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Bras Basah (Chinese: 百胜, Tamil: பிராஸ்) is a district located in the Museum Planning Area of the Central Area of Singapore. Bras Basah (Modern Spelling: Beras Basah) means "wet rice" in Malay – beras means harvested rice with husk removed, and basah means wet.
Mar 7, 2017 · Top 10 things to see and do in Bras Basah Bugis, Singapore's oldest neighborhood. With a colorful past, it is dotted with museums, monuments, heritage sites, churches, temples, mosques, hotels, restaurants, street markets. Check out 10 of the best!
- Singapore Art Museum
- Old Bungalows on Waterloo Street
- Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
- Albert Street Markets
- Liang Seah Street
- Shophouses on Purvis Street
- Raffles Hotel
- Chijmes
- National Library
- National Design Centre
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The Singapore Art Museum (Website, Tripadvisor Reviews*, closed for refurbishment until 2023) is by Bras Basah MRT station. This museum focuses on contemporary art from Southeast Asia. The collection is housed in a gorgeous colonial building that used to be a Catholic boys’ school, hence the religious overtones. Once reopened after refurbishment, t...
On Waterloo Street you will see a synagogue (Maghain Aboth Synagogue), a church (Church of Saints Peter & Paul), a Hindu temple (Sri Krishnan Temple) and a Buddhist temple (Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple) all within 400 m of each other. There are also several colourful old colonial bungalows, now dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers. Most of the b...
Directions: Continue along Waterloo Street and you’ll soon meet a busy pedestrian street, Albert Street. Head to the right.
During the daytime, every day of the week, there are many little stalls along this street selling everything from incense sticks to fruit and vegetables. Further down Albert Street you’ll reach a covered area, known as Bugis Street Mall. This section of the street has an outdoor bazaar vibe and there are shops selling clothes along with many snacks...
Restaurants and shophouses line this street. It becomes busy in the evenings, especially on Fridays and Saturdays. It’s a great place to have a bite to eat. You can see Suntec City Mall towering in the distance, a huge shopping centre with a cinema and many more restaurants. Directions: At the end of the street turn right on Beach Road. Cross Middl...
Directions: At the top of Purvis Street, turn left and you’ll almost immediately see the elegant facade of Raffles Hotel. Head to the inner courtyards or walk around the outside.
Raffles Hotel (Website, Booking Reviews*) started off as a 10-room hotel occupying a bungalow by the beach. Today it’s still on Beach Road, but land reclamation means the sea is now over 2 km away. The main building opened at the turn of the century, in 1899, with the first electric lights in the whole of Singapore. After low points in the 1930s gr...
Chijmes (which stands for Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Middle Education School) is a historic complex that started out as a Catholic convent in 1852. Its focus today is a Gothic-style church, now used for concerts and weddings – the wedding scene from Crazy Rich Asians was filmed here. Around the church are many restaurants and bars, a pleasant...
Directions: Cross over Victoria Street to the church. The Portuguese Mission built St Joseph’s Church, a Catholic church, in the early 1900s. It still has services in Latin today! Directions: On the corner next to the church is the next stop.
Directions: Head left on busy Middle Road, past the little yellow church, and then right on Bencoolen Street. Directions: Continue past the bakery and immediately left on pedestrian Albert Street again. On your left you’ll pass the fancy-looking Lasalle College of the Arts, a centre of arts and design for university students. Directions: Keep going...
Explore Bras Basah, a historic district in Singapore, with this walking trail. Discover temples, museums, markets, shophouses and more attractions along the way.
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- Hobby Point. Hobby Point stands out from the get-go with its towering Gashapon machines peppering its storefront. Have a go at putting your luck to the test or wander inside and let the memories of your childhood flood back to you with the all-too-familiar characters from our early years such as Gundam and Winnie the Pooh.
- Ink Ink Premium Art Collectibles. This one’s for the die-hard superhero fan or lover of all things fantasy. The stunning Spiderman, Supergirl and Yoda artworks hanging by the windows definitely grabbed my attention from the onset, and left me in awe.
- Nanyang Gallery. Bras Basah Complex might be teeming with art galleries and collections, but Nanyang stood out to me as simple yet quaint. It had a mix of scrolls, paintings, and tiny ornaments that really left me curious and questioning.
- Compugram & Trading. If you stroll into any electronics shop these days, chances are that the shelves once selling DVD-RWs and other such technology have long been cleaned and cleared out.
Mar 10, 2022 · Bras Basah.Bugis (BBB) is a living representation of a modern city that thrives on its vibrant and energetic creative communities while also treasuring the heritage of Singapore's past. BBB is home to art schools, museums, galleries, temples, churches, and a variety of lifestyle clusters and events.
A Place for Food. Besides leisure, Bras Basah was also known for its restaurants, coffee shops and cafes. Patronised by people from all walks of life, these places clearly show the long history of Singapore’s foodie culture. Below is a photo essay that highlights some of these eateries.
Jun 18, 2024 · Useful Information. Discover the heart of Singapore's heritage with a Civic District Walking Tour. Explore the iconic museums & galleries at this cultural and historical hub.
