Marina Bay
The entire bay you're standing beside was open sea until 1992 — 38 years of reclamation drained the anchorage and pushed the Singapore River's mouth inland.
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A freshwater bay fed by four rivers — the Singapore, Kallang, Geylang, and Rochor — sitting on 360 hectares of reclaimed land that the URA has been shaping since a 1983 master plan. The waterfront was deliberately kept open to the public from the outset.
What to look for
- The Singapore River's mouth, which once emptied directly into the sea — now it drains into this bay
- Asia Square, which occupies the former Telok Ayer Basin — one of several water bodies removed from the map during reclamation, alongside the Inner and Outer Basins that had served as anchorage for commercial and naval vessels
- Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Sands, among the international landmark developments that now define the bay the 1988 URA exhibition set out to create
Planned as a 24-hour work-live-play district, so the waterfront promenade sees foot traffic at all hours — no single entry point or ticket required.
Marina Bay is one of 30 sights worth the detour in Singapore, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Singapore pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Singapore
- Singapore Botanic GardensThe world's only tropical UNESCO garden — where 1920s rubber supplied half the planet's latex and orchids now carry diplomats' names.
- Marina Bay SandsA 150-metre infinity pool balanced on the world's largest public cantilevered platform, jutting 66.5 metres past the edge of its own tower.
- Marina Bay Street CircuitLewis Hamilton said this 4.927 km loop was twice as physically punishing as Monaco — and you can walk every metre of it.
- Gardens by the BayThe world's largest glass greenhouse anchors a 105-hectare park on Singapore's Marina Reservoir.
- Singapore FlyerFor six years this was the tallest Ferris wheel on earth — Las Vegas finally beat it in 2014, by just 2.6 metres.
- Port of SingaporeA fifth of the world's shipping containers and half its crude oil pass through this single strait every year.