Top 6 Things to do in Maxwell, Singapore

Immerse yourself in the diverse and vibrant UNESCO listed Singapore hawker center cuisines while exploring the ethnic neighborhoods of Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam. Our tour takes you through the neighbourhoods of the Chinese, Indians and Malays where you will be introduced to the everyday life of the locals while learning more about the realities and histories of the different settlements. At the same time, you will also get to savour the foods that the local people have grown up with over the decades. At the end of your expedition with us, we hope that you would have a much better understanding about this exciting and tantalizing multicultural and culinary aspect of Singapore.

Singapore City Gallery is a great starting point to get to know the city for free. Located beside the Maxwell food centre in the historic district of Chinatown, this 3 storey visitor centre goes beneath the skin of the city to understand how the city came to be, that even though it’s a dense built-up city of tar, glass and concrete, it is still so green, has memorable buildings, historic districts and walkable streets. You can imagine and design your own version of Marina Bay or explore plans long into the future like Greater Southern Waterfront city. The main draw is an enormous model replica of the City Centre with uncannily accurate miniatures of building and streetscapes. Look out for an illustrative map drawn by Lee Xin Li. It will sure to bring back memories of Singapore, past and present. Before you leave, catch the dramatic 3-min Island Wide Model show screened every 20 mins at level 1.

The Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is a concept store by Epigram Books and Huggs Coffee. It occupies a space of 980 square feet and is currently the only bookshop to offer only Singapore books. By that, we mean books about Singapore, books written by Singaporean authors or books published by Singaporean publishers.