In the far north of Singapore, where the island looks across the strait towards Malaysia, Admiralty Park is one of the largest parks in the country, a sprawling expanse of woodland, mangrove and open space that combines protected nature with one of the most ambitious playgrounds anywhere in the city-state. The park is divided into distinct zones, a tranquil nature area threaded with boardwalks and trails through secondary forest and coastal mangrove, and a lively activity area famous for an eno.....

On a quiet rise in the north of Singapore, the Kranji War Memorial commemorates the men and women who died defending Malaya and Singapore during the Second World War. Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and dedicated in 1957, it gathers more than four thousand graves alongside memorials bearing the names of over twenty thousand more whose remains were never identified or recovered. The design centres on a striking central pylon shaped to suggest the wing of an aircraft, rising .....

Billed as the first adventure-based zoological park in Asia, Rainforest Wild Asia opened in 2025 as the newest member of the Mandai wildlife cluster in the north of Singapore. Rather than viewing animals from fixed paths, visitors choose their own level of exploration, moving through a multi-layered rainforest by gentle elevated walkways or by rugged trails that scramble over rocks and dip into caves. The thirteen-hectare park is arranged into a series of themed zones that run from the forest f.....

Looking across the narrow strait toward Malaysia, Woodlands Waterfront Park stretches along the northern coast of Singapore as a breezy stretch of greenery, jetty and playground popular with families and anglers. Opened around 2010 on reclaimed land, it offers a quieter, more local counterpoint to the busy attractions of the city centre. The park centrepiece is a long jetty reaching out over the water, a former ferry pier now given over to recreation and fishing. Anglers line its rails at all h.....