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    Dining

    Dining in Singapore is a serious pursuit. City Nomads covers the restaurants, cafes, bars, and new openings that define the city’s food culture, not just what’s new, but what’s worth going back to. Honest, well-travelled, and always hungry.

    Intricately carved mooncake mould rests on a wooden cutting board, showcasing traditional Mid-Autumn Festival craftsmanship.

    Where to Get Mooncakes in Singapore this Mid-Autumn 2026

    Skewers of grilled meat cooking on a charcoal grill, char marks visible on the glaze

    Just Opened July 2026: New Restaurants, Cafes and Bars in Singapore

    Oysters with caviar and edible flowers, a fine dining dish from Singapore's fine dining restaurant scene

    Where to Find the Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Singapore Right Now

    67 Pall Mall's Grand Mansion in Shanghai at dusk, with a red-tiled roof, glass conservatory and skyline backdrop.

    67 Pall Mall is Bringing its Members’ Wine Club to Shanghai This December

    Best ice cream and gelato in Singapore 2026, soft serve cone against blue sky

    Best Ice Cream & Gelato in Singapore

    A sake brewer in a traditional Japanese haori jacket pours a sample for a visitor at Sake Festival Singapore.

    Sake Festival Singapore Returns for Its 11th Year with Over 600 Sakes this June

    A foamy sour cocktail with a dusting of spice, served in a ribbed glass on a wet coastal rock with waves in the background.

    Eight of Sri Lanka’s Best Cocktail Bars are Taking Over Bangkok

    Trays of freshly steamed dumplings on display in a busy kitchen, with chefs working behind a glass partition stacked with bamboo steamers.

    Just Opened May 2026: New Restaurants, Cafes and Bars in Singapore

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    The Best Posh Set Lunches in Singapore Worth Booking a Table For

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    Culture

    Singapore and Asia’s cultural life moves fast. Between gallery openings, sold-out concerts, and theatre runs that vanish before you’ve heard about them, knowing where to look matters. City Nomads covers the art exhibitions, cinema releases, live music, and theatre that shape how this city thinks, feels, and gathers.

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    Things to Do in Singapore this August 2026

    A band performs on an outdoor stage with a large illuminated screen displaying 'NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET' as audience members watch from below.

    AXEAN Festival 2026 Returns to Bali, Indonesia this August

    Actor stands alone on the stark, tiled set of Charged by Teater Ekamatra, flanked by two bare tables and chairs under barred windows.

    Charged by Ekamatra Returns to Singapore this July, Sixteen Years On

    Motorcyclists ride under the checkered Wicked by Choice arch at Wicked Wallop Drop in Singapore.

    Wicked Wallop Drop: Custom Motorcycles Meet Live Music in Singapore

    re:mix chamber orchestra and cast take a bow on stage at Wild Rice's Tunggu Sekejap: The P. Ramlee Suite, with a portrait of P. Ramlee projected behind them

    Tunggu Sekejap: The P. Ramlee Suite Returns to Wild Rice This August in Singapore

    Bharatanatyam dancers in colourful costumes perform on stage at SIFAS Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society

    Curious About Indian Classical Arts? Start Your Journey at SIFAS Open House 2026

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    Lifestyle

    Home is where everything begins. City Nomads covers the interiors, objects, and home appliances that make living well a considered pursuit, not just aesthetics, but the everyday choices that shape how a space feels and functions.

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    MotoGP Thailand to Open 2027 World Championship for a Third Consecutive Year

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    Outdoor Fair 2026 Returns to Suntec Singapore with Snow Expo Debut and 80+ Brands

    Christian Horner smiles in a navy shirt in front of an F1 logo backdrop, ahead of his Singapore live event Unfiltered

    Christian Horner Brings Unfiltered to Singapore During F1 Singapore Week

    Crowd waving Singapore flags and NDP goodie bag at National Day Parade, with fluorescent light sticks lighting up the stands

    Best National Day 2026 Promotions, Dining Deals and Events in Singapore

    Alexandra Eala stretches for a backhand return during a match, credit: The Kallang

    Singapore Tennis Open Returns this September as Southeast Asia’s Only WTA 500 Event

    A show garden installation at Singapore Garden Festival featuring curved bamboo screens rising above a dense bed of tropical plants, with Marina Bay Sands visible in the background.

    Singapore Garden Festival Returns to Gardens by the Bay this July

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  • Wellness
    Wellness

    Wellness in Singapore has never been more varied or more serious. City Nomads covers the spa treatments and massages in Asia worth booking, the yoga and pilates studios that earn their regulars, the run clubs changing how people move, and the ice baths, nutrition, and meditation practices reshaping how the city recovers.

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    Best Boxing Gyms in Singapore For Satisfying Workouts and Trainings

    Four runners ascend a curved concrete ramp in a multi-storey car park, captured mid-stride from above during an On Squad Race event.

