Landmark

Merlion Park

Marina Bay, Singapore

The Merlion statue spouting water in front of the Marina Bay skyline
Photo: Stephen Edmonds / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Home of the Merlion statue, 8.6 m tall and 70 tonnes, unveiled on 15 September 1972. It was moved to this spot in front of the Fullerton Hotel after Esplanade Bridge opened in 1997.

Nearest station Raffles Place (North-South and East-West lines)
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What's on near Merlion Park

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Merlion Park, from the weekly Singapore events calendar.

Exhibition On now Free

Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman Art from the Musée du Louvre

19 Jun 2026 to 24 Jan 2027 Asian Civilisations Museum, Civic District

Exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum, 19 June 2026 to 24 January 2027, starting in the Islamic Art Gallery on Level 2 and continuing in the Design Gallery on Level 3. Free entry for Singaporeans and PRs.

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Yellow neoclassical facade of the Asian Civilisations Museum Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Sports

Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2027

8 Oct to 10 Oct 2027 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay

Formula 1 night race, round 18 of the 2027 calendar, 8 to 10 October 2027 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

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Festival Starts in 4 days Festival Pass S$30

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

13 to 22 Nov The Arts House and Civic District venues, Civic District

Literary festival on the theme of truth, 13 to 22 November 2026, with programmes at Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall, The Arts House and National Gallery Singapore. A Festival Pass is S$30 (regular) and some programmes are sold separately.

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Performance

Singapore Fringe Festival

15 Jan to 25 Jan 2027 (dates to be confirmed) Venues across Singapore, Civic District

Annual theatre, music, dance and visual arts festival. The 2026 edition ran from 15 to 25 January. The 2027 dates are to be confirmed.

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Performance

Singapore International Festival of Arts 2027

21 May to 5 Jun 2027 Venues across Singapore, Civic District

Performing arts festival, 21 May to 5 June 2027, at venues across Singapore.

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Nearby

Waterboat House Garden Park · 2 min walk A 0.74-hectare park on Fullerton Road named after the Fullerton Waterboat House. Singapore River Bridges Landmark · 3 min walk Cavenagh, Anderson and Elgin Bridges, gazetted in 2019 as the three most historic bridges over the Singapore River. Asian Civilisations Museum Museum · 4 min walk A museum of Asian cultures in the Former Empress Place Building at the mouth of the Singapore River. Esplanade Park Memorials Landmark · 5 min walk A commemorative park on land created by the 1922 reclamation, with a promenade named Queen Elizabeth Walk in 1953. Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall Landmark · 5 min walk Two of Singapore's oldest purpose-built performance venues, a pair of connected buildings with a clock tower in the Civic District. The Arts House Landmark · 6 min walk The Former Parliament House, likely the oldest surviving building in Singapore.

Around Marina Bay

Gardens, bay and the Merlion

Marina Bay holds Gardens by the Bay, the Esplanade, the Singapore Flyer and Merlion Park around one stretch of waterfront. Most of it is free to walk, and the paid conservatories sit inside the gardens.

Marina Bay has 11 places on the Roam Singapore map: 6 parks and gardens, 2 viewpoints, 2 landmarks and 1 hawker centre. Read the Marina Bay guide.

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