 Day Cross (excl. reserving charge)
Opening hours: 12:30PM – 8PM
Occasion interval: 30 – 31 Dec 2023
Easy methods to get there: From Esplanade MRT (Exit B), stroll 5mins to Suntec Metropolis Conference Centre Corridor 403 (Google Maps)
9) Six stay exhibits in M1 Fringe Competition’s 2024 version
Picture credit score: M1 Singapore Fringe Competition
For a extra thought-provoking expertise, take a look at M1 Fringe Competition 2024’s six stay exhibits — which deep dive into subjects like race and male identification. This pageant goals to be a secure house for folk to debate these points.
Anchoring the pageant is a home-grown manufacturing known as Oo-Woo. Evoking the haunting name of the koel fowl, it shares in regards to the struggles of a household when the mom faces early-onset dementia. One other spotlight is aMoratorium, a dance efficiency by American choreographer J’Solar Howard exploring questions centred round black masculinity and visibility.
Entrance charge: S$35/grownup per present
Occasion interval: 17 Jan – 28 Jan 2024
Showtimes: Varied
Present places: Esplanade Theatre Studio, Nafa Studio Theatre, Follow Area
10) Glamping with the Penguins at Fowl Paradise
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ICYMI, now you can go glamping with lovely penguins on the newly opened Fowl Paradise 🐧
From ~S$1,699 per tent, deliver your loved ones or buddies alongside for a 2D1N keep at Ocean Community Specific Penguin Cove — that includes one of many world’s largest sub-Antarctic, chilly salt-water habitats for penguins!
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The Penguin Cove spans two storeys and is house to species just like the King, Gentoo, and Northern Rockhopper penguins. What’s even cooler, it has particular lighting that mimics the attractive Southern Lights! So that you betcha, it’ll be an evening to recollect.
In addition to having the ability to sleep on comfortable beds proper subsequent to those birbs, the package deal additionally consists of different perks like park admission, lunch at Crimson Restaurant, guided excursions and even fowl interactions!
Listed below are some key highlights of the glamping expertise:
– Wings of the World Presentation with reserved seatings
– Backstage Cross: Avian Healthcare
– Hong Leong Basis Crimson Wetlands Information Tour
For the complete programme itinerary, examine this out.
*Notice: Sadly, the expertise is absolutely booked this 12 months. However you may nonetheless register your pursuits for 2024 on the official web site!
Price: From ~S$1,699 per tent (as much as 4 pax) for 2D1N
Programme hours: 4PM – 2PM the following day
Easy methods to get there: From Khatib MRT (Exit A) pick-up level, take the Mandai Khatib Shuttle and alight at Fowl Paradise (Google Maps)
11) Artwork exhibition Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger from 24 Nov 2023 to three Mar 2024
Ho Tzu Nyen, ‘Resort Aporia’, 2019.
November is a superb month for artwork lovers. On 24 November, SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark will see its greatest exhibition but — Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & the Tiger.
Picture credit score: Singapore Artwork Museum
The exhibition exhibits the works of Ho Tzu Nyen, considered one of Singapore’s most critically acclaimed artists, and options work, movies, theatrical performances, and video installations of his from the previous twenty years.
Artworks of Ho featured embody Resort Aporia (2019); The Cloud of Unknowing (2011); The Title (2015–2017), and The Anonymous (2015); and One or A number of Tigers (2017).
Ho Tzu Nyen, T for Time: Timepieces (2023 – ongoing).
There can even be a brand new fee, T for Time, that will likely be featured on this exhibition. T for Time is a two-channel video set up that displays on the embodied and heterogeneous experiences of time.
Entrance charge: S$10/pax (Free for SC & PR)
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Occasion interval: 24 Nov 2023 – 3 Mar 2024
Easy methods to get there: From Tanjong Pagar MRT Station, (exit E), stroll to the bus cease reverse AXA Tower. Take Bus No. 10, 97, or 100 and alight at Opp Former Railway Station. Stroll 7 minutes (Google Maps)
12) KINN Studios opens at Keong Saik Street – Excellent for a workation or a zen getaway
Resorts have developed so much after the worldwide pandemic. They’re now not momentary lodgings throughout holidays, as a substitute, they’re a life-style, a solace, a vibe.
KINN has achieved this with its second institution, KINN Studios — modelled to be a sanctuary for wellness and serenity.
In collaboration with Secure Area, it was designed with therapists’ recommendation in thoughts to create a relaxing refuge for its friends. It additionally hosts the occasional mindfulness occasion (do examine their calendar for updates), comparable to workshops on the artwork of Jagua tattoo and accessory-making, in addition to performances by native artists.
*Professional-tip: KINN friends are entitled to advantages throughout all their hospitality ideas, so be at liberty to attend any occasions at KINN Capsule throughout your KINN Studios keep, or vice-versa!
Apart from a rejuvenating keep, you can even choose to have a workation right here — there’s limitless high-speed Wi-Fi hotel-wide, a typical lounge and eating space, and a pantry outfitted with espresso, tea and filtered water.
KINN Studios is positioned inside a heritage constructing at Keong Saik Street, within the coronary heart of Singapore’s hipster hood and simply minutes away from Chinatown. Nightly charges begin beneath S$200 per night time, with three room varieties to select from: Floor Room, Cosy Room, and Hideaway Room.
Price: From ~S$181.02/night time
Easy methods to get there: 7min stroll from Outram Park MRT Station through Exit G (Google Maps)
13) Singapore Artwork Week from 19 – 28 January 2024
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Singapore’s greatest celebration of visible arts is again once more! Singapore Artwork Week returns with over 150 occasions throughout the island and on-line. There’ll be thrilling and revolutionary displays by each Singaporean and worldwide artists of varied mediums, from gentle installations and efficiency artwork to exhibitions and trails.
A number of the occasions embody Aliwal City Artwork Competition 2024, comma at *SCAPE, Ho Tzu Nyen: Time & The Tiger, Textures 2024, and Gentle to Night time 2024.
The total occasion checklist may be discovered on the official web site.
