Jamae Mosque, Singapore

Sri Mariamman Temple

Singapore's oldest and most important Hindu temple and worth a visit for the intricately carved gopuram (statuary above the entrance), which gave adjacent 'Pagoda Street' its name

Singapore Coin and Notes Museum

Tiny little museum tucked away across the Chinatown Heritage Centre; the entrance is well-hidden, but generally marked out by nondescript display cases

Chinatown Heritage Centre

An excellent museum chronicling how Chinatown came to be and the privation suffered by early migrants

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

Towering above southern Chinatown, this four-story temple was completed only in 2007

Thian Hock Keng Temple

The oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore, dating back to 1821, although the structure was thoroughly refurbished in 2000

Singapore City Gallery

3-storey visitor gallery with large scaled models of the entire country (ground floor) as well as the city centre (incredibly life-like), which provide good orientation of the country for first-timers

Red Dot Design Museum

Formerly the traffic police HQ, now a design center painted firehouse red with a museum devoted to contemporary design

1-Altitude Viewing Gallery

Viewing gallery opened in 2010 at the rooftop of OUB Centre offers an unparalleled 360-degree view of Singapore from the highest point in the city-state at 282 metres

Telok Ayer Market

Pinnacle@Duxton Skybridge

Singapore's tallest public housing project has a 50th story viewing deck that offers some of the best city views around at a fraction of the cost of the Singapore Flyer