Your sacred Singaporean places
Marina Centre, home to multi-storey atria, comprises hotels and commercial buildings that were designed in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Padang was where Singapore held its first National Day on Aug 9, 1966.
The 155-year-old Botanic Gardens is home to more than 2,700 species of plants and hybrids.
Queen Elizabeth Walk within the Esplanade Park got its name after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953.
East Coast Park has a 15km coastline and attracts more than seven million visitors a year.
Monk’s Hill Road and Winstedt Road estate. These low-rise black and white homes from the 1940s to the 1960s were built by the British for civil servants.
Wessex Estate off Portsdown Road is home to black-and-white colonial buildings that were built in the 1940s.
Keramat Bukit Kasita. Nestled next to a block of HDB flats in Bukit Purmei Ville lies a compound with a Muslim graveyard called Tanah Kubur Diraja where 200 or so tombs lie.
The Malay cemetery at Jalan Kubor is Singapore’s oldest and is home to 15,000 graves.
What’s left of Bukit Brown Cemetery. Located between Lornie Road and Mount Pleasant Road, many notable pioneers are buried here.
The Grave Hill in Toa Payoh houses the grave of pioneer Seah Eu Chin who died in 1883.
Kampung Lorong Buangkok, Singapore’s last kampung, is a village near the Institute of Mental Health.
Tanjong Malang and its surroundings provide a slice of Singapore’s history from the colonial period to present day. These include Mount Palmer, the remains of the Parsi Cemetery, the Fook Tet Soo Khek Temple and the former Singapore Polytechnic.
Singapore’s last two dragon kilns at 85 and 97L Lorong Tawas, from the 1940s and 1950s, represent a time when Singapore’s ceramic manufacturing industry was booming.
Sembawang Hot Springs, located at Gambas Avenue, is the only natural hot spring on mainland Singapore.
The Singapore Naval Base which is home to the former Sikh Naval Base Police barracks, Marsiling Tunnels and a network of underground bunkers.
The former Guillemard Camp in Dunman Road housed the Singapore Infantry Regiment’s first battalion for 34 years.
The Newton Food centre, which opened in 1971, has for decades been promoted as a tourist site that gives a taste of Singaporean cuisine.
Haw Par Villa is home to 1,000 statues which depict scenes from Chinese folklore including the 10 courts of hell.
The Chinese Garden in Jurong East was designed to provide a glimpse of China, which was closed to the world in the 1970s.
The 41-year-old, Japanese Garden is home to ponds, arched bridges and stone lanterns.
Pulau Ubin, about the size of Changi Airport, is a favourite among Singaporeans as it is one of the few places left here that hearkens back to rural Singapore.
The Southern Islands. There are eight islands in the south of Singapore and they include Kusu Island, Sisters' Islands and Saint John's Island which experts hope will be kept rustic as far as possible.
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