14) New gamified path for exploring Tiong Bahru and Redhill
Searching for a enjoyable strategy to discover Singapore with your mates? The Tiong Bahru/Redhill: The Paths that Form Us is a free gamified interactive strolling path designed for gamers to discover the underrated neighbourhoods of Singapore.
The concept of the sport is easy — decipher puzzles despatched through Whatsapp and unlock checkpoints round Tiong Bahru and Redhill. To embark on this path, you’ll merely want to enroll (it’s free!), have a transportation card, and be in comfortable strolling sneakers. Because it’s finest performed with a couple of buddies, seize some strolling buddies alongside too!
Price: Free (Signal-up required)
Occasion hours: 8AM – 7PM
Occasion interval: Now till 29 Feb 2024
Place to begin: Havelock MRT Station (Google Maps)
15) Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Expertise
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Potterheads, seize your wands! The Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Expertise is coming to sunny Singapore in February 2024! This could be the immersive night time path’s Asia-Pacific debut after the UK and US.
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From 3 February 2024, the Sentosa Coastal Path will likely be reworked into the Wizarding World. Guests can wander via the mysterious Forbidden Forest and Catrch acquainted creatures from the Harry Potter™ and the Implausible Beasts™ movies, comparable to Hippogriff, Niffler, and Unicorn. Do additionally take a look at the reward store on the finish for unique merch!
Price: From S$51/grownup, S$39/baby
Opening hours: Varied time slows after darkish
Period: ~45 – 60mins
Easy methods to get there: Take the Sentosa Specific to Imbiah Station, stroll 3mins to Village Resort and take Bus C to Siloso Level cease, adopted by a 3min stroll to the Coastal Path (Google Maps)
16) Weekend@Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre — 24 – 25 Feb 2024
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Come February, you may as soon as once more attend the extremely anticipated Singapore Airshow and watch aerial performances by each native and worldwide air pressure groups! This 12 months, the airshow will run from 20 to 25 February, however the public will have the ability to enter the occasion at Changi Exhibition Centre on the final two days the opposite days are reserved for commerce guests).
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Anticipate thrilling shows within the skies, enjoyable on-ground actions comparable to photo-taking alternatives with the newest business and navy plane, and meet-and-greets with pilots and Singapore Airshow’s beloved mascots, Leo and Leontte.
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Guests must also word that highway closures are anticipated in the course of the occasion. Extra info on the modes of transport and highway closures will likely be launched quickly.
Tickets will go on sale from 2 January on SISTIC.
Entrance charge: S$34/adults, S$17/youngsters (aged 3 – 12), S$240/package deal (incl. 4 tickets + 1 carpark label)
Opening hours: 9:30AM – 5PM
Occasion interval: 24 – 25 February 2024
Deal with: 9 Aviation Park Street, Singapore 498760 (Google Maps)
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17) FUNKO Opens Southeast Asia’s First Experiential Retailer at Changi Airport T2
FUNKO, recognized for its popular culture collectables, has opened its first experiential retailer in Southeast Asia, proper right here in Singapore’s newly-renovated Changi Airport Terminal 2! The shop options all kinds of FUNKO merchandise, together with the acquainted Pop! Collectible figurines, the miniature Bitty Bop! collectables, and Loungefly merch.
Travellers and customers at Changi T2 may take pictures with life-size FUNKO characters comparable to Batman, Harry Potter, and Groot. The pop-up retailer is on stage 3 of the Departure Corridor of Terminal 2 (public space).
Entrance charge: Free
Opening hours: 10AM – 10PM
Occasion interval: Till Jan 2024
Easy methods to get there: 10min stroll from Changi Airport MRT Station (Google Maps)
18) Singapore’s First Board Sports activities Advanced
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If you wish to look your coolest at ski resorts this winter, now you can choose up some fundamentals TRIFECTA at Somerset, a brand-new sports activities complicated with a spread of sports activities amenities. 🏂
We’re speaking a couple of skate bowl, a browsing simulator, and even a snowboarding and snowboarding simulator! And you’ll expertise all these in simply at some point — how cool is that!
Picture credit score: TRIFECTA SINGAPORE
For watersports lovers, Trifecta is a surfers’ paradise with the Citywave deep-water surf pool that emulates the right setting for actual browsing. 🏄
Trifecta additionally has a Ski Simulator with a ski carpet that replicates the thrills of actual mountain snowboarding. ⛷
As well as, the hybrid skate bowl is designed for each novice and superior skaters, and there will likely be newbie and intermediate lessons launched quickly by Trifecta. The skate bowl can be free-to-use for the general public, and is appropriate for each skateboard and surfboards! 🛹
Price: Varied
Opening hours: 7AM – 12AM
Easy methods to get there: 5min stroll from Somerset MRT Station (Exit D) (Google Maps)
19) CapitaLand x POP MART Vacation Extravaganza — with life-sized Disney-themed installations
Enter a complete new world this festive season with Asia’s largest POP MART vacation extravaganza, taking place throughout 16 CapitaLand malls in Singapore!
Should you love each POP MART and Disney, you may sit up for life-sized installations impressed by POP MART blind field sequence like Disney Basic Fairy Tales, Disney a hundredth Anniversary Mickey Ever-Curious Journey, and Disney Princess Fairy Tales Friendship.
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Right here’s the place you may catch your fav Disney characters with a twist like Robotic and Prince Mickey, in addition to basic Disney princesses like Belle and Jasmine:
Location | Theme |
Aperia | Robotic Mickey |
Bedok Mall | Prince Mickey |
Bugis Junction | Tinker Bell |
Bugis+ | Bambi |
Bukit Panjang Plaza | Snow White |
CQ @ Clarke Quay | Donald Duck |
Funan | Sew and Pinocchio |
IMM | Mulan and Jasmine |
Junction 8 | Muppet Mickey |
Lot One Customers’ Mall | Cinderella |
Plaza Singapura and The Atrium @ Orchard | Dumbo |
Raffles Metropolis Singapore | Mickey Mouse |
SingPost Centre | Balloon Mickey |
Sengkang Grand Mall | Popcorn Mickey |
Tampines Mall | Woodcut Mickey |
Westgate | Belle and Beast |
*Professional-tip: Take your finest IG pics with these installations and tag @CapitaLandMallsSG, you simply would possibly win a S$50 eCapitaVoucher! The competition ends on 31 December 2023.
