Chinatown
The old Chinese quarter of Singapore, streets of restored shophouses running up from South Bridge Road to Ann Siang Hill. Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim places of worship stand within a few streets of each other, and its hawker centres are among the city's best known.
- Where
- Singapore, Singapore
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 1.2836, 103.8442
Get the Chinatown stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chinatown. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Singapore volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chinatown
Sri Mariamman Temple 0.1 km
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple, founded in 1827 on South Bridge Road in Chinatown and built in the Dravidian style. Its gopuram is crowded with painted figures of gods, and each year it hosts the Theemithi festival, when devotees walk across burning coals.
Jamae Mosque 0.2 km
A mosque on South Bridge Road in Chinatown, built in the 1830s by Muslim immigrants from South India and one of the earliest Indian Muslim mosques in the country. Its eclectic gateway, with twin minaret towers, has made it a national monument since 1974.
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum 0.2 km
A Chinese Buddhist temple in Chinatown, built in the style of the Tang dynasty and opened in 2007. It is named for the tooth relic of the Buddha kept in a golden stupa on an upper floor, and its rooftop garden holds a large prayer wheel.
Maxwell Food Centre 0.4 km
A hawker centre at the corner of Maxwell Road and South Bridge Road, on the edge of Chinatown. It is one of the city's best known for Hainanese chicken rice, and the queues at its most famous stalls form well before lunch.
Thian Hock Keng Temple 0.5 km
A Hokkien temple on Telok Ayer Street built for Mazu, the Chinese goddess of the sea. It once stood on the shoreline, and sailors arriving from China came here to give thanks for a safe crossing. It is now a national monument.
Clarke Quay 0.7 km
A row of restored 19th-century warehouses on the Singapore River, upstream of Boat Quay, where traders once unloaded goods from bumboats. It is now the liveliest stretch of the river at night, packed with restaurants and bars along the water.
Boat Quay 0.7 km
A curve of old shophouses on the southern bank of the Singapore River near its mouth, running from UOB Plaza to Elgin Bridge. Once the centre of the port's trade, it now lines the water with restaurant tables beneath the towers of the financial district.
Lau Pa Sat 0.8 km
A Victorian cast-iron market hall in the financial district, built on this site in 1894 and now a hawker centre. Its octagonal frame shelters stalls of local food, and in the evening the street beside it closes to traffic for satay grilled in the open.
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Questions
Where is Chinatown?
Chinatown is in Singapore, Singapore. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sri Mariamman Temple (0.1 km), Jamae Mosque (0.2 km), Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum (0.2 km).
How do I get the Chinatown stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chinatown and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Singapore volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chinatown before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Singapore volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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