    On Squad Race Brings its Car Park Relay to Singapore in June

    Woman practising a low lunge pose on a yoga mat in an open-air garden shala decorated with Balinese prayer flags

    Best Yoga and Meditation Retreats in Bali, Indonesia

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  • Travel
    Travel

    Travel is one of the great privileges of living in Singapore. City Nomads covers where to go, where to stay, and where to eat across Asia, Europe, and everywhere worth a long weekend. Practical where it needs to be, inspiring where it should be. Real travel, researched properly.

    A Guide to Tochigi Prefecture, Japan: Places to Visit and Things to Do on a Day or Weekend Trip from Tokyo

    Boudhanath Stupa's golden spire and all-seeing eyes framed by colourful Tibetan prayer flags

    Things to Do in Kathmandu, Nepal: A 4-Day Itinerary

    Travellers pulling luggage through a sunlit airport terminal corridor with floor-to-ceiling windows and long shadows across the floor.

    How to Be More Financially Savvy as a Frequent Traveller

    Blue Lagoon, Comino, Malta, with turquoise water, limestone cliffs, and boats anchored in a sheltered bay

    Malta Citizenship by Merit: What the 2026 Framework Actually Requires

    A group of travellers with luggage walks across the polished floor of a Changi Airport terminal, with directional signs to Terminal 3 and the Skytrain visible in the foreground.

    Flights From Singapore Aren’t What They Were: A Mid-2026 Travel Reality Check

    Woman practising a low lunge pose on a yoga mat in an open-air garden shala decorated with Balinese prayer flags

    Best Yoga and Meditation Retreats in Bali, Indonesia

    Drukair aircraft wing with Bhutan’s dragon emblem flying against a clear blue sky

    Drukair Expands Singapore to Bhutan Flights, Strengthening Access to Paro

    Hilton Saigon skyline at sunset overlooking the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City

    Hilton Saigon: A Multi-Generational Stay in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    A male traveller holding a laptop looks at a flight information board at an airport terminal.

    Middle East Flight Disruptions: Guide for Singapore Travellers

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  • Events
    Events

    Singapore and Asia have no shortage of things happening. The question is knowing which ones matter. City Nomads curates the events worth your time, from one-night-only performances and market weekends to the cultural moments that define a season. Updated weekly, editorially driven.

    MotoGP riders take the start at Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, with a packed grandstand behind

    MotoGP Thailand to Open 2027 World Championship for a Third Consecutive Year

    Visitors walk through a busy contemporary art fair, browsing paintings and sculptures displayed on white gallery walls

    Things to Do in Singapore this August 2026

    A band performs on an outdoor stage with a large illuminated screen displaying 'NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET' as audience members watch from below.

    AXEAN Festival 2026 Returns to Bali, Indonesia this August

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Gary is one of those proverbial jack of all trades... you know the rest. When not writing about lifestyle and culture, he dabbles in photography, graphic design, plays four instruments and is a professional wearer of bowties. His greatest weakness: spending more money on clothes than he probably should. Find him across the social world as @grimlay
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Coriander Leaf – South Asian Adventure

The South Asian subcontinent has a highly evolved culinary history which stretches back 5,000 years. The cuisine has multiple regions...
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In Good Company

“In Good Company” is the second concert of More than Music, a new concert series founded in 2013 by two...
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Le Noir

Starring some of the most incredible acts on earth, LE NOIR is an extraordinary evening of intimate cirque style entertainment....
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Thomson JazzClub presents: Big Band Magic 20 Years of the Thomson Jazz Club in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Bask in the magic of the big band sound as the Thomson Jazz Club celebrates its 20th anniversary at the...
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Sake Festival Singapore

A date with Sakes! This marks the 1st Sake Festival organised by Orihara Pte Ltd, a wholly Japanese-owned purveyor of...
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Annie Leibovitz: A Photographers Life 1990 – 2005

View close to 200 iconic images by Annie Leibovitz, one of the world’s most celebrated photographers. An emotional journey into...
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Tap Dogs

TAP DOGS is now approaching 20 years of global success, having performed in 330 cities in more than 37 countries...
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The Studios 2014 Butterfly by Ramesh Meyyappan

“Ramesh Meyyappan is a living testament to the inherent magic of the theatre, having truly mastered the precise craft of...
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KYO 1ST ANNIVERSARY – FUTURE BOUND 001 feat. OXIA (FRA) + NICOLAS MASSEYEFF (FRA)

Supported by Brendon P [RSVP for complimentary entry before 11:30pm](http://bit.ly/kyo_futurebound) OXIA Olivier Raymond, born in 1971 in Grenoble (France), got...
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The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer was one of the most popular romantic-comedy films of the 1990s. In 2006 it was turned into...
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