On high of that, there’s additionally a magical 360° multi-sensory journey known as the Enchanted Specific (presently at Raffles Metropolis). It’s no Hogwarts Specific however we positively felt the magic — you’ll enter a room and hop on an immersive “practice experience” with scenic views of a winter wonderland full with sound and light-weight projections!
Psst, the primary 10,000 customers who go to the Enchanted Specific will obtain a golden ticket! It provides you unique reductions and an opportunity to attain 1 million STAR$® (price S$1,000 eCapitaVoucher).
Occasion interval: 15 Nov – 31 Dec 2023
Easy methods to get there: Throughout 16 CapitaLand Malls
20) The Bus Collective — Southeast Asia’s first resort resort utilizing repurposed buses
Right here’s another excuse to show that East aspect is finest aspect — a brand new staycay possibility has simply popped up in Changi Village!
The Bus Collective is Southeast Asia’s first resort resort utilizing retired buses, turning our outdated SBS buses into luxurious suites.
It’s a collaboration between WTS Journey and its companions, along with the Ministry of Commerce and Business (MTI), and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA).
There are 20 buses or rooms in whole, that includes seven completely different room varieties! We liked the Queen Victoria and King George rooms (deluxe Queen and King beds respectively, with a spacious bathtub). And the Clarke Quay room is ideal for sharing with your mates, with twin beds and bunker beds for 4 adults!
Each room additionally has its personal bathroom, bathe, and even a patio with a BBQ pit. SLAY! For a digital tour, take a look at our picture album.
Cool rooms apart, there’s additionally an Experiences Centre the place you will get assist with bookings, airport transfers, bicycle leases, health lessons and psychological wellness workshops. There are even excursions exploring the attraction of Changi Village and its environment, like biking round Pulau Ubin!
Stays begin from 1 December 2023 and bookings at the moment are open at thebuscollective.com or on platforms like Reserving.com, Agoda, and Expedia!
Price: From ~S$398/night time
Easy methods to get there: From Higher Changi MRT Station (Exit A), take Bus 2 and alight at Changi Village Terminal bus cease. Stroll 5mins to The Bus Collective (Google Maps)
21) Singapore Cable Automotive’s festive-themed Pokémon cabins — 20% off tickets on-line
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Search for into the skies round Mount Faber and Sentosa, and also you would possibly see some Poké Balls travelling throughout the sky. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, the Singapore Cable Automotive donned all 67 cabins alongside the Mount Faber line with cheerful festive Pokémon attires.
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The cabins’ exteriors are adorned with 5 completely different Poké Ball designs, whereas the inside of the cabins options varied Pokémons, comparable to Pikachu, Pichu, Snorlex, Fuecoco, Quaxly, and Sprigatito in festive outfits.
And the enjoyable doesn’t finish there. From 1 November, friends on the Singapore Cable Automotive can take pleasure in a 20% low cost on on-line purchases of the Cable Automotive Sky Cross (Spherical Journey). This cross provides a spherical journey on each the Mount Faber and Sentosa Traces, and in addition comes with complimentary chips and a drink.
Company are entitled to a complimentary Pokémon sunvisor by buying tickets to the Singapore Cable Automotive from any over-the-counter and on-line purchases, whereas shares final.
Entrance charge: $28/grownup, $20/baby (after 20% low cost)
Opening hours: 8:45AM – 10:00PM each day (Final boarding at 9:30PM)
Occasion interval: 1 Nov 2023 – 31 Dec 2023
Easy methods to get there: Harbourfront Station of the Singapore Cable Automotive is a 9min stroll from Harbourfront MRT station (Google Maps)
22) Sweet-themed Wonderland at Changi Festive Village 2023 until 31 March 2024
Prepare for a candy deal with at Changi Festive Village 2023 in Changi Airport! This 12 months, there are three essential points of interest to look out for — Sweet Snow Home, Sweet Carnival and Sweet Wonderland 🍬
The Sweet Carnival is positioned at T3’s Arrival Corridor and has loads of video games and rides (like basketball, claw machines, viking ship) and plenty of prizes to be received AKA stuffed toys!
To play, you’ll must pay utilizing sweet medals (from S$10 for 10 tokens) and completely different video games require completely different quantities of tokens.
For adults, we advocate the Sweet Kart go-kart (six tokens), since many of the different rides are for teenagers 🤣 There are additionally food and drinks stalls right here to refill your tummies!
Subsequent to the Sweet Carnival is our favorite attraction, the Sweet Snow Home (kinda like a mini Snow Metropolis)! We bought to play on a 5m-long snow slide, went inside an igloo and took footage of varied ice sculptures.
It’ll value you 20 tokens for 1 hour of playtime or S$18 through direct buy on the Changi App. FYI, winter jackets and boots are offered whereas gloves and waterproof pants value further.
Lastly, the star of the occasion, Sweet Wonderland! The 5m-tall bear and 7m-tall rotating cupcakes Ferris Wheel may be discovered at T3’s Departure Corridor from now until 1 January 2024.
There’s additionally a light-weight and snow present taking place within the space each day, from 7:30PM. On chosen Friday and Saturday nights, you would possibly even see different performances like a stay marching band!
Sweet Carnival
Entrance charge: Free (Carnival tokens may be bought through the Changi App or ticketing machines on the carnival)
Opening hours: 12PM – 10PM
Occasion interval: 4 Nov 2023 – 31 Mar 2024
Areas: Terminal 3, L1, Arrival Corridor and B2 close to Kopitiam
Sweet Snow Home
Entrance charge: S$18 through the Changi App or 20 carnival tokens
Opening hours (Occasion durations):
– 12PM – 10PM (4 Nov 2023 – 1 Jan 2024)
– 5PM – 10PM (Friday, 2 Jan 2024 – 31 Mar 2024)
– 12PM – 10PM (Weekends, Sch hols & PHs, 2 Jan 2024 – 31 Mar 2024)
Areas: Terminal 3, L1, Arrival Corridor and B2 close to Kopitiam
Sweet Wonderland
Entrance: Free
Opening hours: 11AM – 10PM
Snow present: 7:30PM & 8:30PM (Mon – Thu); 7:30PM, 8:30PM & 9:30PM (Fri – Solar)
Occasion interval: 4 Nov 2023 – 1 Jan 2024
Location: Terminal 3, L2, in entrance of the Departure Immigration
23) Motion pictures within the Wild on the Mandai Wildlife Reserve
Picture credit score: Mandai Wildlife Reserve
Yeah, film nights in the lounge are enjoyable… however think about what watching a film within the wild could be like?
