Travel to Singapore to backpack, study, intern, volunteer, work,

or live as a digital nomad, expat or emigrant?

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 Singapore

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Backpacking in Singapore?

  • A small town/country, where many a backpacker makes a (transfer) stop to experience modern luxury and cultural experiences. 
  • Characteristics: small but nice!

Traveling in Singapore?

  • From food, to traditions, to architecture, in Singapore you will find a hodgepodge of cultures. A safe, comfortable and beautiful country to spend some time in. 
  • City spotting: Singapore... that's all there is to it.
  • Activity spotting: explore viewpoints, theme parks, explore livable neighborhoods like Chinatown and Little India, shop till you drop, visit botanical gardens and take a walk through Singapore's wetlands or last forests. 
  • Nature spotting: Singapore is mainly city, but besides the city parks, you can also visit Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, the Kranji Swamps, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and Pulau Ubin. 
  • Animal spotting: long-tailed macaque, Malayan krait, red-cheeked toad, Pangolin. 

Studying in Singapore?

  • Education in Singapore: excellent education, known for its high standards. 
  • Language: nice and easy, English! 
  • Studies: you don't have to feel limited in your choices. 
  • Study cities: Singapore, of course. 
  • Study culture: the study culture in Singapore is intense and competitive, with a strong emphasis on academic achievement and extracurricular activities. Students often have a busy schedule of lectures, study and extracurricular activities.
  • Language learning: English is the main language of instruction, but students can also learn other languages through university programs and language schools. There are several opportunities for learning local languages such as Mandarin and Malay.

Internship in Singapore?

  • Internships: Singapore offers a wide range of internship opportunities in various sectors such as finance, technology, engineering, and business management. Large companies, startups, and international organizations often offer internships. 
  • Internship city: Singapore. 
  • Characteristics: Internships in Singapore are often well structured and offer valuable experience with a focus on professional development. They can have a competitive selection process and usually expect interns to be high performers and proactive. The work culture is formal and results-oriented.
  • Competencies: project management, professional communication, learning about a different work culture, working in an international and fast-growing business environment. 

Volunteer in Singapore?

  • There are not many options for full-time volunteering in Singapore, but there are many general options for part-time volunteering in community aid, animal protection, women's empowerment and all kinds of small initiatives. 
  • Animal/nature projects: animal protection, stray animals. 
  • Characteristics: hard to find anything, especially part-time volunteering opportunities.  

Working in Singapore?

  • Jobs: in specific fields, expats can find jobs especially those that require a higher level of education. There are also many jobs in IT, engineering, finance, healthcare and business administration. 
  • Work culture: a mix of more foreign work culture at international companies and more traditional work culture at local companies. In general, it is important to dress professionally, and hierarchy and respect for authority is very important. Strict rules often apply in the workplace, and cooperation is more important than individual performance. 
  • Features: you'll get away with English, prepare for a formal environment and lots of intercultural interactions, combined with a good salary and friendly tax system! 

Working as a digital nomad in Singapore?

  • An attractive country for digital nomads partly because of its excellent infrastructure, security and access to other countries in Southeast Asia, but expensive and sometimes difficult to find workplaces.
  • Features: safe, well laid out and nice and multicultural, but strict rules, expensive and you have to love the weather....

Living in Singapore?

  • Singapore is a vibrant city-state where you never have to feel unsafe and where you can enjoy a high standard of living. Living here means a mix of modern luxury and cultural diversity, excellent infrastructure and being surrounded by innovation.
  • Language: English is the main language for communication and business, although Malay, Mandarin and Tamil are also official languages and regularly used in various communities.
  • Quality of life: Singapore offers a high quality of life with a clean, safe environment and access to state-of-the-art amenities. The city is known for its good public services and high standard of living, but don't expect to get much into the wilds of nature to get far from city life! 
  • Culture: In Singapore, you will find a melting pot of different cultures such as Chinese, Malay, Indian and Western. So respect for different cultures is very important. In addition, core values are hierarchy and respect, punctuality and looking civilized. 
  • Characteristics: innovative environment, sustainability, strong economy, multicultural, excellent facilities and one of the safest countries in the world. 
  • Healthcare: Healthcare in Singapore is high quality and accessible, with modern hospitals and well-trained medical professionals. The city is known for its efficient and reliable healthcare systems. Be sure to arrange your own (international) health insurance.

 

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Singapore Country Bundle: suggestions, stories and tips

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Singapore: Updates & Travel

Singapore: Updates & Travel

Travel in Singapore?

  • A city-state that is oh so clean, bursting with shopping malls, has tiny tropical islands off the coast and where the Raffles Hotel has become world famous: this is Singapore! From Orchard Road to Little India and from China Town to Arab Street. The orchid is the national flower and you will find this special plant everywhere. Also special is the traditional architecture combined with futuristic buildings with vertical gardens.
  • Singapore is a paradise for shopping. A visit to one of the many impressive shopping malls is therefore a must.
  • In Little India you can escape from the busy city life and imagine yourself in another world. Surprisingly enough, many Indians live in Little India and therefore it is also full of Indian shops and restaurants.
  • Chinatown is located right next to the Financial District and sometimes still has an authentic Chinese atmosphere. Because there are many tourists who find Chinatown interesting, a lot of trinkets are also sold. In the meantime, many clothing manufacturers from India have also settled between the Chinese shops and you can buy a nice suit very cheaply. The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum in Chinatown is also worth a visit.
  • Eating in a food court or a hawker center is cheap and an experience in itself. The many smells that come your way when you walk through one of these busy places make it difficult to choose.
  • The Singapore Flyer is a Ferris wheel that is located in the Marina district. From the closed cabins you have a beautiful view of Singapore.
  • Sentosa island, a small tourist paradise with everything: beaches, hotels, sports facilities and attractions. Two things are definitely worth it: Underwater World and Dolhpin Lagoon and Butterfly Park.
  • You can eat well along the water along the quays of the Singapore River. Boat Quay and Clark Quay are popular places to eat out.
  • Orchard Road is the street with the most shopping malls. A number of shopping malls are home to the entertainment venues. These bars and clubs usually only open after the shops have closed. The famous Raffles hotel is a beautiful building in colonial style.
  • The colonial center is beautiful. Here you will find the parliament building, the Asian Civilizations Museum and the Art House. A nice photo spot is the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles with the Singapore River and the skyscrapers on the other side in the background.
  • Make sure you do not commit any violations in Singapore, because the penalties are not light. Singapore is also an incredibly clean country, so throwing a piece of gum on the street is quickly seen as a crime (resulting in a huge fine).
  • Be prepared that despite the high penalties, pickpockets are a plague for travelers in Singapore.

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SPCA stands for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for Animals. They are located in Singapore and are founded in the 1800s. Furthermore the organisation is a registered Animal Welfare Charity with IPC status. Their main objective is to prevent cruelty and promote kindness to animals and birds.

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Acres stands for Animal Concerns Research & Education Society and is an organisation that has a passion for protecting animals. The organisation's vision is to have a world where animals are treated with compassion and respect. And they would like to create a caring and socially responsible soci...

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NUS, National University of Singapore, is een vaak genoemde naam als 'top universiteit van Azie'. Met het internationale karakter van zowel de stad als de universiteit en Engelstalig onderwijs is het ook voor veel Europese studenten een begerenswaardige studie in het buitenland instelling. Met name&...

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