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Guides to the places Singaporeans actually spend a Saturday — from Tiong Bahru and Joo Chiat to Queenstown, Punggol and Chinatown after the souvenir street closes.
Punggol MRT and LRT, the waterway terraces, Coney Island at the edge, and a young north-east town built for weekends on a bicycle rather than for a postcard.
Read the punggol and the waterway towns that tourists skip guide
Singapore’s first new town, Margaret Drive hawker, the memory of Tanglin Halt, and a Saturday that looks like the rest of the island rather than a postcard.
Read the queenstown and the case for a heartland weekend guide
Koon Seng Road’s famous fronts, the working stretch of Joo Chiat Road, and an East Coast habit that is more laksa and errands than a conservation photoshoot.
Read the joo chiat’s shophouses, tiles and what locals actually do there guide
Pagoda, Temple and Smith Streets after you leave the magnets behind: Sri Mariamman, the Buddha Tooth, Chinatown Complex upstairs, and the Kreta Ayer that still feeds the neighbourhood.
Sultan Mosque, Arab Street textiles and Kandahar Street food, written for people who live with the neighbourhood rather than those who only pose on Bussorah.
A resident’s loop through the SIT blocks, Seng Poh Road market and the bird-singing corner, written for people who already know the brunch queues and want the estate back.
Read the tiong bahru: the walk that still feels like a neighbourhood guide
Tekka, Buffalo Road and Sri Veeramakaliamman before the heat, when the flower garlands and the produce still belong to the weekday city rather than the festival lights.
Read the little india on a weekday morning, not just deepavali guide