The Mandai Wildlife Reserve is internet hosting a “cinematic journey” at River Wonders Park, the place you’ll get to observe trendy classics (like 500 Days of Summer season, and The Biggest Showman) with the huge Amazon Flooded Forest as your backdrop.
Picture credit score: Mandai Wildlife Reserve
Deliver a date, if not, singles are greater than welcome to affix in and get the chance to mingle with others! 😉
Entrance charge: From ~S$53/pax through Klook
Entry time: Varies (depends upon package deal)
Occasion interval: 11 Nov, 25 Nov, 9 Dec, 16 Dec & 23 Dec 2023
Easy methods to get there: From Khatib MRT Station (Exit A), experience the Mandai Khatib Shuttle to River Wonders (Google Maps)
24) Southeast Asia’s first Nintendo pop-up retailer at Changi Jewel
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Why go to Tremendous Nintendo World in USJ when you may have a style of it at Jewel Changi Airport?
Followers of the Nintendoverse — characters from Tremendous Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, and extra — can sit up for varied merch that you simply’d in any other case solely see in Japan-exclusive Nintendo shops. Gather themed stickers, particular illustrations and collectable gadgets on the first Nintendo pop-up retailer in Southeast Asia!
Picture credit score: Nintendo
Should you spend S$80, you’ll even get considered one of six Singapore-exclusive Nintendo-themed postcards as a freebie (whereas shares final)!
Entrance charge: Free
Occasion interval: 17 Nov 2023 – 1 Jan 2024
Easy methods to get there: 10min stroll from Changi Airport MRT Station, Terminal 2 exit through the hyperlink bridge. Unit #04-220/221 on the 4th flooring (Google Maps)
25) Nationwide Gallery Singapore — Tropical: Tales from Southeast Asia and Latin America from 18 Nov to 24 Mar 2024
This month, the Nationwide Gallery Singapore will unveil its extremely anticipated exhibition, Tropical: Tales from Southeast Asia and Latin America. It’s the primary large-scale museum exhibition to check artwork from Southeast Asia and Latin America, two areas that have been each colonised by European powers!
Over 200 work, sculptures, drawings, performances, and sensorial installations will likely be on show at this particular exhibition. Artists featured are from each areas, together with David Medalla, Diego Rivera, Emiria Sunassa, Frida Kahlo, Hélio Oiticica, Latiff Mohidin, Patrick Ng Kah Onn, Paul Gauguin, Tan Oe Pang and Tarsila do Amaral.
Entrance charge: S$25/pax (S$15 for SC and PR)
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Occasion interval: 18 Nov 2023 – 24 Mar 2024
Easy methods to get there: 7min stroll from Metropolis Corridor MRT Station through (Exit B) (Google Maps)
*Professional-tip: Use code <NGSTROP10> at checkout for a ten% low cost!
26) Immersive Disney Animation at MBS Sands Theatre from 18 Nov
Picture credit score: @lhimmersive through Instagram
Disney followers, prepare for one more immersive expertise of your favorite Walt Disney Animation Studios films!
Coming to Southeast Asia for the primary time this November, the Immersive Disney Animation is a 360-degree multi-sensory interactive exhibition that brings basic Disney films to life with using responsive projectors.
Picture credit score: @lhimmersive through Instagram
In addition to the immersive shows, guests may take a peek on the behind-the-scenes of how Disney animated movies are created.
Price: From $33/pax
Occasion interval: 18 Nov 2023 – 25 Feb 2024
Present timings: Varied
Easy methods to get there: 7min stroll from Bayfront MRT Station (Google Maps)
27) Garfield-Mr Kiasu pop-up comedian library at Centrepoint
Picture credit score: Nationwide Library Board through Nickelodeon on Fb
The best crossover ever? That includes our favorite orange tabby cat and considered one of Singapore’s most iconic 90s comedian e-book characters — Garfield x Mr Kiasu is the Nationwide Library Board’s (NLB) first-ever character-themed pop-up library!
From now until March 2024, snap pictures with these beloved characters whereas shopping via a curated assortment of 120 Mr Kiasu and Garfield comedian books. Enjoyable truth: The books are donated by Mr Lau, the co-creator of Mr Kiasu, and the World Publishing arm of Paramount (which owns Garfield)!
Picture credit score: Nationwide Library Board through Nickelodeon on Fb
Whereas these books aren’t for mortgage, you may nonetheless take pleasure in them whereas on the library or borrow different e-comics and e-books by scanning the QR codes on wall options onsite.
Entrance charge: Free
Opening hours: 10AM – 10PM
Occasion interval: 23 Nov 2023 – Mar 2024
Easy methods to get there: Stroll 5mins from Somerset MRT Station (Exit D) and head to Stage 1 of The Centrepoint Mall (Google Maps)
28) Winter Wonderland at Gardens by the Bay returns larger and higher on 1 Dec 2023 for its tenth version
Arduous launch your relationship by ringing within the festive season on the tenth version of Christmas Wonderland at Gardens by the Bay. This 12 months, the enduring vacation occasion returns larger than ever, with three zones — Supertree Grove, Frosty’s Fairground at The Meadow, and Gingerbread Grove.
At Supertree Grove, guests can anticipate to be dazzled by 13 gentle shows whereas experiencing a ‘white’ Christmas in our tropical nook of the world. Handcrafted in Italy with over 103,000 bulbs, the centrepiece has been a decade-long spotlight of the occasion. Guests can hop onto the Christmas practice and head to Frosty’s Fairground at The Meadow, the place carnival video games and Uncle Ringo rides await — good for successful prizes in your date or bonding with the little ones.
