Singapore Flyer
For six years this was the tallest Ferris wheel on earth — Las Vegas finally beat it in 2014, by just 2.6 metres.
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Rising 165 metres over Marina Centre, the Flyer puts you inside one of 28 air-conditioned capsules — each big enough for 28 people — for a slow rotation above the Downtown Core. The scale only registers once you're moving: the three-story terminal below shrinks fast.
What to look for
- The 28 capsules — count them as the wheel turns; each one holds as many people as a city bus section
- The three-story terminal building at ground level, which anchors the whole structure before you board
- The height marker context: at 165 m you are only 2.6 m lower than the current world record holder in Las Vegas
In the Downtown Core at Marina Centre; the wheel has been operating since its official opening on 15 April 2008.
Singapore Flyer 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.
- Marina BayThe 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.
- Gardens by the BayThe world's largest glass greenhouse anchors a 105-hectare park on Singapore's Marina Reservoir.
- Port of SingaporeA fifth of the world's shipping containers and half its crude oil pass through this single strait every year.