Road clue guides · Asia

How to recognise Singapore from the road

Drives on the left

Spotless streets, tropical trees and high-rise flats. Singapore drives on the left and uses four official languages.

What to look for

1

Traffic on the left

Singapore drives on the left.

2

English first

Signs are in English, sometimes with Chinese, Malay and Tamil.

3

Public housing blocks

Tall, numbered public housing blocks with void decks at ground level are everywhere.

4

Very green

Large rain trees and neat planting line almost every road.

Try it for real

Placivago can drop you in Singapore, or anywhere else across its 195 countries. Three real street-level places a day, no landmarks, no names. Free, and about six minutes.

Play today’s three places

More guides from Asia

JapanIndiaIndonesiaVietnamSouth KoreaTaiwanThailandPhilippinesIsraelMalaysiaSri LankaNepalLaosJordanMongoliaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanUzbekistanBangladeshCambodiaBhutanHong KongMacauUnited Arab EmiratesOmanLebanonQatarAll guides →