Sweet lovers will adore the Gingerbread Grove, with dessert stalls backdropped with the sweetest ornamental illuminations. Snap a pic with Santa as nicely and possibly he’ll even let you know in case you’ve been naughty or good 🤭
Be spoilt for selection with double the variety of meals shops and benefit from the festive unfold with stay performances by native artists.
Entrance charge: From $8/pax
Opening hours: 6:30PM – 10:30PM (Entry occasions — 6:30PM, 7:30PM, 8:30PM, 9:30PM)
Occasion interval: 1 Dec 2023 – 1 Jan 2024
Easy methods to get there: 10min stroll from Bayfront MRT Station (Exit B), cross the Dragonfly Bridge or Meadow Bridge into Gardens by the Bay (Google Maps)
*Notice: You possibly can solely enter throughout your pre-selected entry time.
29) New Immersive Experiences at S.E.A.Aquairum’s Uncover VibranSEA
Picture credit score: Resort World Sentosa
As Sebastian as soon as mentioned, “Darling is healthier, down the place it’s wetter”. So, have a good time ocean life at S.E.A. Aquarium’s new immersive exhibition, — Uncover VibranSEA! Via artwork, science and academic shows, unlock the wonders and mysteries by exploring 4 exhibit zones.
The primary zone takes guests via the completely different layers of the ocean in a blinding bioluminescence show. Within the second, guests can stand up near marine life anatomy due to expertise. Guests will then stroll via a kelp forest in zone three earlier than reaching the ultimate room with a gallery of artwork installations by 4 native artists.
Picture credit score: Resort World Sentosa
On high of that, the newly launched Aquarist Lab additionally provides guests an up-close take a look at marine nursery habitats and plankton tradition. This immersive expertise permits friends to witness precise aquarists at work, study plankton cultivation, and discover the Quarantine Room the place animals are acclimated.
In-park home windows are accessible to all ticket holders or high up S$25 for the Behind-the-Scenes: Aquarist Lab expertise — good for a weekend with the youngsters!
Entrance charge: From S$40/grownup
Opening hours: 10AM – 5PM
Occasion interval: From 6 Sep 2023
Easy methods to get there: Take the Sentosa Specific from VivoCity and alight at Waterfront Station (Google Maps)
30) LKY: The Expertise — Immersive exhibition with greater than 20 interactive rooms
Picture credit score: LKY: The Expertise
Come 6h October 2023, there’ll be a model new, limited-time exhibition showcasing the lifetime of the late Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Introduced by Lucid, an immersive expertise firm in Singapore (they’re those behind The Bubble Tea Manufacturing unit, and Otah & Buddies), the LKY: The Expertise units itself other than different exhibitions with greater than 20 immersive rooms!
Picture credit score: LKY: The Expertise
Situated at 11 Prinsep Hyperlink, the expertise brings guests proper again in time, into the lifetime of Mr. Lee via the completely different thematic interactive rooms that includes tunnel imaginative and prescient and rainbow slides!
Entrance charge: S$18/pax (free for teenagers 12yo and beneath)
Working hours: 10AM – 8PM (final entry 7:30PM)
Occasion interval: 6 Oct 2023 – 17 Mar 2024
Easy methods to get there: 4min stroll from Bencoolen MRT Station (Exit B) (Google Maps)
31) New self-service Comics Library in Anchorpoint with over 7,500 titles
Picture credit score: Nationwide Library Board
Japanese manga and Western comedian followers unite! There’s a brand new pop-up Comics Library carrying over 7,500 in style titles like Dragon Ball Z, Spy x Household, and Fairy Tail; plus Marvel and DC favourites like Guardians of the Galaxy and Superman.
The gathering additionally consists of Chinese language, Malay, and Tamil comics and graphics novels and a separate youngsters’s part with titles in 4 languages. By early 2024, the whole assortment is anticipated to extend to 11,000!
Picture credit score: Nationwide Library Board
The principle entrance is positioned on stage considered one of Anchorpoint Mall, and the library is adorned in vibrant colors impressed by the pop artwork motion of the Fifties and 60s.
It is a Seize-n-Go self-service library so simply scan your NLB eCard or library-compliant ID card and convey it house! Or, you can even go for digital copies through QR codes on the brand new Wallpaper Library and the 2 e-Learn screens stationed across the pop-up library.
Entrance charge: Free
Opening hours: 7:30AM – 1AM
Occasion interval: From now until late 2024
Easy methods to get there: 14min stroll from Queenstown MRT Station (Exit A) (Google Maps)
32) Benchmarks — a brand new semi-permanent public artwork path within the Civic District
Be careful for the place you’re sitting the following time you’re out round city as a result of it’d simply be a murals! The Arts Home Singapore simply launched a model new public artwork path, Benchmarks, an alliance between the Asian Civilisations Museum, Esplanade, Nationwide Gallery Singapore, The Arts Home and Victoria Theatre & Victoria Live performance Corridor.
Situated across the Civic District, the path options six works by Singapore-based artists, which tackle distinctive interpretations of benches — and sure you may sit on them!
Utilizing the time period ‘benchmark’ as some extent of reference for measurement and comparability, the artworks on the path function markers for guests to sit down and mirror on the historical past and cultural significance of the district.
Our private favorite is That is Notice a Bench by Lua Boon Ka for its enjoyable and humorous tackle benches — plus it’s surprisingly ergonomic!
Picture credit score: The Arts Home
The path begins on the Arts Home however you may at all times flip the order and begin on the Esplanade — plus, the Singapore metropolis views are an added bonus!
Occasion interval: 2 Aug 2023 – 31 Jul 2026
Easy methods to get there: Varies
33) TaiWan Night time Markets open at Cineleisure
Picture credit score: TaiWan Night time Markets
No go to to Taiwan is full and not using a journey to considered one of its superb night time markets. Now, Singapore’s meals scene will get glorified with the opening of TaiWan Night time Markets in Cathay Cineleisure Orchard. The Taiwanese road meals idea meals courtroom could have 24 road meals kiosks from a number of night time markets in Taipei’s Datong District.
