Singapore Virtual Walk

Take a free virtual walking tour through Singapore, Singapore — home to 5,920,000 people and one of Asia's most remarkable cities. Nearaway streams immersive 4K street-level footage from Singapore, letting you explore its neighbourhoods, culture, and atmosphere from anywhere in the world — no passport, no flights, no account required.

Ancient Malay texts describe a lion-sighting here around 1299 — prompting the name Singapura, Lion City in Sanskrit, though no lions ever lived there. Sir Stamford Raffles stepped ashore on February 6, 1819 and signed a treaty to establish a British trading post. Within five years the free port had 10,000 residents; within fifty years it was the busiest port east of Suez.

Singapore is the world's only island city-state and one of only three remaining city-states globally. The best time to take a virtual walk through Singapore is february–april (drier and slightly cooler). Must-try local foods in Singapore include Chicken rice, Laksa, Chili crab. Fines are strictly enforced — no chewing gum, no eating on the MRT, no littering. Singlish is an art form.