Singaporeans are sports oriented and easily participate in different types of sports for competition and recreation. There are numerous ovals, stadiums and gymnasiums that maintain and enhance Singaporeans’ athletic prowess throughout the year. For the less active, hobbies abound.
Popular sports and facilities
There is plenty of play space for indoor and outdoor sports.
outdoor sports
The main sports in Singapore are soccer, cricket, rugby, swimming, badminton, basketball, cycling, and table tennis. All these sports are practiced outdoors in ovals, stadiums or for less formal competitions, in nearby parks.
The most popular spectator sport is soccer. The country has its own soccer league, S League, which is made up of 10 teams that travel across the country and compete against each other. The national team won the Southeast Asian Tiger Cup competition three times in 1998, 2004 and 2007.
The country is surrounded by the ocean and residents enjoy many water activities such as sailing, kayaking, and waterskiing.
Dragon boat racing is a national pastime with various clubs and teams competing regularly.
In addition to activities on the surface, some have even plunged to the surface of the sea to snorkel, the southern island of Pulau Hangu, known for its picturesque coral formations.
Indoor sports
Most of the residents in Singapore live in public residential areas that are well provided with swimming pools, outdoor basketball courts, as well as indoor sports centers that provide facilities for playing indoor games such as badminton, squash, table tennis, gymnastics. , basketball, volleyball. and other sports.
Hobbies
A visitor to Singapore may have certain home-grown hobbies, but there is always room to improvise and diversify hobbies and enjoy them while visiting Singapore.
Hobbies available
There are gourmet cooking classes where cooking experts can impart their cooking knowledge on local foods. The skills acquired can be developed by the visitor after returning home.
Similarly, there are many places to learn how to make local crafts where a visitor can begin to learn how to make local crafts using local materials and skills from local experts. Students are taught to make local tapestries, crafts, rugs, fans, baskets, and the like.
If the visitor is inclined to a more intoxicating experience, there are many opportunities to participate in wine tasting activities on the island.
For the youth there is street soccer, played to pass the time almost every day by members of the local youth community.
For the more adventurous, a stroll inside a fortune teller’s tent to instantly reveal fortunes and satisfy a deep-seated yearning to understand past and futuristic events is a must.
Learning to assemble and arrange flowers is another hobby that can be rewarding. For this experience, the visitor can join existing companies that can offer expert training and assistance.