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Some iconic Taiwanese night time market snacks and meals that may be discovered at TaiWan Night time Markets embody Candy Potato Balls, Huge Sausage Wrapped in Small Sausage, Scallion Pancake, Salty Crispy Hen, and Peanut Roll Ice Cream!
Opening hours: 11:30AM – 10:30PM (Solar – Thu & PH), 11:30AM –12AM (Fri, Sat & eve of PH)
Easy methods to get there: 5min stroll from Somerset MRT, Basement stage of Cineleisure (Google Maps)
34) Proof of Personhood: Identification and Authenticity within the Face of Synthetic Intelligence at SAM
Picture credit score: Singapore Artwork Museum
Have you ever ever seen a Black Mirror episode solely to come back out questioning your relationship with expertise? The Singapore Artwork Museum emulates this expertise with its A.I. exhibit known as .
Via video installations and artworks centred round A.I. advances, guests are inspired to mirror on what it means to be “actual”, and what makes people artistic in a world the place bots at the moment are “making art work”.
Hyperlinks or It Didn’t Occur exhibit. Picture credit score: Singapore Artwork Museum
One video set up is the show-within-a-show, Being Human, which makes use of deepfake expertise to depict human characters. One other spotlight known as Hyperlinks or It Didn’t Occur is centred round digital beings who ponder what it means for them to die.
Entrance charge: Free
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Occasion interval: 22 Sep 2023 – 25 Feb 2024
Easy methods to get there: From Tanjong Pagar MRT Station, (exit E), stroll to the bus cease reverse AXA Tower. Take Bus No. 10, 97, or 100 and alight at Opp Former Railway Station. Stroll 7 minutes (Google Maps)
35) Singapore Artwork Museum Launches New Public Artwork Trails in Tanjong Pagar and the Rail Hall
Singapore Artwork Museum (SAM) has launched two new public artwork trails Port/raits of Tanjong Pagar: Encounters with Artwork within the Neighbourhood and Singapore Deviation: Wander with Artwork via the Rail Hall. As a part of its long-term public artwork initiative, The On a regular basis Museum, the paths will characteristic works by native artists Aki Hassan, Area Objekt, Hilmi Johandi and extra.
The paths will characteristic public artwork installations within the Tanjong Pagar space and Rail Hall respectively, partaking with acquainted areas and reworking them anew. What higher strategy to clock in your each day steps than by occurring a mini-hike and encountering artwork like a ✨mysterious native✨?
Whereas we advocate occurring the complete path, you can even take a look at the person artworks positioned at Duxton Plain Park, Everton Park, Tanjong Pagar Plaza, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Kampung Bahru Bus Terminal, and Wessex Property.
Port/raits of Tanjong Pagar: Encounters with Artwork within the Neighbourhood
Occasion interval: 29 April 2023 – 9 March 2025
Place to begin: Tanjong Pagar Distripark Facade. 13min bus experience from Shenton Method MRT (Google Maps)
Singapore Deviation: Wander with Artwork via the Rail Hall
Occasion interval: 29 April 2023 – 9 March 2025
Place to begin: Kampung Bahru Bus Terminal (Google Maps)
36) Love the Final March — Witness the World’s Longest Sculpture to Save Wildlife
Picture credit score: Love the Final
Do you know that each third Friday in Could is named Nationwide Endangered Species Day?
This 12 months it falls on 19 Could and to have a good time it, Singapore will likely be internet hosting the longest sculpture on the earth at 192m lengthy! Love the Final March will likely be displayed at Gardens by the Bay and is supposed to focus on the problem of wildlife extinction, in addition to how we will play our half to assist.
Designed by worldwide artists Gillie and Marc, the sculpture options 45 endangered species all over the world like gorillas and elephants. Plus, it’s interactive too — guests can scan QR codes on the animals to be taught extra about their diets, behaviours and why they’re in danger.
It’s also possible to use an app to scan a QR code to unlock an augmented actuality characteristic, with 3D animals wanting as if they’re really marching collectively for his or her lives.
Entrance charge: Free
Opening hours: 24hrs
Occasion interval: 19 Could 2023 – 18 Could 2024
Easy methods to get there: Close to Flora Clock, 8min stroll from Gardens by the Bay MRT stn (Google Maps)
37) Changi Airport’s Retired Analogue Flip Board on Show at Nationwide Museum from 27 Could 2023
Calling for all passengers — we’re Now Boarding: Experiencing Singapore via Journey, 1800 – 2000s! Held on the Nationwide Museum of Singapore from 27 Could to 19 November, this travel-themed exhibition showcases Singapore as a journey vacation spot all through the years.
Prepare for a wave of nostalgia as you’ll be greeted by Changi Airport’s now-retired analogue flip board on the entrance, with the signature clacking sound in addition! When you head in, there are 4 completely different sections to discover: Getting Round, Place to Keep, Sights and Procuring, and Consuming Out.
A number of the actually cool highlights we noticed have been the precise Singapore Airways A380 Suites cabin seat from 2007 (with sliding doorways and window blinds for privateness), a formidable assortment of outdated MRT card designs (ahem Taiwanese boy band Little Tigers followers?), and outdated menus of iconic eating places like A&W and Swensens.
Bear in mind when Zouk bade farewell to Jiak Kim Avenue in 2016? Yup, they’ve the signature signal right here too. These somewhat older might also keep in mind the Neptune Theatre Restaurant from the Nineteen Seventies to 2006 — it’s now on show and lit up with its authentic neon!
After reminiscing about old-school Singapore, we bought our dance pants on on the pop-up disco room proper exterior the exhibition room. Scan a QR code to create your individual Nationwide Heritage ID and select from three completely different tracks to get boogey with.
Since there was nobody within the queue, we went for all three rounds 😛 You possibly can even obtain the dancing video through the QR code too!
Picture credit score: Nationwide Museum of Singapore
From August, there are additionally two extra pop-up rooms providing guests a glimpse into a few of the in style sights round Singapore within the Eighties.
