A Guide to Yip Yew Chong’s Murals – Wall Crawl to Rediscovering Old Singapore

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Singapore’s known all around the world for food, shopping and how lush our greenery is but to locals, sometimes it gets a little boring once we run out of things to do. Other than the occasional Art Box, Night Markets and Carnivals, what else is there to do?

Well, perhaps you can embark on a wall crawl to find some hidden murals scattered around Singapore. Here are some of artist Yip Yew Chong’s works depicting Singapore’s golden years. Discover a whole new side of Singapore in paint!

My Chinatown Home mural

my chinatown home 1 mural my chinatown home 2 mural my chinatown home 3 mural


MY CHINATOWN HOME


Where to find it: In the middle of Temple Street and Smith Street
Nearest Station: Chinatown

detective conan in chinatown mural


DETECTIVE CONAN IN CHINATOWN


Where to find it: At the end of Smith Street
Nearest Station: Chinatown

cantonese opera mural


CANTONESE OPERA


Where to find it: At the end of Temple Street
Nearest Station: Chinatown

letter writer mural


LETTER WRITER


Where to find it: Near Chinatown Complex Food Centre & Market
Nearest Station: Chinatown

window & lion head mural


THE WINDOW & LION DANCE HEAD MAKER


Where to find it: Mohammed Ali Lane
Nearest Station: Telok Ayer

mural paper mask & puppet seller


PAPER MASK & PUPPET SELLER


Where to find it: Mohammed Ali Lane
Nearest Station: Telok Ayer

mamak store mural


MAMAK STORE


Where to find it: Mohammed Ali Lane
Nearest Station: Telok Ayer

THIAN HOCK KENG MURAL 1 THIAN HOCK KENG MURAL 2 THIAN HOCK KENG MURAL 3


THIAN HOCK KENG MURAL


Where to find it: Amoy Street
Nearest Station: Telok Ayer

kampong gelam mural


KAMPONG GELAM


Where to find it: Outside Hotel Nuve, North Bridge Road
Nearest Station: Bugis

satay club mural


SATAY CLUB


Where to find it: Outside Hotel Nuve, North Bridge Road
Nearest Station: Bugis

waterloo mural army market & nco club


ARMY MARKET & NCO CLUB


Where to find it: 51 Waterloo Street
Nearest Station: Bencoolen/Bras Basah

convenience store mural


CONVENIENCE STORE


Where to find it: 51 Waterloo Street
Nearest Station: Bencoolen/Bras Basah

national lib & mph mural


NATIONAL LIBRARY & MPH


Where to find it: 51 Waterloo Street
Nearest Station: Bencoolen/Bras Basah

mural national theatre & odeon cinema


NATIONAL THEATRE & ODEON CINEMA


Where to find it: 51 Waterloo Street
Nearest Station: Bencoolen/Bras Basah