The Swiftie’s weekend guide to Singapore

Taylor Swift arrived in Singapore on Tuesday to get ready for her only stop in Southeast Asia on the Eras Tour.

Taylor Swift is set to perform in Singapore for six nights in March.

Special activities for fans include a Taylor Swift-themed light show and a pool party.

There’s also more to check out in Singapore — from local eats to last-minute accommodation.

Swift will be performing at Singapore’s National Stadium on March 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9. Fans snapped up all 300,000 tickets available for Swift’s six-night performance back in July. Tickets were priced from 88 Singapore dollars, or around $65, for a restricted view seat, to SG$1,228 for a VIP1 ticket.

If you’re in Singapore for Swift’s concert and looking for recommendations on what to do in the city-state, look no further. Here are some tips on activities, food, and even last-minute accommodation in Singapore.

What Swifties should check out

A light show dedicated to Swift’s hits — like “You Belong With Me,” “Cruel Summer,” “Style,” and “Shake It Off” — will be shown at Marina Bay Sands from February 28 to March 7. Reservations are required, but admission is free.

Fans can also attend a Swift-themed pool party at Resorts World’sAdventure Cove Waterpark on March 3. It’s organized by a Malaysian Swiftie fan group, and tickets start from SG$32.

What to do in Singapore
Swifties can explore Singapore from the airport — which was named the best airport in the world by Skytrax — where you can find the world’s highest indoor waterfall, watch a movie at the theatre, go swimming at the indoor pool, and even visit a butterfly park.

If you like visiting zoos — one of Swift’s favorite pastimes when traveling — spend time at the Night Safari, the world’s first nocturnal wildlife park. Tickets for adults start at SG$55. Singapore’s last remaining crocodile farm is also an option for just SG$22.

Singapore has no shortage of fantastic and unique local food — like tasty frog meat dishes — and you can find the best delicacies the city-state has to offer in Geylang, the red-light district.

Marina Bay Sands is the Official Presenting Partner and known for its iconic, ship-shaped hotel and luxurious stores. It’s also home to a vibrant community of skateboarders who practice their tricks in the evening.

Sentosa is a popular attraction in the city-state for tourists, and for good reason. The island resort has restaurants where you can lounge at the beach, rollercoasters to ride at Universal Studios, and even a hill to race down on a luge. At Sentosa Cove, one of the most stunning waterfronts in Singapore, you can rent a yacht and explore the area for around SG$300.

What to eat in Singapore
For breakfast, many locals start the day with kopi, or traditional coffee, and toasted bread smeared with coconut jam and served alongside a soft-boiled egg. Killiney is one of the biggest chains in the city-state, and a cup of coffee there costs SG$2 — seen as a bit on the high side, as the average coffee stall charges around SG$1.20.

Singapore is well known for hawker culture so much so that it was added to Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. There are over 100 of these open-air food courts to be sampled, as well as some outside the city center, like Changi Hawker Center in eastern Singapore, where locals eat tasty dishes like nasi lemak — a rice dish with meat, egg, and sambal for cheap.

You can’t miss having lunch at one of only two Michelin-starred street food stalls in the world — the other one is Jay Fai in Bangkok. Try pork noodles for SG$6 from Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, a hawker stall in central Singapore.

Singapore’s de facto national dish is chicken rice — poached or roasted chicken with seasoned white rice and sambal, a spicy chili sauce — and two of the city-state’s best are served by Tian Tian and Hawker Chan.

Another favorite among locals is a pork rib soup that’s aromatic, peppery, and refreshing. Joo Siah Bak Koot Teh’s version is authentic and costs just SG$5.

Chili crab — a seafood dish with heaps of sweet and savory chili sauce — is one of the most popular dishes in Singapore. A 2.2-pound portion costs around SG$80.

Make sure to try Singapore’s famed ice cream sandwich, a local snack that comprises a block of ice cream wedged in between a pair of wafers or rainbow-colored bread. It costs just SG$1.10, but it’s now rarer than ever.