Picture credit score: Nationwide Museum of Singapore
The pop-up rooms are the Journey Lounge that’s impressed by Singapore Airways’s Raffles Lounge, in addition to the Resort, which is modelled after Goodwood Park Resort within the Eighties. Guests will have the ability to discover the pop-up rooms on an audio tour that options partaking dialogues and soundscapes.
Entrance charge: S$15/pax (Free for SC and PR)
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Occasion interval: 27 Could – 25 Feb 2024
Deal with: Nationwide Museum of Singapore, 10mins stroll from Metropolis Corridor MRT (Google Maps)
38) Gentle to Night time Competition coming back from 19 January to eight February 2024
Gentle to Night time Competition is returning subsequent January for an additional version of fascinating arts and way of life programmes across the Civic District. Gentle to Night time Singapore 2024 will characteristic over 60 gentle projections, artworks, stay performances, pageant markets and extra.
Lee Wen, Ping Pong Go-Spherical. Picture credit score: Nationwide Gallery Singapore
Occurring between 19 January to eight February, there’ll be a large number of sensorial experiences impressed by historical past, origin, and artworks from the Nationwide Assortment. The pageant can even characteristic interactive works that enable festival-goers to turn out to be a part of the art work. One such art work is artist Lee Wen’s Ping Pong Go-Spherical, the place individuals can get collectively on the desk and activate the art work collaboratively.
Gentle to Night time Singapore 2024 will likely be at varied places across the Civic District:
– Nationwide Gallery Singapore
– Asian Civilisations Museum
– Victoria Theatre and Live performance Corridor
– The Arts Home
– Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
– Funan
Entrance charge: Free (with ticketed points of interest)
Occasion hours: Varies (consult with Competition Calendar)
Occasion interval: 19 Jan — 8 Feb 2024
Easy methods to get there: 5min stroll from Metropolis Corridor MRT station through exit C, or 10min stroll from Esplanade and Raffles Place MRT stations (Google Maps)
39) New Sea Sports activities Centre, Comfort Retailer, and Glamping Tents at Lazarus Island
Picture credit score: Camelot
Beachgoers and outside lovers can now spend much more time at Lazarus Island— one of many Southern Islands of Singapore — with the addition of latest amenities. First up, the Lazarus Sea Sports activities Centre brings water actions comparable to stand-up paddleboarding, sea bicycling kayaking and even yoga on the ocean to Lazarus Seashore.
In addition to that, there’s additionally a brand new comfort retailer, so day-trippers to Lazarus will now not must lug round heavy water bottles or snacks to the island.
What was only a brief day-trip vacation spot is now additionally prepared for in a single day stayers. Lazarus Island can even see 9 new everlasting glamping tents put up close to the island’s lagoon, giving guests another in a single day choice to the Tiny Away Escape @ Lazarus, a cluster of 5 eco-friendly tiny homes for short-term stays.
Easy methods to get there: 20min ferry experience (S$14/pax) from Marina South Pier
40) Rink @ Punggol East — SG’s Largest Indoor Curler Sports activities Rink
Picture credit score: Rink at Punggol East through Fb
Rollerblade to your coronary heart’s content material at Rink @ Punggol East — Singapore’s largest indoor curler sports activities rink spanning greater than 12,000 sqft. Apart from rollerblading, you can even skateboard, longboard and even experience a scooter or a pedal go-kart right here!
Go free and simple, and take it gradual at your individual tempo or be taught from an expert by signing up for in-line skating classes. The Rink can be related to the Punggol Promenade Riverside Stroll, the place you may deliver out the rental tools for a experience to Coney Island and Punggol Waterway Park 😉
At the moment, there’s a restricted promotion with tickets priced at S$16 (as a substitute of S$21), inclusive of apparatus rental. No finish date has been said but, so do examine their web site for any updates!
Price: S$16 (restricted promo) for 2-hour cross, S$21 (regular value)
Opening hours: 10AM – 8PM (Fri – Solar), Closed from Mon – Thu
Easy methods to get there: 4min stroll from Riviera LRT station (Google Maps)
41) STEM-themed Escape Rooms at Science Centre Singapore
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Are you a STEM (Science, Expertise, Engineering and Arithmetic) geek who additionally loves fixing escape room mysteries? Right here’s the place you may have one of the best of each worlds. Escape @ Science Centre is a newly opened STEM-themed escape room the place you’ll be examined for information, expertise and tenacity.
So in case you’ve at all times been fixing escape room puzzles with sheer luck, you would possibly wanna placed on all six considering caps for this, or deliver buddies within the STEM division to assist with the considering.
Picture credit score: Science Centre Singapore
And in contrast to most different escape rooms, Escape @ Science Centre permits members to deliver alongside their telephones, so not solely can you utilize your telephones to assist remedy the puzzles, you may even snap pictures inside the escape rooms for reminiscence’s sake.
Price: S$25/pax (10% low cost with 3 or extra tickets bought for a similar room; 20% low cost with 6 or extra tickets bought for a similar room)
Exercise slots: 10AM – 9:15PM
Easy methods to get there: 13min stroll from Jurong East MRT (Google Maps)
42) Changi Airport opens rock-climbing and bouldering facility at T3
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Changi Airport has, for some time, been extra than simply an airport. And from 3 March, its listing board noticed a brand new entry — Climb@T3, a rock-climbing and bouldering facility.
That includes an 8m-tall Excessive wall and a 12.5m-long Bouldering Wall, Climb@T3 just isn’t just for climb lovers but in addition welcomes individuals with out prior expertise to strive their fingers, and toes, on mountain climbing. There are guided hour-long classes for members who’re much less assured and would require security supervision from the instructors. There’s even a Rock Tots session for kids as younger as two!
Picture credit score: Climb@T3
You probably have expertise with rock partitions and would like unguided climbs, there are additionally free & simple classes on each the boulder and excessive partitions. Kids as much as the age of 12 might want to have a supervising grownup.
Price: S$15/2-hour Climb and Play (Unguided) session, S$25/1-hour Climb and Play (Guided) session, and S$30/1-hour Rock Tots session. Registration required.
