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Chinatown Complex

Chinatown Complex on Smith Street in Singapore holds the country's largest hawker centre, with more than two hundred stalls above a wet market.

A wide indoor aisle lined with stalls hung with clothes and goods, shoppers walking between them
An aisle of the market inside Chinatown Complex. LN9267 · CC-BY-SA-4.0

Why it matters

Included as the largest hawker centre in Singapore, and one where the wet market below is still the reason the building exists.

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Good for

  • Solo afternoon — Communal seating and single-dish stalls; eating alone is the default.

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