Opening hours: 12PM – 9:30PM (Mon – Fri), 10AM – 9:30PM (weekends & PH)
Easy methods to get there: 15min stroll from Changi Airport MRT. Changi Airport Terminal 3, #B3-01/02. Subsequent to Slide@T3 (Google Maps)
43) The Peranakan Museum reopened 18 February 2023
Picture credit score: Peranakan Museum Singapore through Fb
Because the saying goes: out with the outdated and in with the brand new — the Peranakan Museum reopened on 18 February after virtually 4 years of closure for renovation works!
The refurbished constructing (former Tao Nan College) now options everlasting galleries with a recent new design.
Picture credit score: Peranakan Museum Singapore through Fb
Sit up for 9 galleries with showcases, objects, interactive shows and programmes spanning three grand themes of the Peranakan identification — “Origins”, “House”, and “Model”.
Through the hiatus, the museum additionally labored carefully with Peranakan communities to discover completely different features of the tradition. So in case you’re a Peranakan your self, you would possibly even discover considered one of your loved ones’s tales talked about right here.
Entrance charge: S$12/pax (Free for Singapore Residents and Everlasting Residents)
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM (Sat – Thu), 10AM – 9PM (Fri)
Easy methods to get there: 6mins to Bras Basah MRT (Google Maps) or 8min stroll from Metropolis Corridor MRT (Google Maps)
44) Discover hidden large statues by Copenhagen artist Thomas Dambo at Sentosa
Picture credit score: Sentosa Improvement Company
One man’s trash is one other man’s treasure — and that is what Copenhagen-based artist Thomas Dambo aimed to current with 4 large statues purposefully hidden round Sentosa.
Made out of 5.5 tonnes of reclaimed wooden materials — comparable to pallets and floorboards — donated by native enterprises, Dambo’s upcycled creations encourage individuals to rethink the worth of trash.
Picture credit score: Sentosa Improvement Company
Don’t know the place to begin? Right here’s a touch: Seach alongside Palawan Seashore and don’t miss out on any nooks and crannies!
Price: Free
Exhibition interval: Till 2024
Easy methods to get there: 8min stroll from Seashore Station, Sentosa (Google Maps)
45) HomeTeamNS clubhouse opens at Bedok Reservoir
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Within the west, we’ve a brand new SAFRA clubhouse however within the east, we’ve… a brand new HomeTeamNS Clubhouse! It’s positioned inside Bedok Reservoir Park, giving but another excuse why the east aspect is clearly the higher aspect 😉
The clubhouse is filled with a spread of amenities comparable to a water journey centre, an indoor impediment playground, a cross-fit health club, and an infinity pool.
Picture credit score: HomeTeamNS
The three-storey indoor water journey centre homes Singapore’s longest indoor water slide at a whooping 114m lengthy, in addition to a moist obstacle-rope course and mountain climbing partitions!
Picture credit score: HomeTeamNS
Maintain enjoyable team-bonding actions along with your friends and colleagues right here, or think about one of many ten well-furnished and outfitted villas in your subsequent staycation.
Price: Varies
Opening hours: 10AM – 8PM (Mon – Thu), 9AM – 9PM (Fri – Solar)
Easy methods to get there: 10min stroll from Bedok North MRT (Google Maps)
46) Singapore’s First Kids’s Museum Opens
Picture credit score: Kids’s Museum Singapore
Singapore’s first-ever museum devoted to youngsters of ages 12 and beneath has opened its doorways. The Kids’s Museum Singapore (CMSG) will operate as a “starter museum” for younger guests to the museum-going expertise.
Kids can get to study Singapore’s heritage and tradition via the hands-on interactives on the museum.
Picture credit score: Kids’s Museum Singapore
The CMSG includes a everlasting exhibition — A Voyage Again in Time, which spans 4 galleries on the bottom flooring. There are additionally three particular galleries that will likely be refreshed usually.
Price: $15/pax, free for SC and PR (Pre-booking required)
Opening hours: 9AM – 1PM & 2PM – 6PM, Tue – Solar
Easy methods to get there: 8min stroll from Metropolis Corridor MRT (Google Maps)
47) The Bearbrick Keep Bundle at M Social Singapore from S$210/night time
Picture credit score: M Social Singapore through Fb
Should you’re a BE@RBRICK fan, an un-bear-ably stress-free staycation awaits at M Social Singapore. This playful collaboration consists of an artwork jamming session the place you may unleash your creativity by pouring paint and making a one-of-a-kind bear figurine — principally priceless 💅.
Except for the artwork remedy, the keep additionally consists of complimentary breakfast and eating credit so you may escape town and calm down indoors for all the day — an introvert’s dream.
Price: From S$210/night time
Occasion interval: Until 31 Dec 2023
Easy methods to get there: 9mins stroll from Havelock MRT (Google Maps)
48) Plaza Premium Lounge at Singapore’s Changi Airport Terminal 1 Departure Lounge
Whether or not you’re in search of a mouth-watering worldwide buffet, high-speed Wi-Fi or a useful charging station throughout your layover at Changi Airport, the pay-per-use Plaza Premium Lounge in Terminal 1 has bought you lined.
Whereas right here, we loved chilling within the lounge’s non-public pods, with none distractions. But when that doesn’t sound stress-free sufficient, deal with your self to a rejuvenating bathe and spa remedy — although these will come at an extra value.
There are even non-public rooms right here with therapeutic massage chairs for many who’d prefer to get a correct relaxation earlier than catching their subsequent flight!
Entrance charge: Varies
Opening hours: 24 hours
Deal with: Stage 3, Departure/Transit Lounge West, Terminal 1, Singapore Changi Airport
49) Free airport excursions for guests in transit are again
Changi Airport has introduced again its Free Singapore Tour for travellers who’re transiting via Singapore with a layover of at the least 5.5 hours. As of now, there are three excursions out there, every lasting for two.5 hours.
Transit travellers can select from three tour itineraries, three are bus excursions and one is a strolling tour to Jewel Changi Airport. The three bus excursions embody a Changi Precinct Tour, a Metropolis Sights Tour to Singapore’s Civic District and Downtown areas, and the *Heritage Tour round Chinatown and Kampong Gelam.
Travellers who’re excited by taking part within the Free Singapore Excursions might want to register on the Free Singapore Tour service counters at Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 Transit halls.
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